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Just asked for a price for some Hytran oil for our old Quadtrac. Nearly £900 for 205 litres. We use Witham oil for much of our oil requirements and their equivalent is probably 65% of the price (I'm guessing). What is the TFF collective view on using equivalent, non OM oils? I appreciate this...

As title. Previous solicitors we have used have moved/retired/been struck off. Has anybody got a solicitor they recommend for solar park legals. Middle of the country preferably, although probably doesn't matter as all communication will be done down a wire anyway. Thanks in advance

We have had complaints from the council that water is running from our field onto the road almost at the top of a hill, which it has done in the winter for years, it is almost a spring. When it was frosty a few weeks ago several cars came off the road. At the councils request we dug a new ditch...

Boards about 7 ft long and nearly 2ft wide. Cups each side face opposite directions One end is rounded, the other end is cut square and we think mates with another 'board' the same. Genuinely asking for a friend who is having a clearout.

Is there any truth in the saying that if there is any rain on St Swithins day it will rain for 40 days?? My suspicion is not, but we appear to get stuck in persistant patterns of weather, and that seems more true now that ever.

I have been hearing rumours that the next Red Tractor standards are going to be focussed on worker welfare. That will included farm owners/managers/family members etc. One of the requirements suggested is that toilet facilities will have to be available at all times near the place where...

He obviously got out of the bed the wrong side (as my Mum would say). My Reply: I wish to reply to David Buttle in last week’s edition. As a cereal grower I home-save and also buy-in seed. Almost without exception the home saved is better quality, mainly due to fact that it has been over a...

Has anybody else got much Gout Fly? In some places it seems every plant has had the main tiller affected. Drilled late Sept so not exactly early, although mild autumn will not have helped. I have got 50ha of spring wheat to go in at the end of the month - should I be worried?

I am now at my heaviest ever, and need to lose some. I have had a few friends recommend these carb free diets. Any Tips?

Anyone running a JD SP sprayer. I understand there were improvements in 2019, but what is the general opinion of running costs, reliability, s/h value, boom height control, road manners etc etc This would all be compared to say a Bateman/Sands etc. We have a good JD dealer 3 miles away, so that...

We are looking for a sprayer operator to join our team. Our well-equipped business grows 800 hectares of combinable crops, at the home farm and for contract farming customers within a 5 mile radius. We also have a high health pig unit. We are looking to employ a capable and reliable person to...

Just taken delivery of 17t of wood pellets priced at £597 tonne. Last time I bought it was £244 and prior to that it has been around £205 for a number of years. We can burn wood chip with a change of settings on the boiler. I'm guessing it will be significantly cheaper and worth the extra...

We are currently specing up a new sprayer and wondered if PWM is reliable and worth the extra investment. We probably have 140 headland corners/bends where it would save time and potentially give a small yield increase/input saving, but I think the numbers are small in the grand scheme of...

I managed to get 3 DD drills on demo in the last couple of days. the field is going spring wheat in late March so the emerging crop will not be taken to harvest. But here are a few pictures. No doubt there will be some criticism that I drilled the wrong crop on the wrong day with the wrong...

can anybody tell me where the grease nipples are on a 2014 936. Operators maintenance manual makes no mention of greasing as far as I can make out. The index is mostly missing despite having consecutive pages. Chocolate teapot comes to mind. I have only found 6 nipples (on the rear linkage). Is...

Why on earth do the vast majority of famers have half tonne bags of seed and 600kg. They are the biggest PITA know to man IMO. Convince me why you need half tonnes if you have more than 100 acres.

Got some 6 string bales of barley straw baled dry but now had 7mm rain on them. Do we leave them out to dry a bit (which they probably won't) or is there anything we can spray on them to prevent mould? End use is bedding for small pigs. We carted 200, but 120 got rained on as soon as baler left...

As title. Spoke to a neighbour who said it was a bit 'dead'.

I have split a heavy clay field into 4. Direct drill, shallow cultivation, Plough and shallow discs with low disturbance to 200mm. This is the first year. 5th winter wheat, straw removed, FYM and compost applied April 2021 in previous crop. Unfortunately the grass weeds seem to have suddenly got...

These plough parts came in a pallet of bits bought at a sale. Are they Vogel and Noot Landsides? For sale at a very reasonable price if anybody interested. 10 of each.