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Looking at the criteria for fencing grants and it looks like Clipex meets the criteria. Anyone had any issues with it not meeting it?

Is anyone using Myco-B and pleased with the results?

I have some gravely land which has had sheep outwintered on. I have spring barley and oat seed on farm. I’m leaning towards barley as it should make malting but will the oats do better on gravel and subsequently yield more?

All my silage ground has had 40kg of sulphur in the form of Polysulphate before first cut. How much more if any will they need for second and third cut. The leys are Lucerne and red clover with festuloliums, they receive no bagged n

Out of rolling emerged spring barley or using an increased amount of growth reg, which would increase the tillering of spring barley more?

Chatting with my agronomist about increasing the straw my crops yield as I’ve been short for the cattle the last few years. All taller varieties and grazed by sheep in the winter, also want more bulk so the JD rotary doesn’t smash it up as much. I’m looking to reduce growth regs and he said...

Currently all bales but looking to Ag Bag some forage next year. Any tips from anyone on the best way to get the feed out the bag without shovelling loads out the corners and making a mess!

Used to have a mounted Teagle that was absolutely bombproof then changed it for a telehandler mounted machine of a different brand that has been nothing but bother, so looking at returning to a Teagle. I can’t have a Spread a bale due to the width when they are side mounted. Any long term...

Currently running a Horsch Sprinter on 1 inch Dutch openers for all my drilling. Has anyone on similar wide rows reduced the seed rate? I’m thinking as the seeds are much more concentrated in the narrow row compared to most drills they will be over crowded and outcompete each other? The last...

I have about 5 acres of winter barley that is full of blackgrass that I want to mow rather than let it seed. The barley is out in ear but no grain fill has occurred yet. What sort of nutritional value could I hope for from it? Top quality silage like grass or more gut fill?

Is anyone using a spread a bale on round bales? If so what size works best? Got several neighbours who have them but all use square bales.

Normally our silage is great quality but this year it’s poor so for the first time ever we are having to feed rolled barley, not ideal with barley approaching £250 tonne! Are there any other ‘affordable’ sources of energy out there which are a similar value to barley on a cost per kilo of dry...

Need to install a new underground tank to collect the waste water and effluent from a new calf shed. It will be under the concrete and have several drains running into it. Would people recommend, a plastic or concrete tank? It will be driven over with the forklift etc.

I'm in talks with some neighbours about them growing two year grass leys for me for silage and I then buy it off them. They want to establish it and fertilise it etc and then sell me the crop which is fine. Would paying on a dry matter basis per tonne be fairest for both parties? If so is there...

Currently running 1 inch dutch points on a Horsch Sprinter. Has anyone drilling on wide narrow rows reduced there seed rates due to there being a lot more seed in each row?

We are looking to change our current feeding system to a fully automated machine to cut down on cleaning time as we currently have 2 heatwaves and 3 JFC mixers. We want to keep using out existing setup as it works well but are not sure about the drainage. How much waste water do these automated...

We are putting up some more sheds and have got quotes from our normal supplier but are also considering Mole Valleys sheds. Has anyone got one and are they pleased with the product and who are they actually manufactured by? I Imagine the same quality shed will be cheaper than our normal supplier...

I have increasingly been reading that more no till farmers are applying no bagged P or K and find that their indices are not decreasing. Are any members on here finding the same? We have recently moved to no till and the back bone of our rotation is 3-4 year grazed and silaged leys, all straw...

Our local butcher is thinking of retiring and I have always fancied a butchers shop. It's in the middle of the very busy large village/small town and has been there for decades. We have our own cattle & sheep etc which we could supply to the shop but after rent, business rates and staff etc...

We have a Mcconnel Pa60e Hy Reach hedge cutter and one of the rams will not extend but It will retract everytime without issue. The control box is fine and we have replaced the valve which controls it but still no luck. Could the ram of broken up inside? All the other rams work fine.