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  1. J

    Water tank fitting

    My brother has got the tank below for a project. Would anyone know the fitting we would need to we can put some MDPE pipe onto it? Turning the knob on the fitting moves a latch in and out. Thanks in advance
  2. RaulP

    Valtra S374 vs Deutz 9340 - best budget 350hp range?

    Hi there. I am planning to buy a brand new tractor, within the 300-350hp range. I was looking at the Deutz Fahr 9340 but the Valtra S374 looks very solid and it's a bit cheaper than the 9340, almost 20k. I have a Lamborghini R6 190 and I am a bit dissapointed, especially with the air...
  3. T

    Damaged fert bag still ok to use?

    I didn’t have room in the shed to stack our fert as wagon turned up early, so just unloaded it into the yard, didn’t realise I’d stacked one of the bags on a sharp rock (no our yard isn’t concrete🤦🏻‍♂️) so when I lifted it up to move it into the shed it started leaking out the bottom…brother got...
  4. Agri Spec Solicitor

    A general purpose torque wrench

    Had a few cases involving wheels coming off moving vehicles, and had a wheel pass me on the motorway: thankfully not mine! We tighten things with spanners or a rattle gun. Tight as we can. I know some washers are not meant to have too much pressure and mostly the manuals for machines give a...
  5. J

    Used ride on mower advice

    My garden is less than 0.5ac of grass so don't want to drop a fortune on a new ride on But i have found a good dealer that has a countax c600h which looks in decent shape My question is though how important is the mileage on a ride on? I can see the mower has been regularly serviced is there...
  6. Agriland RSS

    HCC: Welsh Beef producers can shine during Great British Beef Week

    Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland Welsh Beef producers can take centre stage and showcase the sector’s sustainability credentials during Great British Beef Week, Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) has said. Great British Beef Week will take place from April 23-30, 2024...
  7. B

    Farming stigma…. Working like “crazy”

    As a farmers son, almost 40 I do feel stigmatised by my farming friends and family for actually wanting to go home in the evening and weekends to my family. Quite a few of the farmers I know work constantly (12-16) hours a day 7 days a week and do nothing else. Of course they talk they have...
  8. steveR

    Quail feeding for egg production

    Sprog One has bought and incubated a small batch of Quail that have been parked with us... :rolleyes: These are (apparently) larger birds than some strains and are kept for egg laying. About 4 weeks old now and growing like weeds. At the moment, they are still on chick crumbs, but there is now...
  9. D

    QMS on halal slaughter

    Bit confused just been listening to the woman from QMS on the fed by farmers podcast and she was talking about halal slaughter being stunned first when I always thought halal slaughter protocol was that it wasn't allowed to be stunned first and had to have it's throat slit and hung to bleed out...
  10. jon9000

    Do you pay staff for there dinner breaks?

    I expect my staff to take a 30mins dinner break at noon. Which is unpaid. Is this reasonable? If we are busy and they don't stop I pay them.
  11. ladycrofter

    Scotland bans wood stoves😱

    Just wondering how many of my fellow teuchters know about this? Wood is our only source of heat and hot water. Any renovations would include same. Plus oil. A heat pump wouldn't keep the bathroom warm, much less the whole house. I used to live near Memphis; they tried them there and it didn't...
  12. D

    Are slow growing native breeds less susceptible to blackleg?

    We've been offered some grazing by a family member, but they've advised that we vaccinate for Blackleg. Having done some research I find this mostly affects beef breeds during high growth periods, and is triggered by low oxygen conditions in muscles activating the bacteria in question, so I'm...
  13. Agri Spec Solicitor

    Calving gate installation: ideas please.

    Our cattle calve easily but the odd calving goes wrong and so we bought a Jourdain calving gate years ago. It is similar to the one in photos below. There is a strap bolted on to the wall. The yoke fixes on to the strap but the other end is not supported on the ground. The gate fixes on to the...
  14. Phil P

    Fac Variation and Which large calibre rifle?

    Ok, so I’ve been invited to go and do some long range shooting at Eskdalemuir range in July (range is over a mile, 1750m ish). The lad I’m going with said I can borrow one of his rifles but it also looks like I’ll get some deer stalking later in the year so I’m considering trying to get a...
  15. Goweresque

    BPS reference data transfers

    Does anyone know whether there is a limit to how much de-linked BPS reference data a business can acquire? I'm getting conflicting messages from different land agent sources. One says that any given business is limited to a reference data total of the amount they claimed (in nominal ££, before...
  16. Ffermer Bach

    Ultra processed food companies

    Just read this article in the Washington Post, about how the multinational food companies are encouraging dieticians in the "anti diet movement" to encourage people to stop dieting and just eat whatever they want when they want. I didn't even realise there was an anti diet movement! As...
  17. Boomerang

    In efficient utilities/businesses.

    Open reach guy turned up today came 30 plus miles ,he was involved in "plant protection "" or otherwords checking telegraph poles are not rotting, took hour per pole.. Another guy who lives down road is travelling To Birmingham every day 100miles each way, works for open reach. Inefficient...
  18. H

    The noose is tightening- what next?

    In the past 2 weeks alone I've lost a good part time job at local distillery because of SEPA rules on the spreading of Pot Ale on land. It was a well paying job 2 shifts a week for me giving a welcome boost to my income. Few days later muirburn has effectively been banned in Scotland although...
  19. B

    Scraping out… Robotics, automatic scrapers or tractors?

    We are currently building new cubicle housing for 100 cows and are at a crossroads with regards to scraping out. My dad wants to install a lely/jos slurry collector I would prefer to install Storth rope scrapers My brother would prefer to scrape the building out with the machine. Any thoughts?
  20. A

    Auto command issue

    Hi all was leading muck with t7 auto command and every now and again would cone out of gear and flash N in the centre of dashboard. Come to a stop put handbrake on then back to drive forwards until it does it again. Any ideas? Gearbox needing calibrating? thanks
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