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  1. F

    Supermarket Not Selling Best British Beef?

    From Fwi there is news that an unnamed supermarket has been caught selling beef from South America and Europe and claiming it is all British!! It will be interesting to see which one it is?
  2. Sprayer 1

    When might my Glyphosate be delivered.

    We ordered and paid for some glyphosate through farmdeals at the end of January. With the weather been nice and settled ,we could do with getting a bit on but not sure when it might arrive. Can anyone tell me please. Many thanks.
  3. Ed @ Farmdeals

    Grassland Fertiliser Collectives closing Sunday @Farmdeals.ag !!

    Grassland Fertiliser Collectives closing Sunday !! Ammonium Nitrate 34N 20 10 10 +/- SO3 27 05 05 +/-SO3 600/1,000 kg bags Collective Deals bundle the buying power of our 2,200 Farmdeals members. The more members in a Collective, the better the price. Join now & by next week we'll email you...
  4. RFR

    Licence to print money?

    Neighbour was having his spreader tested as he had a few different fertilisers to spread, ours needed doing as its been a couple of years not used. Rang up to see if i could get done the same day, easier than that, pop it along to neighbours get it done there saves lifting and resetting the...
  5. M

    Glyphosate, your adjuvant of choice?

    What do you add and why? The agronomist recommends spryte aqua cf. One employer wants me to use citric acid 1kg per 1000 litre
  6. Clive

    Group buys ?

    Forums were made for this IMO - I've been involved with many on other (none farming) forums over the years and saved myself some ££'s via various group buys FarmDeals has a new feature that allows it to organise a group buy ( called collective deals) The idea is that members pick product...
  7. Ed @ Farmdeals

    Doxstar Pro and Glyphosate Collective Deals on Farmdeals

    Morning all, We have added two Collective deals on Farmdeals Buying Group that might interest you for stocking up for the season: Doxstar Pro (no minimum order) Glyphosate (only available in 160litre increments) A collective deal is where you submit the volume you require and when the deals...
  8. Steevo

    Abusive (commercial) farming relationships

    It has been highlighted most recently by the Red Tractor apples thread and the words "abusive relationship" have been raised by a few posters on here. Whether it's the government bodies (DEFRA, Environment Agency, Natural England, Forestry Commission etc.), local councils, supermarkets, Red...
  9. J

    Issue submitting vat

    Anyone else having issues submitting vat via quickbooks? Wondering if the new year has messed things up? Just says can't connect to hmrc?
  10. # Robin

    Fox shortage?

    Hi all, is there a general shortage of Fox? Have had some on order for a while... Walking OSR this morning and the frosts haven’t keeled the charlock. Any other alternatives? Cheers
  11. Wood field

    Regrets .. I’ve had a few

    Farming regrets .. things you should have done differently.. I know we shouldn’t look backwards but .. For me , a few simple ones, Leaving the Lake District, my mum said you’ll never come back and for now she has been right ( cost) Letting two dogs I had go , I really miss them despite any...
  12. Trinity AgTech

    AF partners with Trinity AgTech to support Members

    AF Group (AF) has partnered with natural capital experts Trinity AgTech to offer their Members a trusted and scientifically under-pinned solution to monitoring and managing their farms’ natural, environmental assets. The nationwide agricultural inputs buying group has recognised the future for...
  13. Grass And Grain

    Robert Shearsby, AIC: "assist growth in competitiveness"

    Interesting read from last week's Farmer's Guardian, reporting on the AIC Conference. See article below. According to article, Robert says... "Government departments must demonstrate some joined up thinking on crucial policies" "assist growth in competitiveness". I agree with Robert, UK...
  14. Ed @ Farmdeals

    Looking forward to The CropTec Show 22

    Farmdeals will be at The CropTec Show 22 next week. Looking forward to meeting existing members & introducing the fastest growing digital agricultural buying group to new farmer customers & suppliers. Join for free today at www.farmdeals.ag
  15. TRBob

    Installing Solar PV mostly for export, is it worth it?

    There are two sheds on my Dad's farm in South Yorkshire, with almost south facing roofs, both about 20 degrees pitch, which would accommodate around 50kW in total. I recently had solar panels and a battery installed on my own house nearby and am very pleased with the performance and now that...
  16. fermerboy

    Phone and broadband contracts.

    We as a family and a business have got various mobile and landline/broadband contracts, and all the payments, accounts and passwords does my head in. 🤮🤮 In my ideal world I'd really like to have them all tidied up into a big bundle with one direct debit off every month instead of the hotchpotch...
  17. B

    Buying sprays independently

    Hi I am planning on walking my own crops next year moving away from a serviced agronomist. I have my basis and a member of NIAB but interested where others doing there own agronomy buy there sprays ? Is it worth me joining a buying group such as crop advisors and let them do the chasing round...
  18. nelly55

    Electric grant of £400

    So most farms have business energy accounts but we all have a home on the farm,this means farming families don’t get the £400 aswell as any other businesses that live over the shop.Or am I wrong.
  19. Exfarmer

    Energy price cap for industry

    So today I get a message from my supplier regarding the price cap for domestic It turns out I will pay 52p for my electric and 15p for my gas per KwH ( unit) this isa a price roughly 6 times what I was paying for my total energy 2 years ago. I am not complaining I can just cut a holiday but it...
  20. M

    Return of Area Payments

    Talk on Twitter and the farming press of the return of BPS at £80/acre!
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