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Does anyone know whether there is a limit to how much de-linked BPS reference data a business can acquire? I'm getting conflicting messages from different land agent sources. One says that any given business is limited to a reference data total of the amount they claimed (in nominal ££, before...

https://www.power-technology.com/news/report-majority-carbon-offsets-junk-or-useless/ But hey, its the future of farming.........according to @Clive

Currently got a Lely 2.8m Splendimo MC, owned since new 7-8 years ago, and would like to replace with a new similar type mower. Lely mowers are no longer made , so whats a similar alternative nowadays? Local dealer is Kubota, which I think is a rebadged Vicon? Their 2.8m MC looks very similar...

Anyone else had an email from the EA regarding the above? It seems they are changing some of the exemptions, abolishing some categories entirely and altering the conditions of others, including ones used by farms such as U1 and D7. What seems to be the most problematic change to U1 is that...

I'm having a spate of weird unexplainable things happening that just don't make any sense: 1) Tractor parked in a locked shed on a Friday evening. Monday morning rear tyre gone down, call the tyre fitter, blow it up so I can move it, it appears to hold OK, so use tractor. Next morning tyre...

I've been approached by a company called Elgin Energy with regards to having a battery storage facility on the farm, apparently I'm close enough to a national grid substation with network capacity. Are they a legit firm to deal with? Their website looks very professional, but that doesn't mean...

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/china-aggressively-reselling-russian-gas-europe It appears that Europe is buying a lot of LNG from the Chinese, who just coincidentally are importing a lot of it from Russia. So not only are we impoverishing ourselves, we are paying our two geo-political...

I get the impression that it would be wise to have a back up plan for electric this winter, so want to buy a generator. Something I could run my house with if needed, or basic workshop tools etc. Not looking for anything massive, don't plan to run a grain dryer off it, or anything like that...

On a whim I recently asked a friend of mine who has a drone if he'd do an aerial survey of the farm, as the drought conditions (no amount of rain here for getting on for 2 months now, following a dry spring and a dry winter) were making ideal conditions to identify old drains, and highlight any...

The new rules on red and white diesel use come in soon, on the 1st of April. Obviously farming has still has a concession to use red. But to what extent will some machines/operations that take place on a farm require white from now on? Quite a lot of things that happen on a farm are not purely...

Looking to buy a new mole drainer, any ideas on the best type/make to buy? Needs to be able to be pulled out of ditches so close mounted ones are out. Are the 3 point linkage mounted beam ones any good? Quite like the look of the Ceres Unimole but I'm sure the price will make my eyes water, as...

Interesting stuff going on in Sri Lanka right now, back in April the government unilaterally declared that all farming was to become organic, and outlawed the importation of agro-chemicals and artificial fertilisers. This has resulted in rampant food price inflation as crop yields are set to...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-57101577 Which will have the greater pro-farming impact on the UK public, the NFU (or indeed CLA et al) and all its efforts or Jeremy Clarkson making one program about what farming is really like? Discuss.

Anyone interested in taking this old bit of farming history off my hands before it ends up in the scrap bin? It is complete I think, but everything is seized solid and the wheels are slightly twisted. Castings on the wheel hubs say Bamford, so I assume thats the make. Either a project for the...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/28/rspca-plans-to-stop-taking-animal-abusers-to-court-privately Some good news for once!

https://notrickszone.com/2021/01/28/berlin-on-the-brink-blackouts-loom-as-coal-plants-running-at-100-capacity-struggle-to-keep-lights-on-in/ If Germany didn't still have nuclear and coal fired power plants to take the strain, their grid would be have collapsed by now, and millions would be...

Anyone else following this story? Its an absolute doozy, with the added twist in the tale that it could have serious political implications in the US. This article and video gives a decent run through of what has happened so far...

Today I finally summoned the will to start something I've been meaning to do for ages, have a clean up along the verges that border the farm. And after managing to clear just under a mile of verge, and collecting 8 bags of rubbish plus a pile of larger items, I thought I'd compile a Top of the...

Since we left the EU (legally speaking) in Feb this year, was this years BPS calculated using an exchange rate from euros as before, or were we just given exactly the same payment rate as last year? Or was there some other calculation method? And what will happen in coming years, will the...

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/5g-roll-out-fears-after-vodafone-loses-court-fight/ar-BB18vos6 Could have important implications for landowners, including farmers. Will probably be appealed, as there are billions in rent payments as stake. But useful if you are currently fighting a rent...