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Won't go into to much detail but today I had an accident in the bosses tractor resulting in it being a write off(we think) he's took all my details as he will need to say I was the one driving, he said it won't affect my car insurance or NCB it'll only affect his insurance, I'm 17 and insurance...

I was talking to some people this morning(ex farmers who sold up years ago due to making no money) and they said why are farmers still farming if they are making a loss? I know a lot farmers who have said they have made a loss for a few years and a lot of you on here say there is no money in...

The college I attend, the students do all the grass and maize silage. We run our own claas jaguar 850(old model) and all our own tractors and trailers. Everyone in the group gets a fair go on the forager but the person who tends to be the most skilled on it stays on it the most as at the end of...

I'm mainly involved in arable farming and have never really been involved with any stock, with more and more arable farms starting to get into beef to improve cash-flow(near me they are anyway) I thought I should try and learn a bit as well some things I've always wanted to know. On average how...

I've recently just got a job on a arable farm where I'll start in the spring. They run all New Holland T7 tractors all power command but 2 are auto command, the only NH I've driven is a tm135 and it wasn't for long anyway when I'll get there they'll show me how it all works, hitch etc but I...

I know it's very early as harvest has only just finished but as I've got 3 months off in the summer I want an harvest job, anywhere in the uk. I know there will be no job advertisements yet and for some time but where do you find these jobs? Any good websites? I have heard of some people sending...

We have a Marshall rear discharge spreader and college and there are quite a few hydraulic pipes, how do know where to put each one, apparently there opposites on a valtra, how do know which one to put where?

So how many of you have a problems farming next to towns? Because by me I feel downright sorry for the farmer who owns a block of 60 acres that is in front of a secondary school and lots of house. Last night as I walked by the fields that have just been harvested I saw a big group of people...

What are shear bolts? I hear a lot of people talking about breaking them? Where are they and what do they do? Apparently when I was muck spreading I nearly broke one, can exactly remember what I done but I think I left it at 540 then turned of the PTO, enlighten me on what they are and how not...

We've just been told at college that Tuesday and Wednesday we will be flat out muck spreading, we will have 4 spreaders on the go(2 side discharge and 2 rear discharge) along with a telehandler. I've never done muck spreading before but I'll get told everything before I start but I just want to...

Basically, tomorrow I have my tractor certificate test, it's either going to be on a 135 or 165, I've only ever driven modern tractors so I'm abut nervous, I need to drive it, hitch it up to a trailer using a pickup hitch then reverse, has anybody got an tips and how you use the pick up hitch...

Right, I'm currently swearing at myself for being an idiot, let me explain. A couple months ago when I was deciding what college to go to etc, I really wanted to do Farm mechanisation level 3 extended diploma however i was put off by the fact I would have to live away from home and have...

I recently got a job on a farm and I absolutely love it, they have around 180 dairy cows as well some arable, I've always grew up more into arable farming and have always been more interested in arable farming and still am, however I am obviously involved in a lot of the cattle work, I never...

Sorry for this rubbish I'm posting about jobs etc, I've just phoned a dairy farm and was speaking to the farmer about if a job was available, I said I would work for free and he said he wouldn't let me do that and he seemed a very nice man, anyway we have agreed for me to go to the farm at...

I'm looking for a job on a farm and I have plenty of numbers to phone(around 20) and I'm visiting around 5 local ones. I was wondering what do people think the best time to phone is?i know everyone's different and doing stuff at different times, but what time would be the best?morning, afternoon...

Please shoot me down if you think this is a stupid idea, but it's just a thought I had today, so I've made no advances or nothing but was wondering if it may work, my idea was rouging black grass/wild oats etc for local farms , I've never done it and I'm not underestimating it, I know you have...

In the future I would love to work for a contractor, but how does it all work? If someone phones up wanting a job doing? But your already busy doing a job etc? Is there some sort of waiting list? Who supplies the fuel? If yourself how do you get your fuel there if your working away? Also, if for...

Yet some more questions, what are pre-em's, I know they are a spray that is put on before the crop has emerged, I think, but what are they for? Do all crops need them? Also what do people mean when they say something like 'this was sprayed off a couple of days ago and will be harvested soon'...

Another question(s). Firstly, what is T1's, T2's etc, are they sprays? What do they do?what are fungicides and herbicides? Where do you purchase chemicals and fertilisers? How do you know what fertiliser or spray to apply, how much of it and when? What is variable rate? Sorry for all the...

Another question, surely not all farmers that grow combinable crops have the storage space with all the correct facilities such as drying floors etc so for ones who don't have facilities and space what do they do with grain?am correct in saying that a company like open field will have it off...