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Can I apply for a grant for a direct drill if I already had one on the first of these grants that came out in 2018? The grant at the time stipulated that we had to keep the drill for 5 years which we have so it there any reason why I couldn’t apply again? I am keeping the drill that we had last...

Been ditching today finding outfalls as the outfall is a bit low in the ditch really but struggled with fall a bit hence depth. Anyway I’ve been thinking the field is a bit wet in one quarter roughly so wanted to make sure the outfalls are running but when I found it I found it running very...

Just been thinking about our feeder wagon tractor not too seriously as our current ones only done 13000 hrs but I see no reason we couldn’t take it to 20k. Was thinking the ideal tractor would be 6cyl about 140-150hp 2wd and very basic. But what’s available to buy new as it’s probably impossible...

I’ve bought a front tank to go with my knight mounted sprayer. Any tips on fitting it? Would you have the pipes on the tractor at all times and would you route them under the tractor or along side of the cab and have them in a cradle that they would simply lift out? The tractor is a mf 6480 and...

Why do machine manufacturers insist on making everything electric it drives me nuts. I’ve blocked the straw blower up this morning because of the stupid electric box with its push buttons that don’t always connect right you have to look at the box to check if the light is no or off and then...

2019,710/70r38 datatronic 4, front linkage, guidance ready, 3000hrs, dealer serviced, owner driven £85,000 full rtk and field star screen available at extra cost. 07790716999

I’ve got to send a walkround video for an fetf grant how do I send a video as the one I sent was too big and I had to put it on dropbox but they have replied saying they can’t access that. Any help would be helpful

We’ve got an old kv power Harrow that doesn’t get used that much but I’ve never done anything with the trough grease other than check it. It has no leaks and it’s always kept inside. How often should we change it and how do you go about it? We must have had it 12+ years and it’s never given a...

How much do people think is fair to store fertiliser. We do a bit of contracting work someone couple of miles away we do all his work but it’s only contracting no profit share etc. he ordered fert off same merchants as me (10 tons) on the back of our order and we made the load up so it fitted...

Anyone used one or got one. Good or bad reports. I know they are incredibly expensive but are they the best and the strongest I’m pretty sure they are about the most expensive

Decent hay collected from the field in 120x70 bales 8 ft long what’s it worth per ton or per bale?

Can anyone give me a brief explanation of what if any payments we might get in the next 5 years now bps has finnished I understand there is going to be some sort of historic type payment. It’s all lowland bare ground

If bg is cut now will it set viable seed in second cut?

Anyone tried one? They tick all the boxes for us as we have makita battery’s and chargers. They seem reasonably priced in comparison to the Rambo just making me wonder how well made they are. It’s for clipping cattles backs, cruching and shearing the occasional ones that’s cast etc...

Trying to send mid tier capital works proof photos to the rpa but struggling as the files are too big. Any tips what do others do?

We feed beans to cattle as protein easily enough but people always say that beans have tannings in which isn’t great for sheep. So we buy 12 tons of soya a year for the sheep but it’s expensive and I like to grow all our own feed so wondered if anyone was using peas?

I’ve had several emails from NRoSO about excepting a badge on the back of going to lamma. I’ve no idea what it means and the link to click on seems a bit american any ideas if it’s genuine and what it provides

I had a field of w barley last harvest that had a bad brome problem due to drainage we have found the problem which was outfall blocked by hedge roots and mole drained and the difference it unbelievable. We drilled it with turnips grazed them put muck on in the frost and ploughed it fairly well...

Been vaccinated for 14 years and the time when we had our last pi calf. We have tag and tested twice with negative results apart from one cow that slipped calf but has been sold fat now. We are a closed herd except for breeding bulls all bought from high health pedigree herds. The vets recomend...

We’ve broken ours and it’s generally worn out is there any grants available in the near future or have I missed the boat