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Coming to the conclusion that I could do with a quad. We have a Polaris ranger which is great, but it’s often got a sprayer on it and is being used for stuff every day. I just want something small and economical to whizz about with checking sheep. Needs to be road registered but unlikely to ever...

Any recommendations? I could do with a couple as we’ve two blocks of ground that are far enough apart to have quite different rainfall. Both stations could pick up a Wi-Fi signal.

There’s an old 20’ bale trailer here, I don’t think it ever had any brakes fitted. It’s only been used for for shifting bits around the farm in my lifetime but it’s solid and a handy size. How much hassle to fit hydraulic brakes from scratch, anyone done it?

Yes I know it’s been discussed many times. I’ve tidied up the gateways today before harvest. Bloke who lives in the village stopped and asked me if I’d do the sides of the whole lane as he’s got a new caravan and it’s getting scratched to buggry. Yeah. No. I explained about cross compliance...

Not having very good service from the outfit who we currently use, despite lots of promises they tend to deliver late or not at all and it's not worth the levy. Any recommendations? Covering the SW. Thanks

Here we go again. So in their latest bout of fu*kwittery the world's most incompetent organisation, the NSF, has just informed me that my new inspector is actually my neighbour. Whether or not we get along as neighbours isn't really the point, but ineveitably there would be times when you...

Jeeeeeesus they’re f******n useless. I f******n loathe their sh1t service, their arrogant indifference, their total and utter administrative incompetence, their supercilious nitpicking. Whole RT thing is a pain but these turd flinging windowlickers make it so much worse. Pri*cks. That’s...

https://www.fwi.co.uk/business/business-management/planning-permission/how-national-trust-has-threatened-future-of-our-family-farm I dunno, I'm sure they have to try and do their best to stick to existing covenants. But when I read the bit about the MD not even being arsed to write a personal...

They come in for some stick at times, not just on TFF but in most farming circles. I’ve been guilty of that. But I’ve changed my mind, and now I get it. Imagine having 50 acres, one simple tractor, a handful of sheep, a collie, and no debt. No pressure to keep growing, expanding, more machinery...

Second hand one ideally!

Most unlike me to even think about this stuff but having spoken to a mate in London today I could hear the fear in her voice. She said the atmosphere is horrid, especially in confined spaces like the tube. And now she’s stuck in a flat until further notice. Anyway, I walked around the farm after...

Can anyone recommend a firm who would take on a biggish planting job, 10,000 trees or thereabouts? Thanks.

Anyone going? @Guy Smith @gone up the hill

If we weren’t in ELS, what are the rules about topping margins? Can they be done more than once a year?

Does anyone know if HSE have a view on using a farm handler for a building project if it doesn’t have the front outriggers? We’ve done it before, machine is tested and operator licensed, but someone recently told me that this isn’t enough. Majority of the use is on the farm but we’re also...

Can someone give me a definitive answer on what the road tax is for a 2013/14 defender 90 hard top (not station wagon) please? Lots of conflicting info on t’internet. Thanks.

Following on from Pete’s interesting thread, if the whole job is just buggered, and it appears that there’s a consensus amongst a lot of us that it is - why aren’t there more farms on the market? Surely anyone struggling with sub 500 acres must be tempted to cash in for 5 million quids now and...

Some monkey (me) might've punctured a sidewall on piece of rusty kit abandoned fecklessly in the yard by another monkey (also me). On a less monkeyish note I've never actually damaged a tractor tyre before. Does insurance usually cough up for such things? Seeing as they're worn to about 30% I'm...

....I've tried so hard to resist.... But I'm going to have to unleash the harrows and the roller. My place looks like some sort of minimalist desert surrounded by green pinstripes. Seriously, Sunday morning Devon looked like it had a stripy waistcoat on, by sunset it was the full 3 piece. Is it...

Given the dry spell, I've been able to get the hedge trimmer out today. There's a tyre print but not much of one for November. Some of this ground had cattle on this time last year and is still a bit lumpy, I gave it a token roll back in April but didn't get it sorted properly. With short grass...