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So I have no experience with Fastracs whatsoever but I stumbled across an advert for a tidy looking on of these for sale at a dealer not far from me. J plate 7500 hours and it got me thinking I might want it. What appeals I guess is how everything looks basic,( I like levers I have old...

Trying to buy a batch of cattle, if successful will need haulage as above if anyone can help

I’m beginning to look into building off the back of an existing 120x 30’ span portal frame with another 30’ span. Will anybody be prepared to take the job on as the existing posts are 7x4 roughly I think. 15’ bays with 7x3 timbers. Interior height isn’t an issue, 12’ to the eaves, I wondered...

Looking for somebody to carry out some crow/pigeon control in the Northallerton area. Lots of them! Farmyard joins a village so no machine guns please. Pm me for details

I’m on the look out for a cheap straw chopper to chop straw for the feeder wagon to save time. Something cheap and simple to chop and blow into a heap, thinking a teagle drum model or similar but how short do they chop it? The shorter the better really

Looking for a price on a pallet of feed grade urea in 25kg bags delivered to DL7

Looking to move a 12 cube diet feeder from Aughton near Ormskirk to Newby Wiske near Northallerton if I buy it. Anyone out there to help me?

Looking at the various problems across all sectors currently, pigs especially and the imminent removal of subsidies for all I can’t help but think a new mindset is needed. Reject the calls from all that make a better living out of us than we do to produce more, more efficiently and concentrate...

I am feeding moistened urea treated oats to cattle 6-18 months old. I know many feed them dry whole to young cattle fine as they cud more, when I feed them they are about 19% moisture. I wondered yesterday as my mill broke down would older cattle process them ok if instead of rolling, I soaked...

Silage sides for a Fraser M20 (13/14 tonne) trailer with hydraulic back door. Two sides, front and a tailgate extension. Currently still on trailer, £300 Ono. North Yorkshire

I have seen a second hand model of the above, has anyone had one, are they any good? Just looking to chop baled silage into troughs, will they handle the modern much denser bales I guess is the main concern I have. It looks tidy and is £1000

Has anyone splashed out on one of these? Look expensive but then so do crappy ring feeders that waste half that’s put in them. Opinions on build quality, use etc appreciated for baled silage for cattle 250kg+

As above, DN6 to DL7 9ex ten minutes from the A1. As many bales as you can get on. 3 by 3 bales

With the obvious straw issues this year I’ve been using a few alternatives sawdust being one. It works well but when I muck out once you are away from drinkers and feeders it is still very dry although compacted. Has anyone tried putting it through a mixer wagon or similar to fluff it up and...

Here’s something to get your teeth into in your new role seeing as though you did nothing about it in your old one. Spot the fraud....

Position soon to be available on a calf to beef unit. The job will be mainly sole responsibility for calf rearing/ young stock up to 150kg but also helping with weighing/sorting of older animals and some tractor/telehandler work. Part time on a self employed basis considered. PM for more details

Saw this headline from the Irish farmers journal tonight. Seems like they’ve had enough and won’t be signing up to the latest quango nonsense for more cost and ultimately no reward. Good on them

I was wondering if anyone had an instruction book for operating the Eaton weigher on the above? Just bought a machine and struggling to get it to work. Can’t decide whether it’s me or the box is faulty. Picture of box below

Cut meat and dairy intake 'by a fifth', report urges https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-51210622 According to this article on the BBC news website the NFU ‘welcomes’ much of the report. Any comments from NFU staff on here? Don’t know your tags but there are some I recall. Even worse...

Tonight it was announced by my better half we were trying something different for dinner, Heck chicken sausages. Apparently they have rave reviews and have been on some tv programme or other, fantastic flavour and so on. I can report they taste of absolutely nothing. Well not nothing at all...