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Looking to put a comprehensive SFI agreement together over 400 acres of mixed grass and arable. Mainly heavy ground. With possible grant to come this year on direct drills I’m looking at purchasing my own drill. looking at Aitcheson or sim tech. What are your experiences or views on the options...

Anyone grazed Mustard before with sheep, just wondering how palatable it is and it’s feed value for either ewes or store lambs.

Have access to a Wile 27 moisture probe, what moisture content is considered safe for barn storage of round bales hay . ????

Any views on Fendt mowers. been offered a Fendt 320 straight TPL mower. done little work. Am I right in thinking they are based on a Fella. ?? Only got to do my own haymaking/mowing.

Wanting a fert spinner ( second hand ) for grassland farm with small area of arable something easy to calibrate / set up . Any recommendations please

Friend has taken on 15 acres of cr-p grassland, not cropped last year. This year it is just a mess of weeds with a lot of docks and big lot of ragwort. Wants to clear ground, possibly put in a fodder crop for a break and then reseed but what to do with what’s there ???????

They are pushing hard into the Ag market. 600cc 4wd bike well built and on face of it very good value, has anyone got one or got experience??

Out of interest how many of you pay your lambing/Vet students ??

Went to change socket on Isuzu Pickup and came across this inside the 7 pin socket, wouldn’t fit into the replacement I purchased. What is it ??? Thanks MGH

As per title. We are wanting some kind of alarm on the drive that will alert us around the buildings if someone comes up the drive. We used to have one that made a door bell sound in the house, but wanting something that makes a noise around the buildings to alert when we are busy outside.

Are any of you using a Heatwave machine to feed/rear calves. If so how you getting on, any advice ?

Appreciate we all farm in different circumstances and all farms have there own challenges. Had a chat at market with very differing views. When buying in store lambs for the autumn / winter feeding what standard treatments do you use ? Dip, worm, fluke, jab, bolus, foot bath, clip, fly treat etc.

Don’t normally get them in this early after winter barley and will be using a Weaving direct drill for first time. Was thinking seed rate 1.25 kg per acre, thoughts please ??

Hay making season hopefully not too far away and MF 3080 2WD gets a bit hot. I see Caleb has an In cab fan mounted in his Class tractor, are they any use ?? And secondly any recommendations for buying one ??

This year we are plagued with Jackdaws which we are waging war on ! look like having to put nets over wrapped bales, is there a best way of doing it to be most effective, what do you put underneath net to keep net off bales and how best to weigh net down ?? Any help appreciated

How late can you realistically plant Spring Barley for whole crop ? What sort of tonnage could you expect to get off a decent crop ( say 2.5 tonne to acre combine crop )

Been offered a couple of straw choppers as above Kv 832 is trailed Teagle mounted. Looking to make bedding down easier for cattle and or sheep yards Any feed back on the models would be appreciated. Many Thanks MGH .'

Looking at purchasing 1839 second hand, are there any issues to be aware of ? Seem to remember there was some kind of upgrade on feed augers ?? Are there many differences to the newer 1840 other than knotted fan and more string storage Any experiences welcome Thanks MGH

Recently had 2 fencer units and batteries stolen from fodder crop grazing 😡😡 Any innovative ideas to stop the scumbags pinching more ???? Thanks MGH

Recently purchased a Nordsten Roto-Matic CLP300 Drill on power harrow . Does anyone have a manual or setting for using with grass seeds Any help much appreciated Thanks MGH