The cost of vet treatment has hit the headlines recently, with the BBC saying there is to be an enquiry into veterinary medicine costs.
What they haven't mentioned is what lies underneath the tip of the iceberg: the wholesale change in veterinary practice ownership, and the size of the various...
So I’m needing to get a rough value of all my stock for the bank. Only things I’m struggling with as I’ve never sold or bought at that age is the price of my cows and heifers with calves at foot?
they are all blue x dairy cows and heifers with good shapey 2 month old lim calves on them. What...
https://newsroom.pembrokeshire.gov.uk/news/substantial-fines-for-farmers-who-knowingly-kept-cattle-with-bovine-tb-reactors-on-farm
Read the article. It brings the dairy industry into disrepute and in my opinion they should have substantial jail time as well as confiscation of assets on top of...
Too many deer in East Anglia justifies re-introduction of lynx and wolves ..........
BBC report on floods on Somerset Levels that may make farming impossible amplified by Goldsmith to become as iconic as the Camargue in France :
Wolves thriving across Western Europe, time to bring them...
I’ve just purchased an international tractor and need to move it about 5 miles from where it is to my place.
It’s got a v5 and obviously I’ll temp insure it for the journey, question is does it have to be taxed?
It’s never going to be used on the road once it’s here.
Thanks.
We have some paving slabs outside our back door,some becoming dangerously slippery because of a thin coating of green algae acting like grease.
Apart from pressure washing the slab’s clean, is there any way of cleaning them, with any type of “ acid”.
Once cleaned what’s the best way of...
Mulling things over … now I love farming ( mostly) and as some of you know, I’ve said it’s all I ever wanted to do .
But times are changing and with the weather on top of poor ground plus my age and aches and pains, I’ve been wondering if it’s time to say enough
Part of me feels guilty as if I...
This is what a surgeon uses to remove excess bone in order to repair a finger after a chopsaw has being used carelessly.
Due to my own stupidity I have had 2 days in hospital and a horrible operation under local anesthetic not to mention all the inconvenience I have caused for everyone else...
great informative site. I have a R522-4TC/MT 422-FC Machine that needs a new pinion seal. when i took it apart there was this 6 inch diameter torque? thingy that was bolted to the drive shaft. i stopped removal trying to figure out what the heck i am looking at. 6 inch diameter with the drive...
wanting to start home mix ration
what is requried as far as red tractor is concerned
and what about cross compliance in case of inspection???
please help?
Following a car accident that snapped a telegraph pole, Openreach want to relocate said pole onto my land. What is the going rate for this and how much should I be asking? The line caters for hundreds of people.
Thanks.
Perception and perspective are very different things. Generally individuals and old farmers see food security as an existential threat eg if we had a major war (see WW2) and we struggle to have enough food in the UK. Retailers and governments see food security along the lines of “are the supply...
Hunt saboteurs reported Jeremy Clarkson to the police over allegations he filled in badger setts on Diddly Squat Farm - but the TV presenter-turned-farmer has denied doing so, claiming he shot all of the animals instead.
Not a happy story at bottom, a woman lost her son with three other boys and is now campaigning for graduated driving licences. Of course one can understand her anguish, and some changes do seem reasonable, but...
Among other things, the idea of not being able to carry passengers until 25 years...
This morning we have had our 6 month Health and safety consultant visit.
We got on to Loler inspections. We have the two loaders independently inspected annually and accept that I'm in a grey area when I inspect the man cage and loaders for their 6 month competent person inspection.
I also...
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Well ,I don’t normally post political views on FB but being as I commented on a Conservative “ Back British Farming “ post that has clearly been removed and has annoyed me, and shows they don’t like being criticised.
I thought I would basically post what I had posted on their page.
The...
Just thought I'd share with you all the privilege I've had with dear old red tractor.
So as most of you know I've been due a spot inspection.
I try and keep my personal life off of here but for the purpose of this I'll share a bit, my partner of nearly 6 years was blue-lighted to hospital on...
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