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Aye up, I’ve been banking with HSBC for over 25 years and when we first started in business we had a great bloke named David Harvey who looked after us. He left around 2009 and I haven’t spoken to anyone at HSBC since the day he left. And if I’m honest, I wouldn’t know where to start. We’ve...

Please can someone explain to me in very simple terms what Artificial Intelligence is? If it has already been explained please direct me to the thread on TFF. Thank you

Anyone still waiting for the money or is it just us?

Anyone know roughly the turnaround from putting claim in for concrete work put down under capital grant scheme to having the money in your bank at the moment? Planning on putting down a fair area over the next month and just want an idea of how long to budget for the money being out of the bank...

Main front page headline in the Telegraph today. See all News Rishi Sunak will ask stores to cap basic food prices No 10 in discussions with supermarkets over French-style approach to cost of living crisis ByEdward Malnick, SUNDAY POLITICAL EDITOR andWill Hazell27 May 2023 • 9:16pm...

What do we make of this?

The era of quantum computing is about to begin, what changes can we expect? they say the development of these systems is going to be the biggest revelation since humans learned how to light fire, seems the possibilities are endless with it, they say trials on medicines for vaccines etc that...

There's a few options within ELMS which look to improve soils, with long term benefits. Also some productivity investment incentives. Most of ELMS seem to revolve around land based options which reduce food production or completely remove the land from production via various forms of fallow...

I guess few will disagree with this? Is British farming facing an existential crisis? By Kevin White7 May 2023 The Grocer The UK’s self-sufficiency is ‘slipping’, with many growers reporting receiving minuscule returns. Does Rishi Sunak’s emergency summit signal the start of meaningful action...

Evening all, My landlord has approached us wanting vacant possession on a block of arable land that is in our AHA agreement with 2 successions left on it. The land block has recently received planning permission for industrial development and they have developers wanting to sign up but need...

Last time i can recall harvesttime winter barley prices being below our cost of production was in 1971. Then, costs had risen fast but yields turned out to be low because of drought, as they will do this time because of the appallingly wet March. Things can only get better. :ROFLMAO...

Its time for farmers to now accept their future and prepare, Just watched another video on youtube about the impact the goverments sub removal is having on small farms, given the fact bps goes straight to the net profit and requires no turnover to get im just curious as to how people will...

Lets have some balance based on the other thread running.(not including the financial bit for obvious reasons) I have no idea whether he is an BFU member or not. Should the BFU should have publicly supported him throughout, and also highlighted via the media the situation faced by farmers...

We in Australia possibly have the dumbest central bank in the world if not the universe. 12 increases in 13 months and it hasnt made a zack of difference, maybe the silly old grey headed jokers start to realise this tool aint going to fix it, its seriously embarrassing. Not all inflation can...

Just noticed that it’s gone “Private” and that I do not have “sufficient privileges“ to access it. Has a year passed already? Has no notice that another tenner was due OR has the NFU infiltrated and hacked the whole shebang

What is a fair margin for the products we produce? Should we be looking for 10% return on investment (£1300/ac) or 10% of turnover (more like £60/ac)? With replacement tractor at £135k+ and spiralling labour costs these take some serious paying for and buying land is almost out of the question...

Regardless of size, best herds of Holstein cows for milk yield, longevity and management!

Luvley jubbly . no intention of retiring here keep plodding on .

How does everyone split their household bills? I have recently taken on a farm tenancy and my partner (who doesn't work on the farm) and I are wondering about the fairest way to split household costs. No kids (at the moment). We currently earn about the same, but they are likely to earn more...

I believe this topic pops up on here from time to time. It’s a struggle many of us are familiar with. A recent article is making the rounds on socials: https://thelifeofafarmer.com/2023/04/14/the-struggle-to-find-a-work-life-balance/ Surprisingly, and sadly, there’s a small portion of people...