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Combine driver tells trailer driver to drive at set speed (3.5k here, leaving enough capacity to speed up and slow down).... Trailer driver responsible for making sure it’s loaded centrally left to right, and combine driver fills back to front.... I personally drop first load in front to put...

I doubt you need the answer to this anymore but you need a whole tube of JD ‘corn head’ grease.... I have had plenty of trouble with this this gearbox the last few years!!!

I'm also getting confused with autumn sown and spring sown cover crops, excuse my stupidity!!!!

Thanks Kevin, useful info. I'm after a reasonably simple mix and to qualify as a catch/cover cop for BPS I'll need one cereal and one non cereal - thinking phacelia, linseed, buckwheat and one of the clovers - would either do?

Morning all Walking round the farm (not good for morale) and watching reasonable sized areas of ground fall foul to ponding, slug damage and other wet winter related issues, I am tempted to 'patch up' with cover or catch crops. Little to no experience of this method before so asking for advice...

Hi all, 2 x JD 2630 screens and 2 x SF 3000 receivers stolen this week from tractors near Rye in East Sussex. Do not expect to see them again but a reminder for people to be vigilant before silly season arrives. Has anyone had any experience of finding out where this stuff ends up? On the...

I have been drilling exclusively on our farm for 6 years, OSR with a combi drill, wheat and spring crops with a weaving tine drill.... for the first time ever I have no tramline f**k ups! Still plenty of drilling to do though- tramline misses or extra tramlines almost exclusively as a result of...

We have had the same in WW.... I was told last weekend that it is as a result of the plant dying, and not maturing/ripening naturally that the phosphate has not ‘travelled’ back through the plant and into the soil... whether or not this is actually what happens I don’t know!!

Had a substantial house and agricultural buildings fire here last year. Near total destruction apart from grain stores and machinery. NFU have been absolutely incredible from start to finish. Claim will drag on for over 2 years and end up costing goodness knows how many multiples of 7 figures...

Now our yield issues have been digested the next problem is Erucic acid levels are high- not rejectable but £10-13 claim. Sent 2 samples off and both similar levels, from 2 different fields with very different soil types. Will have to suffer this for this year- we had full herbicide programme...

Think that is true for all the farmers I’ve spoke to this year. Wouldn’t it be nice if the price rose by 20% to accommodate lost yield......

Should finish our OSR today and yields disappointing. Nice thick looking crop, clean, good pod counts, but seed is very small. Reckon we are down 20% on last year (which admittedly was a good year) Slightly nervous about the winter wheat now which is still 10 days off being ready Spring...

That’s the plan, leave everything on top, or within the top 10-15mm, and deal with volunteers now not in next years crop. No FYM available and don’t want anybody else’s black grass either! Can’t see ring rolling making any difference at all. Will sit tight and wait for some rain....

Hi all We have started cutting OSR slowly but steadily and thought guys quickly turn to cultivations. Ideally we leave the OSR stubble to green up for 10-14 days, especially as we have started earlier than ever.... But wondering whether we need some rain first to make the cultivation more...

Got a 22 yr old MF 34 for sale here, been around the block a few times, 16ft power flow header, absolute gem of a machine just doesn’t cope with 600 acres anymore. Can’t say it’s in good condition but it works well and doesn’t need expensive software to diagnose and fix a problem, just a bit of...

In fact it was this one, £45 now

I had the same problem a few years ago, LW reception was really bad. For about £90 I bought a portable digital radio made by Pure I think, had amazing reception and battery lasted 2 days. Charged up overnight. I hated it when close of play came and still had 3 hrs combining left in the day!!

I suppose the wider the tyre the more stable, safe on the road, better traction, lower compaction etc etc but the compromise is loss of cropped area. Stating the obvious I know but surely row crop tyres (unless you genuinely need them) are a thing of the past? Next wet day we get I’m going to...

Thanks for all your replies very helpful. I thought somewhere around the 520’s mark wouldn’t be far away. We run 72” centres over 24m tramlines- which works for our field sizes- always doubted anything wider must have effect on boom stability. If we did go wider I’d be tempted to make each...

Afternoon all... Am just wondering if there is anyone out there who doesn't change their tyres on sprayers/fert spreader tractors from one season to the next, and what width tyre they run. With all the tyre technology out there these days, surely there is a good 'one size fits all' tyre without...