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Have some meadows which will soon be shut up for mowing. They are a bit compacted due to the wet weather, some were mucked a bit heavy so there are lumps of muck which haven't disappeared and due to a lot of moles there are old mole hills. I think they need all three of the above but in what...

Have been looking at new cattle crushes and come across the WTI livestock controller www.axico.com/livestock_controller/livestock_controller_video.html. Just wondered if anyone has any experiences of them. This one is for sale at £1050 used but looks fairly new. TIA

We've had a disappointing lambing due to abortions and non viable lambs being born. Vet has now told us it is caused by Border Disease Anybody had experience of this and any suggestions on what to do next? TIA

Need another tup for this autumn. Thinking of a beltex x Texel. However noticed some Millenium blues for sale locally on Friday. I understand these are bleu de maine cross beltex. Anyone any experience of them ?

We have an IH 955 with 8000 hours on that we use for a back up tractor. I was putting fertiliser on with it last week which involved 2 road trips to some land 5 miles away (i.e 10 mile round trip). When I'd finished and was washing off, the rear axle was so hot the water turned to steam. Have...

Trying to decide whether it is better to sell calves off the cow at around 10 month or keep 25 to 30% less cows and run them on to sell as strong stores at 15-18 months or finish them intensively. All grass farm so straw and barley bought in, enough buildings for either option, Limi sired...

Been offered some fodder beet at £28 per tonne delivered which I thought seemed reasonable. The concern I have is it would have to be tipped outside and I cannot spare straw to clamp it. Will it be OK if we get hard frosts or will it be spoiled? It's to feed to ewes pre and post lambing and...

I know some people have strong views on haybobs and we struggled to make hay in thick crops last year, especially second cut. I could not get lumps shaken out until I borrowed a neighbour's new Galfre tedder which did the job. The question is I don't really want to spend £4,000 on a new tedder...

First 25 ewes lambed and got 13 sets of triplets, only 2 singles so not much chance of fostering. Considering a shepherdess lamb feeder. Anyone using one,are they any good, any tips on their use or are there better ways of managing triplets? Thanks

We have acquired some extra land that should complete earlly April. The hedges are very overgrown and ditches need cleaning out. I know I can't cut hedges after March 1st so that will have to wait til August. Can anyone tell me if there are similar rules relating to ditch cleaning? Thanks in...

I left farming in 1988 having never recovered financially from milk quotas when I was trying to get a foot on the ladder milking cows. I went and did something completely different which has done well for me and now at 54 I own a small farm and am starting my third year farming. (My accountant...