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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...

What are peoples experience with getting the Bosch electric spool valves repaired instead of replaced when they go faulty?

Hello all I live in Northern Ireland and have a shipping problem, again. Want to buy a particular JerryCan, can only source it from one place, they refuse to deliver to NI. Anyone willing to let me get it delivered them and then send it on to me, naturally I will cover costs. Pm me if you can. TIA

Topcon X25 simple guidance set up. Had an update recently, accuracy has went out the window, when I leave the field to fill when I return it foesnt even think it's in the same field. An suggestions? Should all these boxes in the picture be ticked? TIA.

Right, humour me, am in the notion of fitting rate control and gps section control to a 21m GEM trailed that we bought as a project. Predominately a grassland farm here and don't do an awful lot of spraying but if I had this machine tidied up it would give me good capacity and last me my day. We...

Saving a bit of colostrum off freshly calved sucklers. Just milked out a 2nd calver and colostrum very pink, udder appears healthy. My question is will it keep OK if its frozen since there must be a right bit of blood in it?

Was looking at a Can Am 570 quad, what is the opinion on these. Have been using Suzuki this past 20 years.

As above, who is going and is there a particular reason or product to see?

Have a 1006.6 Perkins fitted with a lucas injector pump. Engine has always only revved to 2050 rpm (checked with a laser). Need this engine to rev to 2300 rpm for a task, thats perfectly within its rated speed. Have adjusted linkages etc but the limit is in the pump. My question is how do adjust...

Where is the standard/best place to mount blue lights on sprayer boom to show spray/nozzles etc? 21m trailed sprayer, was going to mount two UTV339 BLUE 40W lights.

As above, anyone re-wire a Pharmweigh lamb weigher to run a Tru-Test head using the existing weighcells?

A question. Could someone point out how we have benefitted from getting rid of Boris? The haters have been noticeably quiet of late.

So if we announce that we are going to / or just have discharged sewage on social media does that make it all right then? FFS. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-62574105

Explain please the pros and cons of crimping grain and how its done. Am in the situation where I am growing some spring wheat for the first time (grassland suckler and sheep farm). Had originally planted the wheat with the intention of wholecropping it but different people have told me I'd be...

Used to do more exciting things on a Saturday night. Masey 399 broke the pegs and spun the pump (no shame after 20,000 hrs) New pump £1400. Sourced a second hand one, taking no chances and rebuilt it. Will.pop it in tomorrow.

Evening all. Looking to source an Orchard sprayer to use to disinfect poultry houses, know nothing about them. What are Hardi like? What should I look out for? Does anyone know of anything decent second hand? TIA

Ok, Massey 76 electric spool valves, one has decided to stop working. Have got to 6500hrs and this is the first to give bother. Are they repairable? Is there a common cause of the fault? Can they be sourced from a cheaper source than the MF dealer?

Lab seems to have lost my soil samples, need to crack on with work and need to know pH of block of land. Have a calibrated optical pH meter for checking water for the chooks and was thinking is it just a matter of mixing some soil samples with distilled water and checking for a simple farmgate...

Anyone on here using the likes of Millers or Stanadyne additives in their bulk diesel tanks? See any advantages or improvements?

Wanting to reduce meal use next winter. Suckler to beef and sheep enterprise. No grain storage facilities. Wanting to grow grain and put in silo along with grass. What are the pro's and cons of wheat versus osts versus rye. Never grew grain before, educate me.