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  1. Romney_Rob

    Mac don/shelbourne reynolds swarther wobble box

    Just wanted to put this on line in case anyone needs one in future. Our swarther is a 1994 model, the wobble box collapsed, apparently not an uncommon problem. Its a john deere, gearbox part number AE34800, john deere themselves charge £4800 for the part. The gearbox is made in Italy by Agri...
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    Fitting 2nd hand sheep parlour

    Good morning all, We are getting ourselves sorted to start milking our Romney X dairy ewes later this year. We have a 20 a side rapid exit system which was removed from an old parlour we are after someone to come and fit it for us probably first couple of weeks in April. Does anyone have any...
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    Situation Vacant Decent Shepherd needed

    Trainee flock manager A 2500 head of NZ Romney flock which runs along side our 1600ac arable unit. It also contains a DNA performance recorded flock of 500 Romney's all recorded on the NZ SIL system. Genuine great opportunity for the right person to work within a young team within an...
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    Open day - Sheep into Arable and strip till 22nd June

    Hello, We farm next door to the groundswell show, we are a mixed farm of 1600ac of Arable and 2500 sheep, this year we also have done a lot of trial work with an interrow hoe and working with Mzuri to get strip till up and working on our farm. We will be exhibiting at Groundswell but thought...
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    Sustainable farming incentive scheme

    Can someone please give me a quick idiots guide to this and how it all fits together? Is it to be run in conjunction with elms is it a replacement until elms comes on board? When looking at it can you stack the option i.e. can we claim both the arable land standard AND the arable soil...
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    Knight triple press blocking

    Hello all, we have a 4.6m knight triple c press on the double ring rollers we are finding one side constantly blocks up. It did have a broken bearing that side and we have replaced that but it is still blocking up constantly within a run or two. We are going to put a tape measure on it tomorrow...
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    Spearhead 686 break back problem

    Hello, We have a 2003 spearhead 686 it has become very weak when hedgecutting and even in light hedges it will be "pushed back" if that makes sense ? Anyone have any ideas? I have checked the ram which seems ok is there a valve somewhere they we need to check/replace ?
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    Drill fill trailer

    Much like @clives thread, except I don't have the charm, wit, good looks or money of clive! Step one was after months of looking buy this trailer off eBay in the spring for a very reasonable £600. Donkey engine was seized and the auger was not tall enough for the vaderstad rapid but basic...
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    Accord drill metering unit needed

    Hello, Does anyone have a lead on a seed metering unit, ours has completely seized and blown apart. O guess try Andrew guest but does anyone else break those drills?
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    Accord drill metering unit needed

    Hello, Does anyone have a lead on a seed metering unit, ours has completely seized and blown apart. O guess try Andrew guest but does anyone else break those drills?
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    Grain drying floor

    Trying to bring our drying floor back up to spec. It has a few holes and cracks as per pictures does anyone know where I can source some replacement parts? New or second hand ?
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    Seed treatment applicatior

    Anyone have any clue where I can buy pump, controller and nozzles etc. Fancy having a go at treating our own seed through an auger
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    Sweeping/cleaning the grain shed

    Wife is an amazing women and last 3 years has cleaned out all 4 barns and the grain bins. We have a big brute but this year I would like to surprise her with something to make her legs easier like a powered brush. We are only new entrants so not real farmers and thus budget is limited to a...
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    Iae system b

    Anyone got a system like this set up in a barn they could send me some photos of? Trying to get some ideas to minimise waste space and how sheep flow
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    Situation Vacant Trainee Working Arable Manager Required

    2500ac dynamic mixed farm North Hertfordshire Must have PA1&2, forklift certificate, good workshop skills and fully capable of all daily tractor driving / spraying/ drilling / combining Package includes: competitive salary, 3 bedroom cottage, BASIS and FACTS courses and exams paid for over...
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    Eid stick reader for pregnancy scanning

    This year would like to get the scanning information on all stock what is the best stick reader for recording scanning data quickly? It's going to need a keypad for data entry and it will need to work with agri Webb software so I imagine that limits it trutest xrs2 or a Gallagher?
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    Tru test stick reader

    Anyone got a trutest srs or xrs stick reader they don't use anymore?
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    Salvaging winter oats

    Hello all Late July, early August we planted cleaned winter oats seed and beersem clover direct into wheat stubbles with no spray etc. Seed rate was 100 kg of oats per ha Sheep are busy grazing it off but regrowth behind them has been great. To the stage where I am thinking if there is a lack...
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    Rappa quad modification

    Very pleased with this ! Had a local fabricator make it for us, because we run a fair bit of electric over multiple sites we were always packing up stakes and double handling. This way posts get put in blue barrel then taken off quad when full and put in the plant trailer we use to move quad...
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    Pink/new Forest eye in sheep

    Had a couple of sheep go blind in one group of 400 ewes been treating with antibiotics and eye drops and separating them. But keep getting 3-4 a day and it's in the middle of tupping so not ideal to go into field and chase around blind ones with dog etc. Anything I can give the whole group to...
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