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Has anyone done it? I can’t see anything in the specification that says I can’t but don’t want to run into any problems if I get an inspection. Fields are going into a herbal ley and if I’m fencing the fields anyway it would make sense to keep 200 fallow deer out at the same time! I don’t have...

Machinery manufacturers are the ones who do well out of capital grants. Farmers who have paid full price lose out. SFI reduces production/food security and probably can’t be contained within budget. Surely there is a decent argument for area payments, let Farmers decide how to spend it and...

Cross compliance no longer exists so presumably we’re no longer obliged to stop hedge cutting at the end of Feb? Just the legal obligation to make sure that we aren’t disturbing any nesting birds? Have I got this right?

The variable start date lottery! It looks relatively simple to meet the aims of NUM3 (legume fallow) by sowing in the spring and keeping until the end of August. If my field is currently in wheat and my SFI agreement starts 1st March then I could presumably sow the NUM3 seed mix after harvest...

We had a new Sumo DTS toolbar/front hopper this spring which has had quite a few issues and Sumo have been very good at sorting them out so far. All of our spring crops had massive 20m misses/boxes on the “ins” put down to surging oil flow to the fan and a lots of air leaks on the pressurised...

Has anyone used them? What do you think? Are they going to get anywhere near the 20 year guarantee? Thanks

Logically I should be able to harvest a crop, establish a multi species cover crop (SAM2) for £129/ha, maintain it until the end of Feb and then establish a winter bird food crop/non insecticide (AHL2 + IPM4) for £777/ha and maintain until the following spring, followed by spring barley. But...

Does anyone use an online trading platform? I’ve been bombarded with Facebook ads the last couple of months but no idea how reputable they are.

Under SFI 2023 a legume fallow has to be established within the first year of a 3 year agreement and maintained until the end of the agreement. With rolling start dates that means a 3 year break from winter wheat, by far our most profitable crop, if your agreement starts in winter or spring...

I had an RPA sheep inspection on Friday, no problems there and a very reasonable guy doing the inspection but I did take the opportunity to quiz him on a few things and some of his answers surprised me. Firstly I didn’t realise that fines were a percentage of all money received from the RPA not...

I’m the first to admit that I don’t keep the tidiest desk in the world but I am good at filing and keeping the important stuff in order. The problem is that my office is overflowing with historic paperwork! The shelves are full, the windowsills are full, the cupboards are full, the floor is...

Just bought a 7 year old Disco 4 and rang the NFU to add it to our existing policy; Any driver over 25yrs £4,700 (a bit over). Named drivers £1,800. Nothing special about the vehicle at all, stated 12,000 miles per year, kept in locked yard in quiet village, value £20k. No recent claims etc...

7th birthday coming up in a couple of months and considering treating him to a little quad but no experience of the little ones (obviously!!) I won’t be buying any chinesium specials, needs to be a decent brand that I can get parts for. He’s easily the tallest in his class and growing like a...

As it hasn’t rained in 2 months and nothing in the forecast so far for August we stand no chance of decent stubble turnips. Looking at going back to broadcasting in crop which used to work really well with a contractors 24m avadex machine. We only stopped when we went to 30m tramlines so now...

We’ve got fit wheat and it Hasn’t rained properly since early June but now we keep catching light showers every day, very annoying! Weather forecast is hotter for the end of the week but I think we’re going to chip away at it in the afternoons, seems to be between 15.5% and 17%. Any other year...

I don’t usually have too many problems with my audit but I do put in a huge amount of work in advance. Am I wasting my time? What is the consequence of lots of lots of non-critical failures? Sorry Mr Inspector I don’t have any grain temperature and moisture records this year but it all sold...

Does anybody still make these or know where there are some decent used ones for sale? We’ve got hundreds of the things but they’ve been straightened so many they’re well past their best.

As above, what’s the proper name for these jaw breakers? I can’t find where to buy them. Thanks.

Can I do this out of season? Do I strictly need a felling license? Just to add complication, they are not my trees but badly overhang my boundary and I want to stock fence it. It’s about 1km of boundary and I would guess several hundred tonnes of timber. The trees are also part of a SSSI. Tree...

How successful is this in the autumn? Because of our wonderful Agricultural policy my landlords have decided to take around 250acres of arable land (including entitlements of course!) off me and enter into 5yrs CSS agreement of wall to wall GS4 and AB9. I could go on about this for hours but...