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I’ve always done haylage in round bales, but realise they aren’t the best way of moving them any distance. For moving on artic lorries, I assume the best/most efficient way is in quadrants? What length bale is best, both for wrapping and (road) transport? How many can you move in a load? I’ve...

I've always had decent enough inkjet printers, the last two being HP 'all-in-ones'. However, the genuine cartridges are a complete rip off, and the non-genuine ones, when I can get the HP printer to accept them, have always been problematic and in need of regular head cleans, etc. Cartridges are...

For those on this side of the Dyke, details of the Welsh version of the shiny toy grant (Small Grants Efficiency) are out this afternoon. https://www.gov.wales/small-grants-efficiency-general-rules-booklet-update-html

Chatting with my agronomist this morning and he was telling me how some FBT agreements, down in more arable areas, had clauses in them requiring the land to be soil tested at the beginning and end of the term with a full spectrum analysis, with a charge to put right any degradation. I've heard...

I’ve just watched a Sky news item on an apparent increase in hedgehog numbers in the UK, after years of decline. There was no mention of the badger culls for some reason.🤔

Looking to wind up some HT sheep netting to reuse elsewhere. I know Quickfencer make an attachment with a hydraulic motor that is supposed to make a tidy job of it. Are there any other options that I’ve overlooked?

I'm sure it's been covered somewhere on here before, but what are the rules on septic tanks these days? If you have one at a property and need to move it, I assume the replacement would have to come up to certain regs. What is required these days? Or do you just do it and pretend it was always...

I'm in need of a good chain and combination lock to go round a gate, one that cant be cut through (easily anyway)? Any recommendations?

Not looking great for his royal rehabilitation ambitions this time... Oh well.

Has anyone got a Nugent flatbed trailer? Looking at a 14' tandem axle to go behind truck and have a couple of dealers locally now. I know the stock boxes are a league above an IW for build quality, but not seen many of the flatbeds about. Mental price of half decent secondhand ones almost makes...

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Rent review is due soon and LL's agent is a greedy bugger who thinks it only goes one way. As last time, I expect it will come down to a discussion about the state of the place when I came here and how much I have spent sorting it out for them. On a bit of informal advice from an agent, I have...

Would it be feasible to grow a crop of Spring peas, unsprayed, with the aim of incorporating as a green manure after 12 weeks? The reason I ask is that there is a Welsh enviro scheme open at the moment, where one of the options is to grow a protein crop with no weed control. It would need to be...

Oo goody, haven't had one of these in a while... Just how bad do you have to be to get toasted by, of all broadcasters, GB 'News'?😂 Is their way of siding with 'Reform' rather than 'Reclaim' (if his wee Party still even exists)? Or is it just a bit of ridiculousness in order to try to get the...

Applying a little liquid sunshine to Spring Barley this afternoon, as some fields have a bit of greenery coming up and another has loads of greens/secondary tillers. Just been once round the headland of a 17ac field and the heavens opened for half an hour. How many minutes does it take to be...

https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/wales-senedd-to-vote-on-agriculture-bill-today.392518/ It seems the Welsh Agriculture Bill is going through the Senedd again today. Interesting to read, in this months NFU Cymru magazine, how it should have passed through last month, but a Labour...

If anyone is looking to buy Clik/Clik Extra or similar, Hyperdug have a 10% discount on for the Coronation (valid until tomorrow May 7th), with free shipping over £50. Clik Extra comes in at £210 + VAT. I only looked as they'd emailed me a 10% voucher as I hadn't dealt with them for 12 months...

For those that say AHDB are doing nothing, this just flashed up on my phone... https://www.fwi.co.uk/news/ahdb-demands-the-lancet-takes-down-anti-red-meat-report Good on em.👍

I have a 5ac field of (poor) maincrop turnips that I have just taken up the last break fence, which is destined for another root crop to be planted in June/July (a Glastir option). As it's been so dry recently, the surface is in great order and could go straight in to direct drill. Am I insane...

Interested to hear if any of our brethren farming in Wales are part of this. I had a Teams meeting this afternoon, as part of above. They’ve apparently had a dozen or so groups, each of 10-12 participants, to discuss (for 90 minutes) various aspects of the proposed Sustainable Farming Scheme...