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Just noticed this in the local rag- Peta put up posters in Bournemouth town centre urging the public to support British farmers- the comments are more sensible than the campaign...

Am I being dim here? I went to look at the online parts catalogue for the C-IH tractor and can't find it, just a number of feel good pages telling you about CNH parts and showing fast moving filters, etc. I wondered if anyone uses it regularly or is it down at the moment?

After an introductory talk last week and Janet Hughes' webinar ,I'm looking at our options and pondering where to go with it, how it will affect rents and also fulfil the requirements of my tenancy. I have 160 acres on an AHA tenancy, half is tillable but half is flower rich floodplain which...

I watch a youtube channel filmed by a young couple who ramble round our corner of the country looking at hillforts, old railways, Roman roads, etc, and today they are having a gripe about the open access areas on the Wiltshire Downs that are shown on the map but they cannot legally access them...

Just had a message from APHA to let us know that they have found a case of Bluetongue near Canterbury with a 10km temporary control zone in place.

I was at a farming wedding last week with Mrs Fred and was admiring the family's wartime Fordson which had been proudly brought out for the occasion. Mrs Fred asked me where the controls were as it was nothing like the conventional B250 she normally drives at home. Am I right in thinking the...

Following on from the disinformation thread, this shows how dangerous social media can become. Hopefully the vegan campaign will prove to be self defeating and the farm will gain custom...

I have a couple of old saddleback sows and a boar who are in good nick but past their sell-by dates and was pondering what to do with them. I'm thinking the sows could go for sausages but the boar probably isn't worth the cost due to the risk of boar taint. Unfortunately the market used covid as...

Mrs Fred's work have offered the staff first offer on their old minibus which is being replaced and she wondered if we ought to look at it as a potential camping van for shows, etc. I wondered what the general opinion was on 2007 diesel Transits. The manager says it needs welding on a sill, as...

I was wondering if anyone knew of any sites that show different satellite images other than Google Earth. Our local Earth photos are several years out of date and I was curious to see the effect of the drought over the last summer as well as any historical features that might have shown up...

I had a message from the accountants yesterday to remind me to get my VAT returns done on time as HMRC are introducing a new charging scheme for late submissions, even for those of us who are reclaiming...

Idle thought for a wet afternoon- Just been thinking about our old tractors over the years and it occurred to me that most of our pre 1980 tractors had 2 numbers in the reg. number even when cars had 3. Our grey Fergie is LPJ32 but it went on through our 434s and Nuffield up to our David Browns...

Mrs Fred works part time at a centre where young adults with learning difficulties work with the horses and around the grounds to learn adult skills. Since covid, they have lost a number of the outside places where they used to take the youngsters for work experience so wondered if I might be...

They are at it again. Not doing themselves many favours judging by the comments. :) https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11291391/Animal-Rebellion-activists-pour-milk-Fortnum-Mason-Selfridges-stores.html?ito=social-facebook&fbclid=IwAR3RSxwIqIOvHwSgCdZ3MszhOyU39Z2kcJ9o2rPcSPMWyxIj34X3HzClrNY

I was having a tinker with my Allis B and she needs a new front tyre. I was wondering if the original knobbly Firestone pattern are still available or if there is a modern equivalent. in 5.00-15. They remind me a bit of the Hard Rock tyres I had on my Ford 6700 back in the '80s. If anyone has...

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/dutch-city-becomes-world-s-first-to-ban-meat-adverts-in-public/ar-AA11wgBe?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=f4647d9af4614189b72111ede3d32f2a World's gone mad.

Now the hay is finished, I've been going over my little Jx90 as I have had to top up the oil over the summer and have noticed an oil drip from the base of the orbitrol unit on the lower end of the steering column. Oil can be seen on one of the screws that holds on the end cap. I paid a visit to...

While reading the usual vegan messages on Facebook, the idea was mooted that farm animals should receive the same love as pet cats. I was reminded of a study that I saw last week which suggested that pet cats in the UK kill around 270 million creatures pa. I was astonished to discover after...

I don't know of this has been mentioned but it has been popping up on my news feed I thought it might warrant its own post in the machinery section. A Defender conversion for £24,000...

We have seen a lot of flystrike this year, and I came across a post on social media asking how they used to treat flystrike in pre-crovect days. Several posters suggested that 19th century shepherds carried copper coins which they rubbed on affected sheep and this somehow discouraged flies...