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    Land Area Calculator

    Have used Acme Planimeter before but it doesn't factor in contours so if you compare the measurement it gives, it is always smaller than that with Defra. Anyone know what system they use and is there one that is available online?
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    Lame Lamb

    Have got a 3 day old lamb that was limping on front left last night and today it isn't using either front legs. No breaks, pain or inflammation. Forgot to take temperature, will do that later, but it is very alert, calling for it's mother and it took 250ml milk no problems. Any ideas?
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    Outdoor Hay Storage

    How do you do yours? This is my first winter on a new FBT but the land doesn't have any sheds etc. I run sheep only and this winter, I bought in small bale hay and stored on pallets covered with silage sheet. I was feeding every other day to go with the grass rotation which worked well to...
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    Hourly Rate for a Milker

    Hi folks, The dairy farm I work on is selling their cows and moving into beef and with it will go 15 of my hours a week. As a result, I'm going to start asking around tomorrow to see if I can get a milking job to make up the difference. So that I'm not falling behind in rates of pay and...
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    Selectively Breeding Sheep

    I have had my own EasyCare sheep for two years now jumping between this and that farmers land. It has all been a bit uncertain but now I have a tenancy I'm thinking about my aims with them. My main aim is to have a closed flock selectively bred to suit the area I'm in. In that never existing...
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    Rental Land Value - Devon

    Hi folks, Needing some advice. I have been in negotiations to take on my first tenancy. I have been farming this land for 9 months on a pay per ewe basis but the current tenant has given it up. After asking for plans and acreages to be given, the agent has come back saying it is 38.44 acres...
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    Grazing Need Near Axminster, Devon

    Hi all, Currently working in Cornwall, I've been offered a job near Axminster and am in need of land for my 40 EasyCare ewes with lambs. I need to move them asap. Rent, keep or day rate all considered. If you can help or know someone who could, please call me, Steve Moore on 077 9656 1025...
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