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    Mayweed in baled silage?

    Just a quick one for the silage massive please..... I have some first year GS4 ground to mow later this week (after the 5 week period is up) and need to bale it up to remove some blackgrass and brome. It seems a waste to not wrap and feed the silage to cattle - will mayweed make it unpalatable...
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    tup bent harrington

    looking for a little help please. I bought a secondhand blue painted Harrington sheep handler back in early summer. Struggled in autumn 2017 with turning over by hand lots of lame ewes. Of course, this autumn with the dry, the ewes have been as sound as a pound. So never used the machine! Until...
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    Anyone painted a calf hutch?

    I am considering using some calf hutches for something other than calves. They will be out in the field. Is there a suitable paint available which will not peel. Just looking to make them a little more aesthetic than brilliant white. Thanks in anticipation
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    School Shoes - Farm Market Place ?

    dear clive please can you start stocking children`s school shoes. two pairs bought this week (startrite & ricosta) and only a penny change from a £100. nothing short of robbery!
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    Van with a Bench seat in the front

    Is it still possible to buy a new small van ( not a transit size ) but more Peugeot Expert with a bench front seat to allow three people in the front? I see they are now advertising `crew vans` where someone has to sit in the back with no window.
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    McGregor Poultry Polytunnel Users

    I would be interested to hear the experiences of any forum members using such mobile poultry houses. I am thinking of the small towable versions housing hundreds rather than thousands of laying hens. I am not so concerned with the principles of this scale of hen keeping but more to do with the...
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    please remind me...........

    On the back page of the farmers guardian, when it was in newspaper format, was a monthly report from a share farming partnership up the north. I cannot recall the names of the two chaps involved (was one tony ?) I know from these articles they were somewhat pioneers of this arrangement and...
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    Rogueing Observation

    Resumed rogueing last evening after a helpful drop of rain to ease the roots out. Spent a couple of hours in the big field which has had a comprehensive programme of inputs throughout the season. Unlike other parts of the farm which can only be rogued with the mower, I was quite pleased to be...
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    ARM poultry sheds

    morning all, If anyone has any secondhand ARM poultry sheds (smaller ones), towable onskids, I am interested. Preferably in the Midlands. thanking you in anticipation cheers
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    Supplying School Kitchens

    I am involved in the construction of a new school kitchen, the appointment of a school cook and the procurement of ingredients at our local primary school of 120 pupils. The kitchen is built and fitted out to a high spec. We have appointed a super lady to be the chef who really can cook. The...
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    mf 398 auxiallary hyraulics

    I have a 1996 398 (one of the last made). has the aux. pump mounted externally on the front RHS of the engine. faucheux loader `teed` into rear spool coupler. loader and trailer tip speed much slower than when new. it is now on its third pump with no noticeable improvement. (last pump about 4...
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    Vitamin B12

    Here is the disclaimer - I am not a vet Here is the story - Last year lost two in lamb ewes that I couldn`t get back on their feet. (after several days down) On Saturday evening, bit of last minute shepherding at dusk to check for cast ewes found one sat away from flock. two weeks plus off...
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