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  1. shumungus

    Northern Ireland Milk Price Tracker

    Based on worst case scenario of each animal producing 18 litres of waste per day, which is way above what is actually produced as the 1.7 million cattle aren't all adult cows...
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    Northern Ireland Milk Price Tracker

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-68874718 According to my fag packet maths 20 BILLION LITRES is twice the amount of slurry produced by Northern Irelands 1.7 million cattle if they were housed all year round. The UFU should be all over this.
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    Fox spotting LED torch

    We have two of these, https://uk.milwaukeetool.eu/en-gb/m12-led-spot-light/m12-sled/ originally chosen as we already had the batteries but a super light perfectly suited to spotting or finding livestock at range, very robust, light and not too big.
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    Northern Ireland Milk Price Tracker

    No it would be better to have a bit of extra storage or less stock so that as a business you would have contingency in place. Better that than taking valuable fertiliser and wasting it in a way that could land you with a pollution incident and a financial penalty. If you try the animal welfare...
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    Northern Ireland Milk Price Tracker

    With some of the attitude and comments being put on a public forum here regarding sludigators and spreading on waterlogged ground its no wonder Andrew Muir and the NIEA have the livestock industry in the cross hairs.
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    Perkins leaking thermostat housings

    If your having corrosion issues surely it would be a good idea to up the antifreeze %. We run everything here at minimum 50% and have little issues with corrosion or gunge build up.
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    Northern Ireland Milk Price Tracker

    Anyone hear any prices of what good pit silage is making?
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    Best way too get insurance for a young driver.

    Over here you won't insure anything for less than £3k for a 17 year old in their own name. No claims bonus is 30% after first year.
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    Best way too get insurance for a young driver.

    1.4 polo quoted at £3800
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    Educate me, Spearhead winter wheat.

    No spring crops in anywhere round here yet. Large percentage of the winter crops have been burnt off as they failed in the wet.
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    Best way too get insurance for a young driver.

    Try insurance in NI if you want extortionate. Daughter is 17 , Audi A1 2.0 tdi, lowest we could get is £4300. AXA quoted £7000 ir £6200 with black box.
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    Educate me, Spearhead winter wheat.

    Need all the grain that's what we do it for, it's more a cereal silage than whole crop as we let it go nearly ripe then direct cut it sith a sph fitted with a mill.
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    Educate me, Spearhead winter wheat.

    Firstly I am not an arable farmer. Have been growing Winter Wheat this past couple of years for wholecropping into the silo. Didn't get my Spearhead Winter Wheat sown last autumn (thankfully) as too wet. Wanting to sow spring Wheat now instead. Winter Wheat seed is sitting in shed, agronomist on...
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    Straining hinge joint mesh in tight places?

    If you have a strainer board and a winch you just pull it to your strainer post, you don't need any gap or tractor.
  15. shumungus

    Fertiliser Price Tracker

    What part of the world?
  16. shumungus

    Fertiliser Price Tracker

    The thinking is that if its a late sowing season it'll maybe drop a bit but once it starts to shift they'll rise it, very little moved yet.
  17. shumungus

    Fertiliser Price Tracker

    Yara Urea 46% un-protected £375/t, half load delivered.
  18. shumungus

    Power washer pump conundrum.

    If the piston pump has to turn in a certain direction it will be clearly marked on the casing, if it is not marked it can turn either way.
  19. shumungus

    What blades to clip cattle backs

    Sheep head and use a Heineger Shattle comb and ordinary sheep cutter.
  20. shumungus

    New Toy Day 👍🤩

    It appears your indoctrination process is complete. Why is it that nearly all Fendt owners/operators have the same condescending tone? If it is true that everything Fendt is superior then that must mean that Masseys and Valtras are also superior to all other brands as they share many common...
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