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We recently had a fire that has caused a fair bit of damage to our steel framed composite clad work shop offices and kitchen .We managed to put the fire out ourselves before the fire brigade arrived but not before the heat had buckled the sheeting, started burning through one of the roller...

Currently repricing providing tractors and snow ploughs for clearing Industrial sites and retails parks , last year we made a clean break to white where equipment was just available to these sites , and in my opinion since March of this year where any excavator etc has to run on white our...

A free to attend show with gates opening at 8.30

For more details for this event please visit www.agri-south.co.uk

One of, if not the first Agricultural Show to happen since Lockdown is on the 20th May 2021 at the Faversham Show Ground Kent . www.agri-south.co.uk

We bought in a second hand Valtra (n17d) and as its approaching 2400hrs had it in mind to get it serviced by our local Valtra dealer ,just wonder if its just me thinking £2400 for a service is too strong or if is just the going rate , its a total oil change,brake and tappet check. We service...

Maybe I am getting too old and grumpy ( and I havent hit 50 yet) but I saw various blogs etc about The Farm Safety Foundation and cannot knock any initiative to reduce accidents on farm 'But' I do wonder where they are coming from on their cycling blog?, it says about cyclists 'If you see...

If you are considering planting vines and need help developing a project then please do visit the show , the show will still be up until the end of the year allowing people to revisit ,there are a host of stands and speakers as well as the opportunity to buy English Wine www.viti-culture.com

While nothing can replace a real ploughing match there will be a virtual ploughing match that has almost been built ( on a ground up interactive platform) that will host a match on the 26 September 2020 . Classes will be like any other match , competitors will be asked to send in a set of...

while taking down some xmas lights in the farm office decided to reuse them ( as you do ) and after an hour quite please with lights powered from bacteria in soil ,taken from an adjacent field ( no real revolution doing this at all though it is a continuous output so far today ) but I...

FFS Pls Minette Batters make the NFU get a proper PR manager /Media handler and sack instantly the one you have ,as simple interviews are cannon fodder to farmer haters A headline popped up on my screen from the Daily mail ,and of course couldn't help myself , reason for the post isn't...

A great new event for existing or potentially new entrants into viticulture

Just seen in the Farmers Guardian that the National YFC committee is stopping having an annual meeting that for many farmers past and present has been a highlight of the year and a great way for people to meet others from clubs across the UK . Have the boring PC police now even invaded the...

We are looking at burying a 20ft shipping container under a new workshop office that is to the side of the main workshop floor .No problem reinforcing roof etc and digging into chalk on high ground so drainage no prob. Planning on sealing and wrapping whole unit to prevent corrosion and will...

Free entry and parking Gates open 8 am

I got an invite for this shindig below ,but my question is, am I wrong to think heaven help the farming job with all these people pontificating in London ?.The meeting costs £210 + vat to attend and is aimed at helping create future policy for Uk agriculture post Brexit ,a green brexit,labour...

This evening at the House of Commons the Sustainable Soil Alliance was launched with the remit of coordinating science ,agriculture and other affected groups , and to try and make a real change in soil research and application . It is supported by the Woodland Trust,The Soil Association...

I am amazed not more is made of the following NFU Mutual has posted a profit for 2016 of £1.03bn, nearly three times the £359m achieved in 2015. The rural insurer confirmed it had benefited from benign weather and a strong investment performance. The provider described the year as "very good...

Is it me , or am I right in thinking that the next few years may represent some of the most defining times for all UK farmers in generations , and now is the time where Farmers need to be well organised,financed and united in promoting and securing the future of UK agriculture . With this...

It's already been said in advance of the NFU meetings this week that a plan has been sitting in the NFU cupboard gathering dust just incase 'a Brexit ' happened ( though sure this will be denied ) Now Brexit had happened what next , is it right that just one orginisation that represents just...