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We are awaiting a building warrant for a new house with air source pump but also a small wood-burning stove. However the mad green zealots ( lots of them not in the Green Party) do not want heating from carbon sources in new builds. There may be exemptions in rural properties with higher risk of...

Not so long ago we had inflation at 10% so everyone wanted a pay rise to cover that. Then the chancellor raised interest rates to cool the economy which made mortgages more expensive so everyone wanted a further pay rise. Now inflation has dipped to 4% but we are shocked to hear we spent less...

I am told today during an inspection that some police have been issuing tickets to farmers transporting their own waste to a collection centre without a carrier licence. SEPA website mentions waste from a business carried for profit so not a clear answer. £261 to register.

Never thought I would ever write that but she has been protesting over the expansion of Farnborough airport from 50,000 to 70,000 flights a year, mostly private jets for the corporate world who are offsetting by rewilding UK and clearing the hills. Emissions are 30 times more than a commercial...

I see our leader's brother -in-law has been arrested for drug offences. He didn't choose him but just more murky waters surrounding him. I hope they didn't find them hidden in that camper van

With 30 cases of STEC and the same strain as that in the cheese it looks more like the 2 are linked Their website says they are the last Lancashire cheese using raw milk. There is possibly a reason for that. No doubt some on here will have been drinking raw milk since infancy and make spurious...

I have a Leyland 154 scraper tractor and after being parked up all summer the steering was really stiff. Took some bits apart, lots of wd40 and can barely turn the left stub axle and wheel. Steering pretty free otherwise when jacked up. Lubrication is mostly slurry as on many livestock farms...

Any thoughts on a weekly rate for a site to place a skip? Not for the skip, just the site itself which is a basic yard, not a fancy self storage operation.

There is a constant feed of information that beef is bad for the planet. Is there any way that the tide can be turned to give a more balanced view. I see a report from Visual Capitalist on food carbon footprint with beef at 99 CO2 e/ kg and lamb 30. We are less than half that with no mitigation...

With apologies to Windsor Davies

My weather station stopped transmitting so got lifted up the pole in the man cradle and 3 new batteries sorted the problem:) No response at all from our old slurry covered scraper tractor last week in spite of charging it. Does a stupid livestock farmer get a mechanic or a new battery at...

We have planning to build a house 50m from the existing farmhouse. Is it possible to put solar panels on a frame or add a small turbine to supply both properties through separate meters?

John Muir Trust is calling for a tax on emissions from estates over 1000 ha. Community owned areas are exempt and the whole argument is mixed in with statements about land ownership being in too few hands. Where is this all heading? A Dutch-style buyout or just tax landowners out of business...

Thank goodness Rishi stands up for freedom of choice to fly whenever and wherever we want as we develop a sustainable aviation industry. Planes are going to have fuel made from composted vegetables and tallow, have a layer of grass on each wing, trees in first class, tyres made from wool and...

I am sure it has been covered but how does a TFFer stack wrapped bales? Always on the flat here as fit together for stability and just need a spike in winter to feed them. Some suggest they keep better on ends but more risk of bales falling as they settle. If using a bale grab to lift them by...

On the news last night was a leading expert on climate change. He was asked if we were too late to avert disaster and his reply was that we were. He doubted the future for our children and accused the government of being too slow to change and even China was ahead of us. We are not doomed. Some...

I have it on good authority (ie. my wife) that my knowledge of anything carnal is very limited. I am not sure what she is benchmarking me against but I suspect that the bar is set quite low. She alleges that in spite of farming for 50 years I am ignorant of the fact that if you mix the sexes...

Scotland one of the poorest places on Earth for nature A statement from chief exec of Scotland,: The Big Picture who is attending the debate on reintroducing lynx in Scottish Parliament today. Has he been out of Scotland? Of course lynx, like all the raptors, are apex species which hoover up...

Somewhere in the mists of my science education the only living things which absorb CO2 are plants. Never mind the 8 billion humans who exhale CO2, my cows and sheep are the main problem so we all need to eat less meat to save the planet. After all it is a ( slow-burning) emergency! Meanwhile...

Just been sent an invitation to an event where the lamb is listed on the menu as coming from a named farm. Apparently the farmer is unaware of this when I mentioned it to them. What are the implications or pitfalls?