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  1. Richard III

    Ultra Processed Food

    That's pretty much what I have for breakfast - home made kefir, blueberries and walnuts. It works well for me.
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    Barclays Bank KYC Refesh team ( Know your customer)

    Our local garage has reduced the number of employees they have and their accountant advised them to change back from a company to a partnership. When they informed the bank (I don't know who they bank with), they immediately closed their account and the process of setting up a new one has taken...
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    Red Tractor Enviromental Module

    Me neither. Probably nothing to do with SH1t admin though, more likely done deliberately to catch out people with short term storage!
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    Red Tractor and Grain passports - which grainstore?

    I'm struggling to follow my instructions! :banghead: :rolleyes:
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    BASIS qualification

    https://agronomytraining.co.uk/home-2/
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    Close call accident thread?

    I used a rotary wire brush to take some rust off some metalwork, it caught and jumped into my overall pocket! Fortunately the grinder stalled before it did any damage to me. :facepalm:
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    Close call accident thread?

    Bloke who used to work for my next door neighbour did that and lost part of a leg. Unfortunately, some years earlier he had also lost one of his arms in a PTO shaft!!!! The second accident did finally finish his farming career.
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    Sustainable farming incentive - handbook for 2023 has been published

    Similar situation here, my Mid Tier ends in December and I can continue everything I want in SFI, which is great - except AB6, which I was hoping to do on an area. @Janet Hughes Defra
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    Close call accident thread?

    Sounds like you had a close call, I've recently been told about a farmer local to me who did the same and it amputated him at the ankle!
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    Questions for Janet Hughes at Cereals next week

    Apologies @Two Tone , the summary I was referring to was in the other thread. Empty seats definitely doesn't look good! Janet was very clear about the SFI being a work in progress and they want to work with farmers to improve the scheme going forward.
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    Questions for Janet Hughes at Cereals next week

    I went along, I was a bit surprised at how many empty seats there were, given how important this is! Clive has summed up what was said better than I could, I thought he and the NFU chap did a good job on the day. My recollection is that Janet said that DEFRA has finished work on the new...
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    Questions for Janet Hughes at Cereals next week

    A consultant suggested to me at the show that if a large sum is unused, a politician will probably decide to give the cash to the NHS at some point.
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    Will hen pheasants breed………….?

    We always get some breeding in the wild here, if the habitat is right, they will breed and rear young.
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    Alcohol

    I used to really enjoy a drink, but these days it ruins my sleep and leaves me feeling really rough the next day, so just not worth it. If I have a drink now I'll take some Myrkl , but still limit myself to a couple of drinks.
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    How to stop using insecticides?

    I've not used insecticides since 2012 and have only ever seen a few small patches of BYDV, not enough to be bothered about. The farm is all No Till and like to think this is why I don't get a problem, I've no idea how someone using tillage would get on without insecticide in this locality...
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    Fields disappearing down the drain... Litterally.

    It happens here when the drain outlet is restricted for some reason. I assume it causes back pressure in the drain and washes out weak points.
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    State of Land drainage in the UK - Questionnaire for all farmers.

    Quite a bit of grant aided drainage was done here in the 1970's, plastic with no back fill. The subsoil is silty, so it's all long since blocked up. I spend quite a bit of time reconnecting the Victorian system, where it was cut through in the'70's and jetting where it is blocked.
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    Electronics question - DC power

    It might be possible to use a double pole relay, so it is only powered by one circuit or the other?
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    quick fixes, bodges and creations

    I lent my 9'' angle grinder + keyless nut to a friend, he brought it back complaining the keyless nut was fudging useless and had jammed solid........................... He had put it back on upside down and then had the disc grab! :oops: I couldn't budge it either. :cry:
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    Using ratchet straps to guide cattle around farmyard?

    I used ratchet straps to create the sides in a covered collecting yard some years ago. The stanchions were at 6m spacings, the straps did two bays with nothing holding them on the middle post. The collecting yard had a decent electric backing gate, which would really push the cows up very tight...
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