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  1. Niels

    Potato Harvester: Grimme - GT 170

    Potato Harvester: Grimme - GT 170 Category: Potato Harvester Manufacturer: Grimme Price: £127000 Condition: Used Description: 2017 Grimme GT 170 fitted with dual Multi Sep unit and picking off platform. Hydraulic wheel drive. Perfect UK machine! Has lifted one season (500 acres). Owner...
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    Frost kill in winter beans

    Hello all from Holland, Long time no speak. Here's one for the experts (i.e the seasoned growers). After years on BFF and TFF we thought it was great idea to grow winter beans over here. Had 3 really good seasons with up to 8t/ha yields. Drilled quite a lot of beans last autumn under difficult...
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    German publical opinion about biogas is bankrupt

    With the German biogas boom in the back of my head I was very weary about developments in the UK on a similar level. I have translated a Dutch article about German AD plants for you. Some food for thought which I think will reach the UK in a matter of years! The article: The German public...
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    Drills: Claydon - Claydon Hybrid 4m

    Drills: Claydon - Claydon Hybrid 4m Category: Drills Manufacturer: Claydon Price: £39950 Condition: Used Description: Start the drilling season with a new machine! If you're looking to dip into min till, strip till, direct drilling this is your machine! Take profit from the weak Euro and...
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    Harvest 2015 progress

    So I have heard (but not seen) the first combines have been rolling in the UK? Heat killed barley in the east of the country. What are peoples thoughts and findings? Did the heat cause much yield loss, when are you going to start? Winter barley harvest started last week. We had temps up to...
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    M & D Haulage Limited

    I don't know if this is in the correct section but has any one on here has done business with M & D Haulage Limited before? Are they reliable? Details: 2b Whittlebury Road, Silverstone, Towcester, Northamptonshire, NN12 8UN Can find their details online but nothing else other than that. VAT...
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    Hosier's Farming System

    I am sure that a lot of forum members will be familiar with the 1950s book Hosier's Farming System. After a few years of searching one finally came up on Ebay and I've managed to buy it for a sensible price. A very interesting book and as with many old farming publications a lot of topics...
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    Broadcast your seed rather than drill in rows?

    According to this Danish study it is better to broadcast seed rather than drill in rows if you're suffering from a weed problem: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/01/150113111615.htm?utm_source=feedburner So are we doing it all wrong? I can see some truth in that, where crops as wheat...
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    Buy a brand new John Deere 7810

    I don't know if I should post this under Machinery or Classic Machinery. Following this topic it might be nice to have a loo at this (nearly) brand new John Deere 7810 that will be auctioned in Wisconsin: http://www.hagerauction.com/sale.php?ID=397 810 hours! So we can say nearly brand new. I...
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    Wingssprayer for reduced emissions when spraying

    Following the topic about spray drift in the Cropping section I thought this (Dutch) innovation might interest farmers on here. Especially those that do a lot of spraying and/or spray operators. I don’t know if you have ever heard of the Wingssprayer? The Wingssprayer is quite a clever and...
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    Some of my farming videos

    I have been running my own website (www.agrifoto.nl) for ten years now. More recently I got interested in shooting some videos as well. Since some Dutch farming videos raise a question or two on here from time to time I thought people might be interested in seeing some of my efforts. Deep...
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    Good news for steel tracked crawler fans!

    Do you like using old steel tracked crawlers like Caterpillar and Track Marshall, but hate sitting in a cab without a leather seat, air conditioning and radio? Well good news for you! Dutch company VTS Construction has fitted a Case IH Quadtrac with four steel tracks. Ok, riding comfort is zero...
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    Classic sugar beet lifting

    I don't know if any of you guys on here get enthusiastic about beet harvesting but I certainly do. :). Earlier in the year I had the opportunity to buy an ex-farm Vicon single row beet lifter. It had sit quietly in a shed for 30 years as the owner couldn't find the time to play with it. Since my...
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    Experiences with GT Bunning Lowlander Mk4 – 105 HBD

    I'm asking this question on behalf of a good friend of mine that farms in Holland. Those of you that look into the Direct Drill section of this forum might have seen pictures of me earlier in the year incorporating chicken muck into standing winter wheat during the spring. This has been a...
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    Cover crop in front of winter beans

    Yet another cover crop question! Hopefully some of the wise Direct Drill guru's on here will be able to give some pointers. I am looking to drill a field of winter beans this autumn with our demo Claydon Hybrid drill. First time winter beans will be grown in Holland as far as I am aware! The...
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    The Harvest 2014 thread

    There is usually a harvest topic round this time of year but I haven't yet seen one? This can be a follow up from the OSR dessication/Podstik topics. So I thought I'd better start one up! Hopefully people will post their (cereal) harvest experiences and expectations here. Maybe one of the Mod's...
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    Glyphosate use with direct drilling

    This topic might have been covered before here, or somewhere else on the forum, but I can't remember it and am keen to hear some opinions. Whenever I am on the continent speaking to farmers that focus on non-inversion tillage, min-till, direct drilling etc.. the subject of glyphosate (Roundup)...
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    Dutch 2013 sugar beet price made public

    This might interest the beet growing community on here. The 2013 (campaign) beet price has been made public this evening in Holland. Last year we had a record price of nearly 69 Euro. Cosun and Dutch beet growers said this would not happen again. Clearly they were wrong and it has happened. The...
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    Annual Thriplow Farms report

    I reckon that a good few on the forum always keep an eye out for the annual farming report about Thriplow Farms. Although it isn't written by Oliver Walston any more, his son David Walston did an excellent job I think. http://www.thriplow-farms.co.uk/annual/2013.pdf Especially the bit about...
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    Case International 845XL serial number

    Hopefully someone in this section can help me out identify the age of a Case International 845XL tractor. A friend of mine bought it recently and it came without any paperwork. I cannot find a list of serial numbers online but maybe someone on here knows if you can tell the age by the chassis...
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