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With a very challenging year I've decided we should invest in a hay moisture probe. Do you have any recommendations please?

I have about 11ha of maincrop turnips that I was planning on applying Nitram fertiliser @ 110kg/ha (therefore providing 38KgN/ha). Crop has already had (50kgN+ sulphur) and looks like a good crop worth spending a bit more money on. ;):eek: How long do I need to leave it before it's safe to...

I'm looking for someone with experience to install a Hydor HV1250 fan and louvre into our grain store. We are based near Cheltenham (GL54 5SZ). I can hire a cherry picker which will be necessary unless you have access to one. Ideally needs doing in next month, 7 weeks at the very latest. PM if...

We're looking for a full-time shepherd for our 1,000+ flock of mainly NZ Texel ewes. It's a permanent position as our current shepherd is leaving to travel and hopefully work in New Zealand and Australia. He has been tremendous and is leaving after harvest on good terms. I've put an advert on...

We are looking for an enthusiastic, experienced shepherd for our mixed farm in the Cotswolds. We run a flock of over 1,000 breeding ewes plus replacements and finish all of our lambs. This is a full time, permanent position and comes with the option of a recently refurbished 3 bedroom cottage in...

We're finishing building our grain store here and now concentrating on the yard and drainage. The area between the stone bunker and the new building gets a lot of water running off which goes down the yard and gets everything wet. I need a solution to remove the water. Our pressure washer is...

We signed up for a new 5 year Mid Tier agreement which should start this January. I'm annoyed that I have yet to hear from RPA that I have been accepted but that's another story! Some of our CS Options require fertiliser to be applied at a specific rate (AB9 for example requires 50Kg N/ha)...

I've made the difficult decision to find a new home for Cap, my 7 year old Border Collie sheepdog. Purchased from Dick Roper as a puppy in 2014 he's been working sheep all his life and can be seen working. He's a very friendly, affectionate dog and I've no problem letting him near any children...

Asked Mr Google but could not find a definitive answer. We are a farm and if I sell some soil from the farm to a local resident is it VAT exempt?

Can anyone help recommend me a water pump please? We have two concrete reservoirs on the farm, one holds approx 9,000 litres and the other over 14,000 litres. The smaller and lower reservoir is fed by a natural spring delivering at minimum 9litres per minute and 40l/min at peak times. The two...

I'm looking for a machine to broadcast stubble turnips and cover crops into a standing crop of wheat. A Kuhn Aerospreader is the obvious choice but they don't come up for sale often and new would be too expensive. Does anyone else have any idea? We tried with our fertiliser spreader one season...

We've been using Allflex tags for years but their RapID tagger is getting clunky and unreliable having now tagged a good few thousand lambs. They aren't willing to supply me with another applicator FOC even if I order 1,500-2,000 tags so I'm considering moving supplier. The Turbo Tagger from...

I'm looking at selling our 1980's Opico 12 gas fired PTO drier. It's in good working order, complete with DCM box, having completed harvest last year. We now have a new Masters so looking at selling the Opico. I have someone interested who made me an offer on the phone without even seeing it or...

I'm looking for 4 weaners. Based near Cheltenham GL54 postcode. Can collect.

We have a Agrimec flat roll which has wooden bearings that need replacing. Apparantly they have gone bust and are quite different to Twose bearings. Any idea where I can get a part? Has anyone made one out of a piece of hardwood ?

Anyone with experience of grain bins for auto batch driers? I was looking at a 3m x 3m x 5.21m bin but whilst this is matched to the drier it's very tall and I'm concerned about loading the bin. I've done my calculations and there isn't much room above between the top of the grain bucket and the...

I have an Albutt A075-80GB grain bucket. It has a 2.1 cu m capacity. I have upgraded to a new JCB TM320S which can handle a lot more. Is it realistic to weld plates to the bucket or do I need to upgrade?

I've been growing kale, turnips, hybrid rape here in a rotation for many years now. I've got one field, currently in fodder beet that's got a problem with charlock and I'm concerned that putting it in turnips/kale this spring will result in a mass of charlock. What would you recommend as a...

I'm looking into a new grain store and if I do go ahead I'm going to need a grain pusher. Or am I - any other options? I'm looking at 3.6m high concrete panels around the store and will have a pivot steer telehandler with 3.2t capacity and 5.2m lift at my disposal. What size would you recommend...

Assuming all work done by contractors how far will £100,000 go? Only looking at a flat store for dried grain. I understand the cost of concrete is going to be a big part of the bill. Will be phoning this week getting some quotes but this is all new to me havng never put up a building myself...