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    900 Hectares in north east Scotland to solar panels

    If all goes through 900 hectares lost. Interested to hear views on this. A lot of this is good arable land. Everyday on farming groups on facebook solar companies are advertising for more land. Where does this leave the future? All things considered looking very bleak.
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    Cost of living/Living cheaply How cheap can you live?

    While keeping in mind supporting local ag what do people think has been forgotten from yesteryear in regards to living cheaply?
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    Inputs vs output price.

    Good Evening Still reasonably new so I was wondering if someone could explain how crop prices work in regards to making a profit. I know there are a lot of variable's but is there a rough calculation? Using wheat as an example. Fert price at say 800 a tonne plus other inputs. Milling wheat say...
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    Spraying contractors

    Are there any spraying contractors in the Arbroath Scotland area on here?
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    BASIS

    Good Afternoon I have just signed up with basis and I am a bit lost. I am looking to go through the foundation courses first. I work full time so I was wondering how much can be done through online learning? Thanks
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    Cover crops/ploughing

    Discussion time....I am a sprayer driver and haven't had much to do with ploughing/cover/direct drilling. However I try to stay up to date. I understand every area. Soil type is different. What I see when watching ploughing is all the birds come down to eat the worms but aren't they good for the...
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    Liquid or solid fert spreading

    What's everyone's preference and reasoning for?
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    BASIS

    Evening all. Hope this is the right place. Looking to better myself this coming year looking into practical and theory courses. Is basis a good thing to do? anyone any experience with it? Not necessarily looking to become a full blown agronomist but like gaining new skills and who knows what...
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    Quitting smoking

    Anybody on here successfully chucked the habit? Tried a few times myself vaping,gum. Always go back to the cigarettes.
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    Pie in the sky Ideas

    Is it pie in the sky stuff to have ambitions of running your own contracting business in a specialised area one day with a yard and maybe a small amount of farmland for yourself? Seems like the big contracting boys have most areas covered and land and machinery is super expensive. Wouldn't...
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    Training/New skills

    Good Afternoon I am looking to extend my skillset as I find I am lacking in certain areas as we go into winter maintenance season. E.G welding,fabrication,general tips. I am looking to do this on weekends as I wont get the time off during the week. Is there anyone on here willing to pass down...
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    That rare day off

    Does anyone else find themselves stuck reading posts on here on there rare days/afternoons off? strangely addictive lol
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    Having a go...

    Hello or someone that's never had a go ploughing is it possible to go to one of these events and have a go with someone's machine? (happy to pay for the privilege) Maybe make a few friends along the way. Based in scotland btw
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    Norac UC5 showing no data

    Hello I have the above problem with once sensor on my sprayer. It is clicking and sometimes does show a figure although wrong. Will rebooting the system help?
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    Looking for an instruction manual multidrive

    Is there anywhere online I can get a manual for a kellands multidrive m380 2014 model?
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