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  1. Exfarmer

    Brassica fallow

    please could someone give me a very very brief outline of the brassica fallow option for this year Trying to help an old friend in a big muddle
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    Planning uplift

    Suggestion in the Times yesterdayday that land bought by Compulsory Purchase should be limited to existing value plus a percentage for disturbance. Suggested that to Farmers would limit value paid to 200% of current land value. This would enable houses to be built very much cheaper when...
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    Netgear router

    I have Netgear router which appears to be failing in that the signal seems to be getting weaker We currently use this and a couple of Netgear repeaters to get the signal right round the house. If I have to replace it, is there anything out there better ?
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    Witness testing

    Tech question. Had a witness test done 3 years ago asked for evidence and all I have been given is an email confirming and an apparent reference code from UKPN it is 9 figures dash then another 9 figures is there any central register of such things?
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    Benamic Unlimited

    Has anyone else had a payment for £100 pounds from this company? Totally unasked or invoiced. They do appear to be a legitimate company. Sure it must be a scam, or gone to my business account by mistake
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    Hall effect water flow sensors

    A tricky question for the real experts I have a water recirculation system in my house with an American Leridian controller This uses a flow sensor in thew cold water flow to detect when cold water enters the tank , when hot water is drawn, turns the recirculating pump on. It appears the current...
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    Best printer for photographs

    Have an Epson ECOtank printer very cheap printer but while is reasonable for photos have no end of issues, continually clean heads change drip tank etc. can anyone recommend a decent machine to exclusively print 6x4 photos? years ago had a kodak machine which just ran off the data cards but...
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    Megaflo won’t stop dripping

    I know nothing of the workings of these systems, we have one installed and it has recently started dripping from the overflow / relief valve thingamy the instructions say to shut off mains open bottom hot tap and relief valve until empty then recharge system. done this but still dripping it has...
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    Craig Solar

    anyone know anything of this guy? lists a lot of different panels but at very high prices.
  10. Exfarmer

    AD maize rents

    any ideas on figures running around for a decent block PM me if you prefer
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    Disaster looming for arable farmers

    What will they do ? https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/7e80d02b-0926-49b1-bdd9-aa7a301341b7?shareToken=7f64a9af33079288e5cc7064e9a3efbd
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    Mathew Syed The Times today

    Well worth a read in my opinion https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/why-i-pray-alan-bates-rejects-a-knighthood-nqmvwtcxb
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    Large Farm scale Batteries

    Does anyone use batteries to any extent on a farm scale say up to 200KwH capacity to store solar and night rate power?
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    Should government bodies prosecute?

    In the light of the Post Office scandal, should government bodies have an independent right to prosecute individuals? it would seem to me that a court is automatically going to believe the government body as it would not appear to benefit directly from any person, company or other being found...
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    Telegraph sale

    Should Abu Dhabi be allowed to buy the Telegraph?
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    Covid a still very much with us

    Had bad cold for couple of days now fine , wife woke with cough so did covid test, the dreaded positive :mad: I should have been off to read some meters but thought should take one as i may come in contact with people again positive :mad::mad: havev no symptoms but was at Panto last night with...
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    London fireworks

    I am just wondering how those poor souls in London must feel to watch the fun and games in the centre tonight. pay £12.50 to drive your child to hospital when they have breathing issues thanks to the smoke from the fireworks
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    Right of access

    I was granted right of access for 20 years to a piece of land. The land over which I have right of access has been since sold and a fence has been erected. This has not been an issue as till now I have had access from another point, but I now know that permission will be unlikely in future as...
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    wood posts set in concrete

    We have some 4" square wood posts set in concrete which are rotting off any idea how to extract the post with out lifting the concrete? a couple have just pulled out whole but the rest would sooner break off leaving a nice rotten stump in the hole. My thinking then to cement in a steel met post...
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    Octopus intelligent

    anyone else here using it to charge cars etc. As I understand it they can ask your vehicle to charge at any time , normally it is between 11.30pm and 5.30 during the normal off peak period. However they can also ask it to charge if plugged in at other periods when they have excess energy...
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