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    Do I need planning for change of use from dairy to poultry

    looking at some land and buildings the buildings are suitable for conversion to a 32000 hen shed they had 350 cows before do I need planning
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    vario gearbox and road work

    looking at a fendt tractor witch are all vario ,the massey rep says that a powershift gearbox is the right gear box if doing a majority of its work on the road he says vario is for feild work. dose the vario use more fuel on the road
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    Round bailing rotten straw

    trying to bale straw with a mcale baler, bales five good bales the fails to roll and leaves the baler full of straw which has to pulled out by hand would a belt baler be better ?
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    lubing uk problems

    we are having problems with a egg conveyer we rang for 3 months they say they will send somebody out to have a look but nobody has come . We have also ordered some conveyer parts throw vencomatic 6 weeks ago still nothing I thought that lubing kit was the best ,any advice whare I can get some help
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    Polish egg

    My polish egg lorry driver says he seen egg lorry's from Poland dropping off egg at two different depos one a egg processor in the west midlands the other supplying shops
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    black grass from layer muck

    A farmer says he has black grass from appliying my hen muck. We do not use any straw in our poulty sheds ,If there was black grass in my feed what the chances of it going throw the hen whould it still grow
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    supermarkets treat us like mugs

    At the pig and poulty show. A supermarket buyer said they were no longer worried about their egg suppy for 2023 because farmers will keep on supplying what ever the price.
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    Are Egg palletisers worthwhile ?

    I have done my calculations and find them borderline wether they pay .If we stacked 5 high then i would buy one. 64000 hens i think i would only save 1/2 hour a day am i wrong?
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    long term grass lay back to spring wheat

    roundup off , 6 year plus grass lay do I need to plough p and k 3 plus lime 6.5 ploughing would dry the land up quicker will there be to much of a mat of grass to direct drill or be a home for slugs is it better to berry the grass?
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    you cant catch your own hens

    I failed my lion audit because we had to catch our own hens when the catching gang failed to arrive and we are not qualified to catch says red lion. The hens arrived at the factory in better condition than if I used a catching gang ,The inspector said they would have done what we did. My hen...
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    Is the hen job clucked

    With avian flue like it is How much will AI insurance cost next winter ? if you can get it ? .What if we can not get insurance ? For me £320,000 before I see any eggs plus clean up costs It could destroy some bisnesses
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    poultry muck storage

    We have 4 16000 multi tier sheds muck removed 3 times a week .has any body any I dear how many sq meters or feet a shed would have to be to hold 6 months of muck for NVZ
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    hen multi tier systems lifespan

    Heard of farmers financing systems over 25 years as most systems are 10 years or less mine are 2 at 10 years and 2 at 6 years ,I heard of 2 systems that are not been used because major problems . my view anything over15 years is a bonus
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    inter 1055 power steering

    looking at buying a 1055 international, I drove it tonight the power steering was a bit stiff is this common or could it be lack of use
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    feed tracks

    How off ton do people replace the chain in the feed track mine are nearly 10 years old is that standard. We have started to replace some corners now again.
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    Which combine?

    looking at new hollond tx 32 £13000 or class 98sl £10000 both done 2900 hours combing 100 acers fed up waiting for contractors any views on any or any good combines out there.
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    catching your hens

    catching are own hens around 16000 after the problems we had over last week . 10p a hen should pay my staff a bit extra dose anybody else catch there own hens
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    fed up with caching gangs

    the first day they left 2000 birds in a 16000 bird shed , so we had to catch them the next night, next catch was last night, they came an hour early complained some bird on floor still. 3 artic lorries all modules unloaded by the time they should have turned up by which time all birds were up...
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    ON Farm storage and office

    Looking at converting sume buildings into storage and offices 2 miles into countryside, artic access will have fibre broadband in west wales near county town . The area is not London so rents will be low , I just looking for rough prices per ft in your area , Rates in Pembrokeshire on...
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    egg printing

    I got a ovie print from prinzen it cost me a lot in ink cartridge's and the print quality is not great to ,I need a six row printer .My brother has a moba grader and a Hitachi printer costs him £30 a quarter for ink but Hitachi do not do a six lane printer is there any sagestions on machine
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