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sorry if this has been said before , Has anyone started buying and testing there own staff? if so where have you bought it ? how much? I notice the NFU has pushed for testing for farmworkers , how will/is this working in Scotland? We have a number of temporary workers about to arrive for...

The general public are driving me bats We have always had a reasonable amount of walkers the travel to our area and park to walk in the countryside. We have nearly never had any issues with this apart from the long dog brigade. We are happy for people to get out in to the country side as long as...

Looking to put a footbath in for beef cattle. My thoughts are 8ft wide that I can clean with the forklift bucket concrete panels on the sides. What length should I make it ? do I split it in two , with clean water then solution in the second? Looking at foot bathing as a prevention rather than a...

Biomass service company are trying to get me to install a filter called an xpot compact ? they recon its going to help long-term with the corrosion of the boiler. The sample they showed me was like coke a cola but this was taken from the bottom of my buffer tank . I just don't get the filtering...

Used Richard Western Silage Sides wanted for SF12/14 with hydraulic back door

Shop soiled 203x203 46kg/m 6.7m. What width of shed could this support? Stanchion ? Suggestions for best use please

Laying a new concrete yard/entrance. Artic lorries and forklifts turning daily. Have been told to use a rc35 and was offered a choice fibres or structural fibres.(£14 difference) What is Air and train? Some say mesh rather than fibres what's the difference apart from the laying? many thanks

Just had the notification of the increase in dead stock uplift taking >12mths sheep to £18.5 and the one that sticks in the throat is anything between 1mth and 12mths £15. I'm sure that ppkg would be fair , I bet that the large incinerator that they eventually end up at will be priced by weight...

Who is there on line that supplies drugs? know of Farmacy but are there any others that will supply with a prescription?

Normaly we feed an 18% roll but this year we find ourselves sitting on a mountain of feed barley that is worth he haw. My thoughts are to go back to home mixing. Do we try one of these protein balancer products and mix with some molasses or do we just buy some soya and minerals and bind with the...

We are a mixed farm with sheep and cattle looking to install a biomass unit. What uses have you put your heat too? Warming of orphan lambs/calves? Staff shower / hand washing? Bait room? What else is there?

What insurance brokers are people using in Scotland ? Large mixed farm looking to quote against NFU Cheers

Have got some concrete to lay in a cattle shed next to the feed barrier for scraping. Have access to Proper ballast FOC. Would I be nuts to try and mix it with the forklift bucket on a concrete yard against a wall. I have a pan mixer but it's out of action at the moment. Has anyone else done...