Got a 20 acre field of WW destined for the whole crop pit that is a write off.
We can not grow a reliable crop of maize. (Tried for 3 years. got 1 good crop & 2 average ones )
Not sure ground is going to dry soon enough to get spring barley in. Still an option
Any other options to consider...
Couple of questions for you corn boys.
Got a bin we reckon holds 85 t barley.
Wheat in this year, what weight of wheat will it hold.
New enthusiast agronomist this year. Costs gone up. Trying to work out how much is inflation & how much extra product
What do you reckon the % increase in...
Got some cubicle fixings (rawl bolt type )failing in the precast cubicle bases.
Any advice on chemical fixing. Assume threaded rod is used. hole size v rod size ?
Any brand better ?
Over 3 years ago we got FTTP. replaced 3 phone lines & 2 adsl broadband services with one fibre line.
Never had a fault until last Friday, no service.
We will send an engineer out & send you a 4G router overnight.
Saturday came, bloke in a van turned up, climbed the pole & confirmed no incoming...
Local YFC preparing for County Rally stockjudging
They have spent time practicing with cattle & sheep
Had to laugh when these pics came up of them refining their reason giving skills in the village hall.
Not as daft as it seems, once you have the basic format of reason giving sussed out you just...
Just compared 1st April till today this year & last
As you will recall last spring was dry & settled
This one unsettled, lots of cloud cover, especially near the North sea coast
30kw of panels
This year av 86 kwh / day
Last year av 110 kwh / day.
I see top of the list is "A documented plan for management of serious incidents & blaa blaa".
Anyone had a recent visit & can advise how much / how little info they need for these hypothetical situations
One Show tonight featured a farm (think Cornwall )
Story was because he had adapted regenerative farming practices he had attracted Egrets.
Well here in Northumberland on a (only very slightly regen ) :D dairy farm we have had egrets wintering for last 2 years. unusal i`m told for them to...
Hearing from a old friend in Eastern Canada about the carnage caused by the hurricane that went up the east coast a couple of days ago
Lots of farms badly damaged
This is his cow barn, only about 3 years old
Just ordered some creosoted timber to do more CSS grant fencing.
Working on a reasonabley straight 400 m length needing 6 strainers
6 strainers £232.80
200 posts £980
8 props £58
4 rolls net £384
2 Rolls barb £70
Staples etc estimate £25
Total materials £1750 £4.40 / m
+ labour
Then post &...
Just had this back
Assume MOP @ £400 tonne & TSP @ £400 tonne
N @ £400 or N @ £800
Think the values / 1000 gal are between £25 - £40
Need to allow for losses
Anyone any better at sums
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Just had some soil samples back that give an OM reading.
Can not find anything on "normal, low , high levels
We have 10 years grass / wheat / wheat 7.6
15 years grass 13
3 years grass after barley 5.7
any thoughts ?
Noticed this in our local paper.
Shows it`s not all about shouting abuse at your opposite number
https://www.hexham-courant.co.uk/news/19842352.hexham-mp-pays-tribute-former-colleague-jack-dromey-mp/
We have a milk tank on a gantry in our bottling plant. Monitoring the level during processing involves sprinting up & down the stairs.
Wondering about putting it on weigh cells with a display downstairs
Gross weight full will be about 7 tonnes
I was thinking 2 channels each side under the feet...
Question from a dairy farmer for you corn men
WB drilled 10th sept after plough & combination into cracking seed bed
Very quick & even germination. Reasonable amount of rain since but ground still "sound"
Last couple of weeks sporadic patches of yellow appearing. Probably worse at ends.
What...
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