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  1. Ted M

    Simple Direct Drills.

    Have been looking over the last couple of years at the more simple direct drills from Moore, Erth and Weaving. Main jobs would be stitching in grass, sowing stubble turnips and maybe the odd field of cereals if conditions are right. Just looking for any advice or people's experience of the...
  2. Ted M

    Capital grants - Farming Equipment and Technology Fund 2024

    These are a bit more.....🙈
  3. Ted M

    Clarky and Brock.

    Neighbour up the road from us bought a piece of ground 18 months ago complete with redundant badger set in what was I think an old hedge line. They had to have some surveys done to prove it was empty but have grubbed out the set along with some trees and bushes.
  4. Ted M

    Food security is a silly argument…

    I always think places like that are prime targets for cyber attacks. A friend of mine is a manager for a large potato grower and grows for Walkers. If I remember correctly they are owned by PepsiCo and they updated their IT system in the US. For a period of time after, every time they came on...
  5. Ted M

    Capital grants - Farming Equipment and Technology Fund 2024

    Looking at the 3 metre direct drill option here. (Erth, Moore type) Mainly for grass and cover crop and a few acres of cereals if conditions are right. Was going along the lines of a twin hopper version but realistically probably won't do much if any with fert so now wondering if I'd be better...
  6. Ted M

    FETF 2024

    Sounds like it's okay 🤞. I've asked a mate who's an agent and he says fine 👍
  7. Ted M

    FETF 2024

    I've just entered an agreement for some hedge laying and fencing but won't be claiming until next year at the earliest. Will that affect anything I want on the FETF scheme?
  8. Ted M

    FETF 2024

    At first glance looks less on it than last year 🤔
  9. Ted M

    FETF 2024

    FETF 2024 launched today.
  10. Ted M

    Tb are we(the English) winning the war?

    When we had our annual test in December the vet told us they were getting far more clear test results and attributed it to the cull
  11. Ted M

    Super nature reserve proposed by NE

    I was planning to but a dose of man flu dictated otherwise. A mate went, I shall ask him what went on.
  12. Ted M

    Maize

    45,000 would be the middle ground. On heavy land we can and do go up to 50,000 but last year we dropped some of the better land to 40'000 from 43,000 with no reduction in yield. A friend of mine knows someone who's down in the high thirties, again allegedly with no yield penalty but we haven't...
  13. Ted M

    FETF 2024

    From memory I think it was within a month of the application window closing last year but can't remember exactly to be honest
  14. Ted M

    FETF 2024

    I was told yesterday by a friend who is an agent that the intended opening date was next week but it may not happen as they have a backlog of last year's claims to pay out on so it may be delayed until they've cleared it, possibly March 🤔
  15. Ted M

    Super nature reserve proposed by NE

    I've been talking to a lad on Facebook this afternoon. His family farm a fair bit of land on the south side of the Stiperstones. They knew nothing about it. I know several other farmers in the immediate area who are bound to be affected by it, all hard working family farms 🫤
  16. Ted M

    Super nature reserve proposed by NE

    Apparently there's a drop in session at Snailbeach village hall on Wednesday Feb 7th between 6 and 9 for people to give their views to NE staff 🙈
  17. Ted M

    Super nature reserve proposed by NE

    So relatively local to me, Natural England are proposing to increase the size of the current reserve by 5000ha (12,300 ac). Thoughts please...
  18. Ted M

    Sam3 adding herbal to existing grass

    From what I've been told it's £382/ha per year for the 3 year length of the agreement and it's paid quarterly allegedly 🤔
  19. Ted M

    Combination maize drill

    We've gone back to hanging everything off the back. The front tank approach worked well but our homemade setup didn't come without it's issues and I just couldn't justify the cost of a new one.
  20. Ted M

    Machinery grants 2024

    Speaking to reps at Lamma yesterday they seemed hopeful something was imminent but no one could give any definitive regarding timescale or rates
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