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Hi all, we're restructuring our family farm and wish all sides involved in different enterprises pay a realistic price for what can be allocated. We've got a pig finisher shed ,scraped passage design, with capacity for 1000 finished pigs. Also, a converted straw barn with capacity for 300...

Hi everyone, just wondering if anybody has priced or bought a new quad lately and what discounts anyone got. Cheers

Hi all, having a reorganisation on the family farm and allocating costs to respective enterprises. What would be a reasonable rent on a 900 place QE style finishing building with scraped passages, all feed systems paid for by existing tenant. Many thanks

Do people think there will be strong demand for in lamb ewes in the spring. Looking for some to lamb in mid march. What's the experts view on possible prices?

Hi all, considering getting an entry level gps for contract slug pellet application. Looking at patchwork gps kit, seams good value. Any users experience on here, regarding blackbox air/plus models or blackbox marine. Many thanks.

Hi all, putting a new barn up later this year and was wondering what peoples experience of class q conversions have been , and whether they could have made it easier and cheaper if they had constructed the barn with conversion in mind. Many thanks

As per title, received bill for fitting a new honda quad starter motor and shocked by the cost. I'm probably out of touch with reality and not a mechanic, but seemed a bit expensive on labour charges. How many hours would you expect it to take ?

Has anybody had experience of these trailers? Looking at 32ft version, with decks. Over 25% cheaper than a quality competitor, is there a reason for this? Bit of an unknown as dealer is more than 2 hours further away and hasn't sold any trailers this big, but the low price is making us think...

Been advised to apply permasect and manganese on crops. Was sprayed pre~em a month ago with permasect, is it really necessary again. It has been mild but is there a need to do it again (at 950 ft) if that makes any difference. Is it another unnecessary cost?

My son has expressed interest in becoming an agronomist. He is currently checking out degree courses available at different uni/ college. What have members experiences been and what would you recommend, not just for course content but the facilities and attractions as a whole. Current possible...

Hi all, looking a secondhand one at moment and was wondering what experiences people have been and can you still get spares. Thanks.

Hi there, can a 17 yr old with a provisional car licence drive a tractor on the road. Nothing behind it, obviously he doesn't have a tractor licence. Many thanks.

Seen patches of this today for the first time on the farm. Any suggestions on how to deal with it. Thanks

Morning all, I've got a problem with one of the section controls on my berthould elyte. The section won't switch on, I've looked at the valve and it goes up and down, but their is a rubber plug that seems to be lower than the working ones. Its like it has dropped below the metal washer reducing...

Looking for advice on this matter. Am looking at 2500g tanker with 8" auto fill. Two pumps available either 9000 l or 13500 l, I believe that the tanker will fill faster with the bigger pump , but could create frothing (pig slurry) and reduce volume carried, but more of a concern is spreading ...

25ft long, just impeller type, not mixing/pumping type . Yeovil, Somerset.

Having had another bearing go after only 4 months on our storth slurry stirrer ,getting really hacked off now. Looking for alternative machines, looked at Mixit website , seems nice simple machine. Have anybody on the forum had any experience of these machines? Or are there better machines in...

Hi all, do any entry level GPS systems show on their screens when overlapping occurs. What I want , is to programme section widths, and when overlapping occurs on the screen view I can then switch section control off on spray controller . thanks

We're looking to put a new farrowing building and was wondering if anyone has used insulated concrete panels. The idea being to have a finished insulated wall straight away, rather than putting another layer on the inside. Thanks

Hi all, looking for a replacement sprayer , either trailed or mounted 18-24m. My old one is super low tech, what should I be looking out for signs of misuse, high workloads . How reliable are the spray control boxes, electric valves etc on 10 yr+ old sprayers. I ask this as an apparently cheap...