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Hello all, I'll be finishing off a few projects (Hedgelaying, mostly) come the end of March/beginning of April and I'd like to get back to working with livestock. The bulk of my previous experience is one year working mainly with beef cattle, sucklers and also rearing bought calves. Job...

Hello all, I wonder if anybody would consider taking on a small-scale sporting tenant? I am looking to start an unobtrusive rough shoot to provide a small number of days walked-up shooting for a team of a few guns. This would involve releasing SMALL numbers of pheasant and partridge, with the...

Hello all, Just putting myself out there if anybody requires a professional chainsaw and/or brushcutter operator. I have all the equipment for felling and/or processing timber and also a large commercial spec brushcutter which is fantastic for clearing and mulching areas of bramble, saplings...

Hi all, I'm looking for a good condition Ifor Williams or similar trailer. Needs to be a drop side or tipper with wheels underneath, not outboard. 10ft x 5ft ideally or there abouts. Will travel for one at the right price but I'm based in Worcestershire. Anybody got something for sale?

I am looking to rent a small area of yard and/or shed space to store some of my kit. Initially just a pickup trailer, but will hopefully grow to include a compact tractor and some small forestry kit. I don't need anything fancy, just the space to keep things. Home is Stourport-on-Severn so...

Hello all, I am looking to rent a small area of yard and/or shed space to store some of my kit. Initially just a pickup trailer, but will hopefully grow to include a compact tractor and some small forestry kit. I don't need anything fancy, just the space to keep things. Home is...

I am looking to rent, long term, some space to develop my forestry/firewood business. I will need an area large enough to park an ifor-type trailer, locate and use a log splitter (trailer type) and to store unprocessed timber in a stack, and split logs either in crates or "ton bags". Would be...

I am looking to rent, long term, some space to develop my forestry/firewood business. I will need an area large enough to park an ifor-type trailer, locate and use a log splitter (trailer type) and to store unprocessed timber in a stack, and split logs either in crates or "ton bags". Would be...

As per the title, I am available for all aspects of chainsaw work (excluding climbing) and brushcutting. I'm a qualified and experienced operator with my own professional equipment. Felling and processing, logging up timber, limbing, brushcutting/scrub clearance, etc, etc. Hourly rates or "per...

Hi all As per the title, I am available for all aspects of chainsaw work (excluding climbing) and brushcutting. I'm a qualified and experienced operator with my own modern, professional tools. Felling/harvesting, logging up fallen trees, brushcutting/scrub clearance, etc, etc. Hourly rates or...

I am looking for a new opportunity, potentially full time or preferably on a 3 to 4 day per week average, somewhere in the Worcestershire or Shropshire area (I'm based in Stourport, but could potentially relocate within commuting distance of Telford subject to the wife!) Aside from my...

Hi all, I've said this is not the usual wanted ad for stalking/shooting. What I mean is that I won't tell you how nice I am, how I'm discreet and conscientious and respeful and by the way please can I come shooting on your farm. Although of course, all of that is true! I currently work more...

Hi all, Can anybody run me through the pros, cons and points of difference between hay, haylage and silage? Google has almost too much information to offer and is serving to confuse rather than inform, given that I know little/nothing about livestock nutrition. In a nutshell, what influences...

Hi all I am looking to learn and develop my knowledge on the job. I've done several days varied work with a member of the forum who was good enough to take me on as a sort of trainee/labourer on his farm/fencing business. Unfortunately through neither of our fault the arrangement isn't able to...

Hi all, I am going for a meeting/interview for a job with a dairy farmer next week. I have no more than an above-average layman's knowledge of dairy (or, indeed most aspects of farming), although he knows this and the ad welcomed enthusiastic applicants without experience. Aside from the...

My name is Simon, I'm 31 and looking to gain some more experience of livestock farming. I've done several days varied work with a member of the forum who was good enough to take me on as a sort of trainee/labourer on his farm/fencing business. Unfortunately through neither of our fault the...

My name is Simon and I work currently as a support worker for children with learning difficulties and challenging behaviour. The work is enjoyable and rewarding, but it was never my ambition and it isn't what I see myself doing forever. I've always been interested in agriculture, but being from...