Just whatch Ollie Harrison complaining about interest rates , has he a point?
Raising rates hits those with borrowed money These people will have less disposable cash as a percentage of their profit goes in repayments ect
Whilst those with cash in the bank receive increased return so have a...
I’ve been combining wheat for a neighbour and he fuels me
i Cut 11.8 ha and used 354 l diesel
Harvested 95 tons swathed the straw on level land and tipped mostly on the move
He thought 30l £24 ha is heavy fuel use
Is he correct
I was on the road last week and met a tractor and baler with a V rake on the front . Thought to myself how does the driver pull out of gate ways and tee juntions
Today i followed the 7 furrow mounted plough That made me think is there any legislation with regard front and rear over hangs on...
I have been stacking bales with our 2012 34.7 today The hydraulics keep locking intermittently mainly when boom is going down. At the same time the load sensing screen goes off and comes back on Could it to be anything to do with the red key switch on the dash. I've blown the back or the...
We feed our weaned calves on our own barley ration We will run out of barley before harvest , But I have been offered a bit of grain maize and thought i might try it eak the barley out . Has anyone fed it and what ratio to barley do you mix it in ,my thoughts are 60 barley 40 maize
I...
I have been out and about in the wagon recently . Wherever I've been there seems to be alot of new warehouses going up Some are Amazon but not all Homebargins are currently building a big shed at Omega park near Warrington, Omega park alone has covered 850 acres under concrete . 1M...
Our hot water cylinder is fured up with limescale It needs either taking out and replacing or cleaned out Im busy at work and a plumber can't do it until new year
Has any one used Fernox DS3 to dissolve limescale as a temp fix until I or a plumber can sort it
Seems a modern fad with no advantage to me Today my Navara was in for service so asked my mother to run me to York to collect it . I drove her car there and she drove her car home, Great until she stopped for some milk and found out i had her keys in my pocket and it would'nt start A...
A old farm house near us has just been rented out for £1700 month . Apparently there was a lot of interest in renting it . Its an impressive looking house with 5 large bed rooms and small out building that would garage a car . A previous owner told me it cost a fortune to heat when oil was...
Which grease cartridges are people using in them ? I've tried Morris & Agco cartridges and found them difficult to remove With our old gun i pull plunger back and release it forcing empty cartridge out. With the milwaukee the cartridge is tight fit and i have to get some pliers to pull it out
We are a family partnership consisting of parents and two sons we can all sign cheques and need just one signature. My mother and I are the only ones who use online banking and have done so for 10 years , brother and dad have aversions to computers Last week the device that generates a...
With the cost of diesel at 70/80 p fuel cost now are are major issue Charging a price /ha could lead to no profit in the job. So should fuel be supplied by the farmer or maybe a fuel surcharge.
Fuel use cultivating heavy soils can be double that compared to light soils. Combining...
Can anyone recommend good battery booster to start tractors ect
There is a lot on the market some are very small and I can’t see how they could start a large Diesel engine
We had a fitter out from a main dealer last week He has been in the job for twenty years and told me he is leaving the industry after harvest . He had many reasons , pay being one but also the fact he did not feel valued or respected . He sited on example , on the dealers web site there is...
I’ve had an email yesterday that CF are stopping production of AN at Billingham and Ince, due to the cost of gas . It doesn’t say how long for, but it’s not good news
How have government allowed one company to have all the AN production in the uk . I thought there were laws regarding monopolies
Has anyone bought any new season nitrogen One rep told me he has more booked than last year. Another who I tend to believe said he has very few orders yet
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