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  1. Chrismc530

    Which make/model of plough for different soil types

    Thanks for the reply’s. Kv seems to be still king. Hoping to get a lend of our neighbours 4 furrow for a day to try out, it has no28 boards which I hear are the best ? Ours has no8s and which do a good job but which tractors and tyres getting bigger , I think no28 would suit us better
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    Which make/model of plough for different soil types

    Want to change our 3 furrow kverneland plough for a 4 furrow . We grow veg so are changing land every year or 2 and soil types vary. What ploughs would suit this type of work ?
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    A question for Brussel Sprout growers

    What breed are they ? Do you not leave pads for spraying ?
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    Veg Harvest

    How’s other veg/potato growers getting on this year ? Been a complete disaster here weather wise this year. Cutting cabbage in ankle high water is a new extreme 😂. Will be quite a bit of loss here, just hoping for a dry back end
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    A question for Brussel Sprout growers

    Short, lack of sun light and mountains of rain has been a disaster here
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    Egg shortage , Sainsbury’s

    Not many locally chancing over winter cauli and sweetheart now with the cost of production and low yield if any yield at all. Spain seems to take over supply from December to June/July
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    Egg shortage , Sainsbury’s

    Few local producers here (Armagh) have recently started supplying St ewes in Cornwall , right spin. We’ve been supplying Nobles for years. Irish egg companies can’t compete
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    nroso

    They can’t even sort new membership cards, still haven’t got mine from last feb and will be another few months they say
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    nroso

    Has anyone claimed your 4 yearly points for meeting with your agronomist? If you have what evidence did you have to provide to get them. Any things better than doing them brain numbing eoi operator courses to get points
  10. Chrismc530

    Tractor/Machinery price increases

    59k at trade in, paid 69k in 2018 for it
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    Tractor/Machinery price increases

    63% increase, wonder if the supermarkets will give me a similar increase for cabbage 😂
  12. Chrismc530

    Tractor/Machinery price increases

    Be interesting to see how much of a jump in price others have seen when changing like for like models in the last few years. New Claas Arion 530 bought in 2018, exact same tractor bought in 2023. 26k/38% increase. Are other brands similar ?
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    what is it like to run a modern egg unit? Any tips?

    We put up a 16000 hen multi tier house in 2017 to add to our veg growing and fuel business. Takes by far the least amount of work (3 hours/day)and makes the most money of all our businesses. If you have a few egg farmers that can give you advice in the beginning you can soon get the hang of it ...
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    New toy day

    Have had 500 series arions this last 5 years (530 and 510) , gave no bother at all. Mapped both which helped but your 550 at 165hp is perfect. This face lift of the 500 seems to have sorted engine liveliness and all round quality
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    New toy day

    Hopefully gives as little bother as the tractor it replaced
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    Totally mental veg prices

    And it’s a crying match trying to get 60p for caulis in season here. Frost melted our last caulis and gave the savoys a bad touch unfortunately. Leeks and sprouts are the only crops you can depend on this time of year here. If I could get £1.30/200g for sprouts I’d be smiling like a Cheshire Cat 🤣
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    Mitas tyres on new tractor

    Thanks for the replies 👍🏻 decided to change our vredesteins onto new rims and put on the new tractor. Didn’t like the look of the Mitas and our tires are 90% and seem to be good for taking as little muck on to the roads as possible.
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    Mitas tyres on new tractor

    Currently talking myself into changing one of our tractors, the new tractor is in stock and on new mitas tyres. Any one have an opinion on them good or bad ? Ran Michelin for first four years and vredestein this past year, have been impressed by them. Thanks in advance
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    A question for Brussel Sprout growers

    Definitely money to be made at them prices, is that direct to consumer ? Getting £15 for 9kg broc , and £6 for caulis x8 to wholesalers . Less than £5 for caulis to supermarkets. Too many men in NI racing to the bottom to get the price increases needed, hopefully they won’t be in the job much...
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    A question for Brussel Sprout growers

    We apply stomp aqua between rotavating and bedforming . Sultan50SC applied during the first rain after planting . With leeks and brassicas in the same field you can tell how much of a difference using stomp aqua has on weed control in brassicas compared to not using in leeks
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