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As above , just wondered if many people are modifying sprayers to use IPC s via closed transfer system . Fronteir are subsidizing the kit for a few weeks , not sure about the other " big" firms ( Agrii, Procam, Hutchinson etc) . I am fitting it to my Bateman and got the CT kit to move around...

Not sure if we are suffering from Schmallenberg but last few days we are getting normal healthy lambs from some ewes but having some twins and triplets which have one normal lamb ( good size) but second lamb is dead with a twisted corkscrew head and stiff crunched up legs ( 3/4 size of first...

Sorry quite a few questions . Due to whole farm reversion from arable to HLS , I will be running store cattle from the spring on the herbal leys and existing pp grass . I am in a level 1 area for TB and so will be running the risk of going down with TB on a pre movement test ( although hopefully...

Got overtaken today by what looked like a showroom fresh 90 hardtop " old" shape LandRover defender , but running a " normal 73 reg plate ?? Bit strange to see and not sure how its possible? Wondered if it was @exmoor dave as he likes his 90 s !! I suppose that maybe it got bought back when...

Completely clean sheet here, ie no cattle here at moment but have 200 acs of 1yr old GS4 herbal leys and will be cattle enterprise from next spring . Various options but one is working with a company who is doing the closed loop type beef system . However , this would mean having 3 or 4 month...

Have not had cattle for 30 years at home although done cattle work for others over the years . As some may recall , whole farm ( ex arable) is now herbal leys and old PP grass is now WD6 , wood pasture, 300 acs total , via a HLS scheme. Next spring will be buying in cattle ( not decided fully...

I have always pulled any Ragwort I have see around my farm ( 320 acs) for the 25 years I have been here and it's usually about a three hour job with a quad to run around . I did have 260 ac arable and 60 ac PP grass and my note in my diary last year said that it was approx 50/ 50 number of...

Wondered if anybody had done the above , stone bases for drinking troughs via HLS ? The spec says to dig out soil ,150mm , lay membrane, line edge with wood and stone up . The issue is that its says 2.5m wide but my question is 2.5 m from where ? I have just bought 32 troughs , mixture of 200...

It's my B in laws bike but I use it as its stored here , 2014 ,Big Brute 650 cc . It's got electric engaged 4 wd which worked upto a few days ago but noticed that when I switched to 4wd a few days ago , on the dash it was alternating between 2 and 4 wd ( but was still in 2wd) . Since then ...

Just wondering if anybody has or knows of a isolation unit near to Poole as we have 12-14 Oxford Sandy Black weaners which someone from Alderney ( channel islands) wants to buy however they must do a 40 days isolation ( plus blood tests) before they can travel from Poole Harbour . We are...

Wondered about putting this in "What grinds your gears" thread but just wondering how long people are waiting for capital works claims to be paid ??? Did my first claim end of October , £16 k and paid in three weeks from submission , which I thought was very good and a pleasant surprise . Two...

Up to November22 , I have various fields which have been arable and on all the schemes , iacs, sfp and now bps . Due to large HLS scheme , whole farm is now grassed out but several fields have new hedges planted splitting fields into two/ three or in one case four new " fields" . Each hedge is...

No pictures tonight and long story short but need to house cattle in dutchbarns which have no sides and one end but the other end is tin sheeted . The other issue is that both barns are built on sloping ground ( about 14 inches drop each 15 foot bay) . Both barns 4 bays long and 50 ft wide. Post...

Went to order sponges for some ewes and told national shortage so none available ?? Checked with three vet practices. Unless someone knows different???

Probably bit late now but here goes . Been driving Lexion' s since 2002 but got rid of my last one in 2017 . Relief driving older 2009 machines last 4 years . Anyhow , mossman I help has bought a tidy 2012 630 Montana ( have had Montana machines before). He bought it privately and dealer has...

Meant to be outside but p...ing down so will ask this question . Arable farm going over to GS4 and livestock( but not for first year )and thereafter very low stocking rate , max 72 Livestock Units on nearly 300 acs! Can foresee a need to top areas either for tidy up appearance or stuff just...

I have looked back but not really found a recent thread answering the above question . My situation which I m checking is legal or not is that I passed my car test back in 1981 and I have BE and C1E on my licence and have driven trailers ever since although not regularly . Basically , I am now...

As above , came across the above company mentioned in an article I was reading so googled them . Not really much to see on their web site and have never heard of them . No offence or questioning anything they do but just wondered if they are known about or what they do exactly ?

My wife and I have a farmschool set up on the farm with around 50 ewes and a few rams which we started in autumn 2020. I spend probably 50% of my time off farm with other jobs/ work . I have been doing routine feet trimming when I am around home but the wife is saying that if she had a turnover...

I have a 2009 NH handler( LM5040) which I have owned since 2013 and therefore know its traits. I have noticed recently that when driving around between buildings not actually using any hydraulics ( other than steering) that you can hear the main pump sounding like its dead ending however if you...