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Due to cutting our own herd back to only breeding stock, we will have cattle grazing for up to 150 head of suckler cows or around 300 head of youngstock. Can only offer it for this year, at the moment. Open to discussing options on what stock we take and how we charge e.g. per head/day or...

How do you stop your head spinning and get a sensible plan together, when out of the blue you are presented with a massive opportunity (the kind you have only ever dreamed about)? How have others on here made opportunities, they thought were too big for them, work out? Advice please because...

Wasn't sure where to post this, but remember seeing a post somewhere on the forum recently with a link to what might have been an alternative to the land registry website, that was easier/cheaper (free?) to find the basic details of the registered owner of land. I've tried googling it etc. but...

Can anyone recommend good suppliers of used poultry equipment? More interested in laying equipment and stuff for mobile layer systems, but may also need rearing gear in future too. To give a brief overview of what I want to do, the idea would be to start with one mobile house and small...

Got a reasonable load of gates to get from Kesgrave, Ipswich to Lowestoft after my first method of transport hasn't worked out. @JP1 Not sure if you have any contacts, or know of any regular backloads?? TIA

Been offered around 100 acres of mediocre solar park grazing (solar park with some larger open areas around the edge) Sheep only, it had someone else's sheep on it last year, but been rested a few months now and grass seems to be coming back reasonably well. Fencing is good, being security...

Thick question coming up... If something analyses as 1.8, 0.5, 5.3 for NPK, what do these numbers mean? Are they percentages?? A ratio of some kind?? No I didn't go to ag college.

I had initial conversations and viewed a farm in October last year, with someone looking to let out a large amount of grazing. I then followed up the week before Xmas, and they said things were proceeding quite slowly and they would be in touch in the new year. I'm conscious the end of March is...

What happens these days about linking holdings? Last thing I want is cattle with more movements than necessary on their passports as I have had buyers reject them in the past because of it.

Not exactly machinery, but have an issue with an old ifor trailer wheel. The tube has slipped round inside the tyre, pulling the valve with it. I need to get the wheel off obviously, but can I? the nuts are so rusted on they won't shift for love nor money. 2 broken wrenches later and 2 local...

Excuse the quick sketch! (bored at work 🙄) Hopefully the pic helps explain a bit about what I'm trying to achieve. I have a piece of land which is off grid that I'm hoping to rear some calves on. Water isn't so much a problem as I have a well and plenty of rainwater. However, power I have...

Who is the fastest/most reliable out there for getting urgent replacement cattle ear tags?

Checking the calving cows tonight, didn't get a chance to this morning being so busy at the moment and we are coming to the tail end of calving anyway. I noticed a cow stood off to the side of the field away from the rest of the herd, and made a mental note to check her as one of the last in...

How do broiler contracts work? Payed per bird or per kg? Who pays for birds/feed etc?? How much per bird/per kg do you get paid?

Wild justice regularly comes up in conversations on here. This may be of interest to some. https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/wild-justice

Has anyone on here ever built anything similar to the below? Any hints, tips or general feedback?? I was thinking you could essentially make the feeder as long as you like, but no doubt there will be some drawbacks. It looks like it would give a more natural angle for the calves to suck at for...

Up until now I have picked up land and sheds etc largely by word of mouth. I'm looking to expand quite a bit over the next few months and it's starting to get quite time consuming to look for a farm or even a yard/sheds I can use as a base. Farming isn't my full time work, and particularly when...

I have just realised that a couple of steers have run over the 30 month mark 🙄 I haven't had this before, so could someone please enlighten me what actually happens when they go to slaughter. The meat from these steers was intended for private sales. Do they have to be completely boned out at...

Last couple of days have been hell. Saturday evening I was feeling kind of sluggish, but put it down to rushing about Friday and during the day Saturday as well as quite a bit of driving compared to what I've been used to. Sunday arrived and I had no energy, ached all over and had a splitting...

Got talking to a machinery rep today about various popular brands who said the solis tractors, particularly the solis 50, are massively growing in popularity. I've found a couple of threads on here about them, but nothing very recent. Has anyone got one? How do you rate it??