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Currently feed our cows in an old brick trough built against the wall of the shed. The current trough is way too high and they struggle to eat the last 25% and feeding inside the shed is a PITA. Planning to pull the trough and wall out as part of some shed upgrades and put some locking yokes in...

I changed feed companies in the summer after receiving some sub-standard feed. I wouldn't have been to bothered had the company taken the complaint seriously but they didn't. After using the new supplier for a few months, I noticed milk disappearing. I'd gone from some cows giving over 60L to...

I started milking through a robot in June and am finding identifying mastitis through conductivity a bit hit and miss. Since fully housing on straw a month ago mastitis cases and cell counts have gone from 1 case a month/cells of 150 to over 5 cases a month and cells in the 300's I'm looking...

My JCB loadall has developed a strange problem, when moving off from a standing still it is incredibly erratic. Best was to describe it is as if you took your foot off a clutch really suddenly. It’s a 1, 2, 3, Auto machine and if it’s in 3 or auto, it just stalls. If I turn it off and leave it...

I'm trying to finalise my application for funding to help the purchase of my first robot and I'm struggling to find some data. They want to know how much energy the robot will use compared to my parlour and how milk yields will change. I also have to show how I have come up with the figures...

Looking to trade in a 2 wheel drive 7740 and case 885 loader for something more up to date. Will mainly be used round tight yards, loading bales, on the mixer and bedder but also need it to be able to do a bit on baling and pull 3m discs. Going to look at at the 2 above, both a touch over £30k...

Looking for a 13-19 cube feeder that that isn’t worn out!

Decided to get a combine fabs concave for our JD 2254 after reading glowing reviews on here but the new concave doesn’t have anywhere to attach the secondary concave / finger rake. Our combine came with a finger rake rather than a secondary concave but without it you have about a 7” gap between...

I’ve been thinking of the best way to move cows from straw to cubicles and reckon I could fairly simply and cheaply install cubicles and a reception pit in the existing shed then pump out into a alligator slurry bag with integral mixer as installed by Tramspread. Salesman sounded very positive...

Just had a rough quote for a builder to dig out and concrete an 120x34x8ft underground tank with 22 off 300mm OD pillars. He will fit but is not supplying cubicles and slats. £100,000 I nearly fell off my chair. Does this sound reasonable to anyone?

Had a mates sheep on my land before Christmas for the first time. Just seen an email stating to comply with cross compliance, thou shalt complete and submit an inventory of all the sheep and goats on my land as of 1st December. Do I need to do this even though they aren’t my sheep but we’re...

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Got rained off when rolling a field of newly drilled winter wheat and it never got finished. Took this 3 weeks later slugs have hammered it where it hadn’t been rolled. Won’t make that mistake again!

Anyone got an old hectare counter for an AD 303 kicking around somewhere, we seem to have misplaced ours. Sure it will turn up sometime so don’t fancy shelling out a fortune for a new one. It’s the one about the size of a packet of 20 fags with a 2 pin plug on the bottom Thanks!

Anyone got or know of a second hand cluster flush system that is for sale, preferably within 100 miles of Driffield, East Yorkshire? Thanks!

Somethings seriously up with the drive on our telehandler. It’s a 2007 6 speed, had a new transmission filter and oil (Witham ATF Type D) change about 3 weeks ago and has been fine until this morning it wouldn’t reverse. When you shift the shuttle into reverse in any gear it goes forward an inch...

I’ve got a problem with a manitou 629 not charging and needs to be manually charged up far too often. Presume it’s linked to the fact that when I start it up, the rev counter doesn’t move and there’s no increased voltage at the battery. When I rev it’s nuts off, the rev counter springs into...