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I paid for fodder beet upfront to help someone out with money issues, when the time came for it to be lifted it was rotten, where do I stand?

We plant cover crops in autumn for grazing store lambs on normally stubble turnips/forage rape. This year we planted grass seeds. Grass was planted mid August came extremely well currently have lambs on if we where to plough up end of February for spring barley (so roughly 6 months) would it be...

Keen young person late teens with their own 90hp tractor , which they provide to the farmer , plus their labour as driver , farmer supplies fuel to them plus implements which they don't yet have , plus mentoring as required/ necessary/appropriate .

It's time to look forward not backwards (note to self lol ) What is /are yours ? please tell .....and positive ones preferably . or a photo to help describe ,yes we like photos dont we ..... Happy days.

Any suggestions on how to increase my butterfat level, they were at 4.2 but now have since dropped to 3.8. diet is still the same, grass silage and a 22% blend, litres have increased but just wondering if there is anything cost effective to raise the fat levels?

With repeated FB and news articles of supermarkets and shoppers going crazy , packed out and mad traffic jams??? A BIG shout out to All Local Small Businesses, Farm Shops and Village Stores that supply everything, great produce ,products and prices , free car parking and NO QUEUES...

Hi, got some tup lambs that I want to keep growing on over winter, grass is getting short now so wanting to know what everyone feeds their tup lambs over winter without stuffing them. thanks

Not meaning to start a " best skid steer" thread, we run a 2.5t counterbalance forklift, merlo telescopic and old Volvo loading shovel. None really do enough to justify having new/ near new machines. The forklift suffers from being run about over too many lumps and bumps when it's only proper...

Hi based in West Wales, does anyone know were I can get oats by the tonne? Or fodder beet. Wanted to try something new. Thanks

I've been talking to a few groups of people and we have had an idea that is it time that the farming industry had a vote or referendum on farm assurance. Things have become too much, with Red tractor selling us down the road by signing various environmental commitments without any consultation...

Broadly speaking, how much do people think lambs will eat per day from a hopper when they are on stubble turnips? when we have them inside I budget on 2kg a day. Would it be nearer 1kg on turnips? Lambs about quite framey, 40 kg approx Thanks

anyone on here feeding carrots to fattening lambs ? If so how have you got in in the past ? good and bad opinions please thanks

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland British Sugar and National Farmers’ Union (NFU) Sugar have agreed on contract details for 2024/2025 sugar beet crop. British Sugar and NFU Sugar said they recognise that growers’ appetites for risk vary and “choice is important”, therefore...

What machine do people use for planting cabbages and brussel sprouts please?

recently bought a jd 962i sprayer 36mt, pulled by a 6250r. thinking of running 520 wheels all year round. What are people thoughts? thinking 520/85 r50 on the tractor. tractor is used for leading in. this the reason I am wanting to go to a tire size that can do both.

Written by Justin Roberts from Agriland Jens Engelken is an agricultural engineer by training and now runs the family home with his wife Stephanie and their three children, at Haren-Wesuwe in north-west Germany, close to the Dutch border. It is no ordinary farm though, for the couple have...

This is a slightly bizarre and definitely pointless thread but putting hay out yesterday for our dry cows and thinking what a fantastic feed it is; no plastic, no effluent, easy as pie to handle and transport, rumen friendly, cows love it. Got me wondering; does anyone know of anyone still...

A potential anaerobic digester just up the road from me had its Planning Committee meeting yesterday. They had already approached me to grow crops for them & take digestate back. I would prefer a break crop if possible. The farm has a significant blackgrass burden. Mostly brashy soils prone to...

Written by janineadamson from CPM Magazine A new early maturing maize variety is showing promise for growers looking to offset the challenges of inclement weather. Mojito (MAS Seeds) is available in the UK from Elsoms Seeds and according to Toby Reich, it displays all of the ‘right’ agronomic...