barn owl

Morning all and happy new year. Further to the information we published about the Sustainable Farming Incentive in December (see https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sustainable-farming-incentive-how-the-scheme-will-work-in-2022), today we're publishing information about the 2 other new...

Hi everyone, I am looking to start a farm, but unsure exactly where to start and what help is available. I am 39 years old, I have a mortgaged house and run a small courier company. All I have ever wanted to do was farming as that is what everyone in my family does apart from my parents who...

Just looking through the fund to see if anything fits with what we need. There is an option for a control panel for a continuous grain drier. As these come with specific criteria which we need to meet. The control system is easy enough but the awkward part is it needs to be accessed by a mobile...

As everything now is about covid or the fact the world's going to end if you have one more sunday roast, what do you fellas do to for fun, something to take your mind off all the doom and gloom.

Having flicked through the forum this morning I came away feeling quite negative. There is a lot of worry and uncertainty about and a lot of biased reporting by the supposedly neutral BBC. I have no quarrel with posters highlighting this information because it can't be ignored. However there...

Under current proposals, the total ELMS budget will be split three ways: 1)The Sustainable Farming Initiative. 33%. Support for individual farmers to deliver ‘public goods’. 2)Local Nature Recovery. 33%. Collaborative projects between groups of farmers. 3)Landscape Recovery. 33%. To all...

Looking to make an open store for wood chip, hoping the wheat bales I have will last a good few years before they break down. my plan was to stack them about 4 or 5 high and interlock the corners to create 3 sides of a square. needs to be big enough to hold about 400m3 I was thinking of...

dont know what others think but , driving out off a field after topping some grass, i happened to look over into one of the empty cattle sheds, saw on the floor some type kestral? bird of prey ontop of a dove- pigeon? eating it while still alive? went over to look closer the bird been eaten...

I’m sure we are not the only farm on TFF currently trying to understand and prepare an SFI application so I thought a thread to discuss and make sense of options maybe a good idea ? Have to say not finding the help line too helpful so far ! hows anyone else getting on a d what standards /...

Written by John Swire from Farm Business A report of the UK Rodenticide Stewardship Regime’s work covering 2016 to 2020 has been published by the Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Use. This feeds into a formal five-year review being carried out by its HSE-led Government Oversight Group. The...

Bollix. I'm getting deafened by skylarks! And I can't qualify for SFI with my current farm system! A short video I took outside my grainstore this morning. Couldn't actually focus on any but by God they're noisy buggers.

Philosophy, funny word isn't it. When I was younger and more progressive n my conventional thinking, Philosophy was one of the last things on my mind. It was for airy fairy academics. Now I am wiser (and older) I read things and hear things that make me think a little deeper, and of course ask...

Written by Iain Hoey Two-thirds of barn owls have been found with detectable liver residues of two or more second generation anticoagulant rodenticides (SGARs) according to Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Use (CRRU) surveillance. CRRU has been analysing 100 barn owls per year since 2016...

Written by John Swire Farmers UK-wide are being called upon to help create a more accurate national picture of resistance to rodenticides in rats and mice. In return, they will get a free indication of their farm’s status from the Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Use UK (CRRU). This comes...

With all the talk on the re wilding thread about releasing large predators (which I do not agree with) we need to educate the masses how farming and wildlife can coexist in perfect balance. Just look at the masses of work a lot of farmers and landowners are doing sometimes at no economic benefit...

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sustainable-farming-incentive-scheme-pilot-launch-overview/sustainable-farming-incentive-defras-plans-for-piloting-and-launching-the-scheme To me this looks far from straightforward and those who moaned about the complexities of the BPS application...

I recall reading sone where on here or twitter that if livestock spent a certain number of days on a uk farm it could become RT assured ? is this correct? the RT wikipedia pahe suggests not as does a lot of their advertising and FAQ’s on google etc can someone explain if / how this all...

so far I've steered clear of any of these schemes are they worth going into now or is it best to wait for elms ?

We still have a solid covering of snow, so the owl's will be struggling for grub at the minute. There is an owl that I reckon I would be able to catch in the hay shed this morning. We should not see them out and about during day light. What should I offer a hungry Barn owl to eat?

Yes I know the arable boys will be inside staring at your grain cheques ... although if you would like to spare a thought for us livestock boys who are paying for your largesse that would be kindly Now, we lost an hour this morning defrosting the parlour before we could milk despite being under...