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  1. Clive

    Scram Africa '24 - picture heavy !

    Not sure if this is interesting content "off topic" for a farming forum or not ? (please let me know if not and I will stop boring you all). Next week I set of on a bit of an adventure through Morocco via Barcelona in a Puma engined series 1969 2a landrover with my friend Alan The route...
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    Red Tractor meat

    Can a livestock farmer clarify this one please ? can a (live) animal be imported to a UK Red Tractor assured farm that is then later slaughtered in the uk become red tractor assured ? if so how long must it be on the uk farm before slaughter ? think there maybe some mis information this on X...
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    split ISO ?

    anyone know if you can run x2 ISO machines at a time on a tractor / x1 ISO screen ? if so can you get a splitter cable ?
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    Capital grants - Farming Equipment and Technology Fund 2024

    So to get our heads around how useful this support offered by Rishi yesterday, who plans to take advantage of the FETF capital grants this year ...
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    Quiz -what’s this random part

    Spring cleaning farm workshop today and found this in a box of parts i “think” i have worked out what it is but no idea what it may have fitted anyone know ? or take a guess ?
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    Annual conformation

    How does this work ? ie our sfi application is the parcels we intend to put into various options but with many being rotational and there being flexibility to increase without limit and reduce area by up to 50% am I correct in understanding that we will have to effectively do a...
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    ALH1 deal ? FarmDeals Collective

    I've been getting quotes on this and prices REALLY vary - lots of factors like different seed mixes and drilling rates to consider when comparing these mix price but I just simply want the cheapest possible mix that satisfies DEFRA requirement @Farmdeals are running a collective deal on AHL1...
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    insurance renewal

    Had our annual review and renewal yesterday and happy to report it was nothing like as bad as expected premiums up circa 10% but i was expecting far worse reading a few TFF threads and stories about soaring premiums well above inflation Thanks @Nigel Wellings and your team for “keeping it...
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    Condescending Supermarket

    How very generous …….. How VERY condescending ! The open market can decide the value and we can decide if we want to sell at that price “supermarket god complex reaches new levels” should have been your headline @Abi Kay
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    Fendt 728 gen 7

    video from LAMMA ……….. did I put my order in ? Lets talk Fendt | NEW Fendt 728 | Lamma 2024
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    Solar rents?

    What’s the going rate / acre these days ?
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    Farm Productivity grants phase 2

    Anyone know when the application window for this opens ?
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    Steve Barkley at OFC

    So i wonder what announcements / new standards we might get re SFI today ? any guesses ?
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    SFI and HMRC / IHT ?

    Was it ever established if a farm that is 100% in SFi is still classifieds as a farm by HMRC as far as IHT is concerned ?
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    Soil Management plan template?

    Anyone come across a good template for a sfi compliant soil management plan ?
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    Digital Combinable Crop passports

    This seems to have slipped under the radar but if you have anything to say about digital passports then AHDB have consultation open now https://www.farminguk.com/news/consultation-on-plans-for-digital-grain-passport-to-soon-commence_63682.html
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    Red Tractor review ? How ?

    https://www.fwi.co.uk/business/compliance/independence-of-red-tractor-review-under-threat So both AHDB and NFU have promised independent reviews into Red Tractor to dampen the flames caused by the farmer outrage over Greener Farm commitment plans It's easy to promise such things but HOW do you...
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    GFC vote ?

    In the AHDB webinar this morning Tom Clarke suggested there was never actually a RT / AFS board vote on this issues but just discussion, this seems odd to me as voting is what boards do ! as a result my question of how AHDB voted or who from AHDB voted in Tim Rycrofts absence wasn’t really...
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    Roller shutter door service / repair

    Can anyone recommend a company please in the midlands area who I can trust to service and repair big insulated roller shutter doors ? Company we have used for the last 20yrs have become unreliable and shoddy so want to move our business to a more skilled / reliable outfit
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    Is this acceptable from AHDB's Chairman ?

    Quote from Farmers Gaurdian. With 85% of AHDB income coming from farmers and 15% from processors is he right to say its noty right to side with either farmers or retailers ? My view is he (and AHDB) should be a firm 85% sided with farmers
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