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  1. Farm Classifieds

    GM036610 2020 Kverneland Siloking 1814 Feeder.

    GM036610 2020 Kverneland Siloking 1814 Feeder. Advert added by: Chandlers (Farm Equipment) Ltd Machinery Details Category: Feeding and Bedding Diet Feeders Price: £22000 Condition: Used Description GM036610 2020 Kverneland Siloking 1814...
  2. early riser

    Separator long term running costs

    Evening all, Looking tentatively into the option of installing a rotary-screen separator to deal with sand-laden slurry. 150 cows, housed 5 months max. Having been successful in Round 1 of the slurry infrastructure grant, I have since been invited to modify my application to include items...
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    • Forum: Dairy Farming
  3. Vader

    Horses..

    Just an observation last night as driving home. Lot of horse paddocks on rough ground. At the moment lot I went past are just muddy bogs. Some right against the river. (if was cattle then would be hell to pay...) Nothing against horses, but surely would be better covering the pony paddocks in...
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    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  4. Agriland RSS

    What do your calves need for rumen development?

    Written by Brian McDonnell from Agriland Three key things are needed to aid rumen development in calves during the rearing period: water, concentrates and a source of fibre. Calves should have access to all three from an early age so that development of the rumen can begin. This changes the...
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    Keeping E. coli mastitis at bay in freshly-calved cows

    Written by Brian McDonnell from Agriland Shortly after calving is a high risk period for Eacherichia coli (E. coli) mastitis, which is commonly associated with severe toxic cases. There are two bacteria which are most commonly associated with causing mastitis – they are E. coli, staphylococcus...
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    TC001628 2014 KVERNELAND 853 PRO BALE SHREDDER

    TC001628 2014 KVERNELAND 853 PRO BALE SHREDDER Advert added by: Chandlers (Farm Equipment) Ltd Machinery Details Category: Feeding and Bedding Diet Feeders Price: £7000 Condition: Used Description Kverneland 853pro Bale shredder,Trailed,Single axle. 18m Spread...
  7. C

    Glazing of Bores on Older Tractors

    Chewing the fat with a friend about older tractors glazing their bores when doing stationary work at tickover/fast tickover. He said that it wouldn't apply to direct injection engines, I'm not so sure, but willing to be convinced. Any mechanics who can give a definitive answer?
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    • Forum: Classic Machinery
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    Going rates for farm staff?

    THIS IS NOT A JOB ADVERT, ADVICE NEEDED! My brother is set to retire this year so I'm starting to look at taking someone on full-time (50hrs a week). Ideally whom is experienced and competent, for a general mixture of dairy farm work; Alone milking, tractor driving, calf rearing etc. No...
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  9. F

    tractor ted

    this is proably been done to death at this stage but my son is of tractor ted age so we bought him all the dvds but was most of that filmed on the one farm as in the older looking ones as in goes miliking the bread making one and the potatoe then it seemed to change to being no farm inpaticular...
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    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  10. W

    Straw now more expensive than grain

    Straw price in n.ireland
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    • Forum: Cropping
  11. M

    Bedder feeders

    Can anyone shed some light on how good a kverneland 863 would be on a small suckler farm feeding round bale silage and spreading straw bales for bedding currently use a Kuhn primor 3560 but she's getting a bit long in the tooth now so thinking of swapping for a different make as not keen on the...
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    • bedding grass kuhn kverneland mchale operator silage teagle
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    • Forum: Machinery
  12. W

    Listeriosis in sheep

    I have an issue again with what I feel is listeriosis in ewe lambs. Or at least 1 anyway. Little back story. Not last spring but spring 22 I must have lost 10 or 12 ewes to it. A mix of ages, before and after lambing and inside and outside. Last spring didn’t have any at all. Now iv 1 lamb that...
    • will6910
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    • Forum: Livestock & Forage
  13. C

    Spread a bale

    Looking at buying a spread a bale for bedding to save tying up a tractor. We use mostly hesston size square bales. My question is, would a midi handle hesston bales? Thanks
  14. The Grinch

    Rotary spreader/rear discharge spreader

    Looking at possibly replacing our Marshall rotary 7 cubic yard spreader on bn2 tyres. Options are another rotary spreader 7-10 cubic yard or a secondhand 6 ton rear discharge. Want our own for convenience so hiring one is a no go. Dislike the muck brought onto the road and the muck covered...
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    • Forum: Machinery
  15. G

    French protests

    On bloomberg now
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  16. Farm Classifieds

    Bale Unroller

    Bale Unroller Advert added by: Angus Dalton @onesiedale Machinery Details Category: Feeding and Bedding Dispensers Price: £2750 Condition: Good Description Bale Unroller. gwo . Tel. 07855 234194 How to make contact with the Seller Click here to read more about...
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    Sand bedding cows

    Hi everyone, anyone with experience on installing sand beds in existing cubicle shed. I have mats which are good and was going to keep them in. All maure is collected in a slurry lagoon.
    • D_123
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    • bedding cows grassland slurry
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    • Forum: Dairy Farming
  18. Surgery

    Disinfecting suckler sheds

    Will lime help along with a clean out pre calving ?
  19. muleman

    Frosty

    Are things a bit frosty and ready for a thaw? And how are things outside ,be a few pipes frozen!
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    • Forum: Livestock & Forage
  20. Agriland RSS

    The importance of a clean calf shed during rearing period

    Written by Brian McDonnell from Agriland The cleaning out of a calf shed is vital in order to maintain growth performance and health in your calves during the rearing period. Although water is used in the cleaning and disinfecting of sheds between calving seasons, it should not be used when...
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