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    Compromise spot sprayer for grassland weeds

    Spray dye will help avoid missing and over spraying.https://www.agrigem.co.uk/product/blue-gem-dye-spray-indicator/?&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjw8pKxBhD_ARIsAPrG45lz9sQqQduXBWSaPPc-tU5WPLLMJUvv5hP2zNbN26xsj9ByoL3PF0EaArADEALw_wcB
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    Specially Qualified Person - SQP

    Not worth it unless you can compete on price with the likes of Hyperdrug
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    Farming stigma…. Working like “crazy”

    All the successful people l know and knew delegated the graft and concentrated on the business. They can make decisions and take time off, but get up to make sure stuff happens.
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    Annoying tools

    I saw this and thought of Jeremy Vine, and a load of others
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    Creeping thistle or Sow thistle.

    Would Grazon work?
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    Hope you like the attached, if you like trees.

    A friend from Germany who was a forester was a great proponent of the system used in Switzerland where trees and pastures were co existing to provide a system that provided an integrated income stream with self seeding trees replacing those removed and bringing minerals up from the lower soils...
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    Blackbrow abattoir for sale

    I now understand why the pig line has been removed.
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    QMS on halal slaughter

    This is about the boats and the length of journey. BBC News - Red Sea attacks: Ship stranded at sea with livestock docks in Australia https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-68156972
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    Pembrokeshire steel portal frame recommends

    We tried to get quotations locally but nothing came back. Shuffle bottom were dearer than Robinson's from Lockerbie who we went with in the end. It was well made and easy to erect.
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    QMS on halal slaughter

    The Humane Slaughter Association don't get too involved, but do have views on what is acceptable. https://www.hsa.org.uk/
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    QMS on halal slaughter

    https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jan/26/floating-feedlots-animals-spending-weeks-at-sea-on-ships-not-fit-for-purpose
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    QMS on halal slaughter

    Let's face it, live transport from the antipodes to the middle east is a cruel trade that ends in totally unregulated slaughter.
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    QMS on halal slaughter

    I was listening to something a few weeks ago about this. Apparently some halal is without stunning. All kosher killing is without stunning. In my opinion both are equally cruel and unnecessary in this modern age.
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    Replacing Farmhouse -planning

    The big advantage is getting VAT back on a new build.
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    Do Sheep Drink Water?

    Ewes feeding lambs need water to produce milk. Our meadows have a fast flowing river boundary. I haven't noticed that the sheep keep away from it.
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    Ewe headbutting her lamb

    My father's method also included his very noisy terrier being held up to the ewe which encouraged the mothering instinct.
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    Documentary Request for Interviewees

    Think of all the benefits for mental health, then think about the effects on your own mental health.
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    Recommendations new phone

    I discovered that the problem with my Moto charging port was crap accumulated in the port so the charger didn't settle right in. A simple cure is carefully picking out the bum fluff with a plastic fine point toothpick followed up with a blast from the air line.
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    Suggestions please for long lasting house back door

    I think composite doors are the way, but very expensive.
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    Feeding chickens ?

    Our last lot had to live out their natural lives. Mrs F took it personally when I threatened slaughter. I am too old to go through that again. Edit slaughter of the chickens not the wife😲
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