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The house I moved to last backend has an oil fired Rayburn ( quite small , does the hot water too ) . My only experience prior to this was a solid fuel Aga and oil fired central heating. The Aga needed the chimney swept annually , but the central heating...

The Chancellor says trading regulations may vary after Brexit , and the food industry says this will cause food prices to rise. If food prices are to an extent set by the cost of imports - and EU regs don't change , then produce will enter as before...

Now I have nearly half an acre of non-fancy grass ie quite a lot of natural grasses , some coarse , to look after , I am considering getting a scythe to keep on top of the grass around my newly planted apple trees. The previous owner kindly left his ride...

I think we have a big job on our hands , to challenge the kind of stats that are bandied about in the vegan world. You know the kind of thing - that " official " figure of 51% of CO2 emissions coming from farmed livestock. Having more time on my hands...

Anyone seen anything like this before?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-45029043

Some things happened faster than others.

Apparently margarine is old hat. Unilever , of all people is dumping its brands. I remember a visit from my second cousin's ( a pathologist) daughter , along with her Granny. The child said it was the nicest Flora she'd tasted. Her granny and my mother perjured their souls...

http://www.heraldscotland.com/business/15185441.Application_window_open_for_Scottish_dairy_support_scheme/

Does anyone know why the BBC Business news section on the website, no longer reports prices of agricultural goods ( CBOT) ? Stopped last month.

My accountant and I had a chat about this today. Not sure if there is a thread already on here? Sounds an absolute nightmare. A stock farmer with a 31st August year end could have a pile of tax to pay in his first quarter ( lamb sales,calf sales and BPS ) , and his...

Can't find any other reference on here to this, but hey I usually do fail in searches. Herald today carrying snippet that Sainsbury's is to trial puting vegetarian alternative products alongside its meat range, and incentivising customers to opt for them ( vouchers and...

Two thirds through, and I did a rough check on whether I am on target. Its tricky for me as all my reduction has been in Oct and Nov, and I`m more down than I need to be at the end.However I`m now up on last year`s production ( first time in years) , and shouldn`t be too far...

It seems like some time since this limit was imposed.I was thinking about this because today we have a young cow just over 4yr of age to get put down after being stuck in a cubicle and tearing ligaments. Will this limit ever increase , as the expected BSE free cohorts age?

Two days into the 30 day monitoring period and the Euro has dropped 2 cents from its peak of last month. I could swear they do it deliberately.:mad:

Anyone else peeved at the new layout of pedigrees, and family info coming from the animal search facility on Holstein UK site ( and also of course Ayrshires etc)? I just cant take in the info as easily as I used to. A classic example of Hutber's Law ( improvement means deterioration).

31.5 mm rain in last 24 hrs, and its supposed to rain till lunchtime. Fields are far too wet for the cows to be out, and its too warm for them to be in. So making a right mess now. Second cut silage is out of reach in fields that could not take a tractor. Aug milk price will be 16p at best , and...

During my farm assurance visit , I was told that in future, we may need to fit a temperature alarm to our bulk tank. Since its an elderly ,large , fabdec one, I'm wondering what this might entail?

After an absolute pig of a week, the phone rang at 11.15 PM Friday night , caller display said number witheld, so I suspected it might be the police to say some cattle were out. In fact it was the RSSPCA to say that they'd had a call ( anonymous) from a member of the public , to say there was a...

Did. I miss the discussion on here about massive increase in knackery charges? Ours for a cow just gone from about £70 to £130. Help ma boab.