baling hay

Genuine question, and I know that I'll get a thousand different answers. What is a "standard" working day to you, or your staff, on your farm? How many hours? On a run of the mill day - not lambing/calving/harvest/silage etc For reference, I'm thinking 800ac, mixed beef/sheep/arable, modern...

10th of March , next 10 days is shite , turning in to the year of shiteness , El Nino can fo .

Hi all, I do some baling and looking to upgrade my baler for the coming season. I currently have an 1986 welger rp12, it is the first baler I bought and works well just a bit small and the output is a bit slow. Seen a 2013 case RB344 baler for sale locally and was wondering what people's...

Our parlour feeders are knackered. Keeping them going with welding up anything which breaks and filling in gaps but probably got another year tops in them, its a loft with manual feeding and drops of .9kg each time. Not keen on replacing them as I think really long term the parlour will move but...

Ive been crossing my jersey and crossbred herd to bf for good few years cus of calf issues anyway the bf is ok but as a small trial i used nr.The nr are my best cows and am tempted to go all nr has anyone done this i know culls will be less but still ahead of jersey x.Calves i found some...

~We're stuck in the mud all the way to the chassis~ !!! FS22 when baling hay in the field

Over the next few weeks we are expanding are suckler herd and reducing the sheep numbers. We make are suckler cows out of the beef calves born off are dairy cows. At the minute we run alot of Lims and Charollais. With the plan to bull therm with a Bazidaise, Charollais or Blond. I’m after a cow...

about half the wheat area in here , lost probably 10% , after a general low yield harvest looks like another one on the way , surely there must be some rise in prices to come or are we going to get shafted properly to keep the majority happy ?

22 Aug I flew to Houston for some time in the US. I hired a Jeep Renegade and set off on a 4,000 mile road trip across the Midwest, stopping and visiting interesting people and places. Some were ranchers who I knew from social media, and who’s grazing management I respected, some were...

Thought I'd start a poll on whether any/many members are planning on chucking the towel in given the multi faceted sh!t we seem to be dealing with at the moment. And whether you could be persuaded against it.

Friends one leaking oil from spool valves did replace two about 3yrs ago and either the two others are leaking or same ones, went to local j/d dealer today and tried to get an o-ring kit he did have one but when i dismantled an old coupler they are bigger than in kit is it possible to re-seal...

17 acres of May drilled spring barley to harvest here, praying for Saturday to be as good as forecast. 14 acre of it looks ok, 3 acre in a remote corner not seen it so hope so. Am I the last?

Keir Starmer and Labour are considering scrapping agricultural and business property relief.(The Times).It would be devastating for family farms requiring the next generation to borrow huge sums or sell up to pay inheritance tax bills.What a disaster this would be for so many farms where the...

Any second hand milking parlours for sale. 14 point upwards. Thanks

Under request from @Bokey I have decided to dedicate a thread to the trials and tribulations on the farm, I shall endeavour to splice the good with the bad. A bit about us, 600 acres all told, 450 cropable, 8 years into organic, mainly arable with a few wooly critters, an impatient old man and...

Precision fermentation which can make dairy protein without the cow! Seemingly cream cheese and ice cream being sold in the US now using this method! https://perfectday.com/...

If you were young and looking to get going in farming where in the world do you think offers the best opportunities, lifestyle and value for money?

Obviously I know its a long shot and believe me I have just about exhausted every possible route at this point!! I am looking for a small dairy farm to rent ideally less than 100 acres. Not scared of hard work and doing some work to get the place right. Open to all and any ideas. Takes alot to...

This is purely hypothetical. There is a lot of talk often on the 'dairy farms for sale' thread about people financing purchasing a farm through some pretty enormous loans. I'm sure some of it is probably willy waving but just wonder what levels of debt people think are sustainable to finance...

Never owned a rake before and can't always get someone to rake for me. Seen some 2nd hand twin rotor rakes between 4 to 6000. What wears/do you look for when buying 2nd hand? Any makes better to consider when purchasing?