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  1. F

    What is my "smallholding" really worth?

    I'd like to get a real world value for my smallholding as I don't believe the several auctioneers we've asked over the years are anywhere close to the truth. Here are the details: •Seven acres of VERY heavy clay, meaning the field is unusable for six months of the year •Rusty old three-bay...
  2. Johnnyboxer

    River Wye Pollution

    BBC News story this morning, on BBC Breakfast Government in court over chicken poo in River Wye https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-68221223
  3. Chae1

    Higher forces at Work.

    Sainsbury's and Tesco's online deliveries been stopped with software problems. people are now going to have to leave the house to go shopping! Not accepting card payments either. Cash is king imo. Is someone reminding us of our reliance on technology and supermarkets, and how vulnerable we are...
  4. J

    Little Introduction into our family and if there’s a way to connect at all?

    Hello everyone, I hope this message finds you well. I'm reaching out here in the hopes of finding some assistance or guidance. My family and I are currently on the lookout for a new rental opportunity. Recently, we had the chance to visit a farmhouse available for rent in Middleton Tyas, which...
  5. Still Farming

    Ford Kuga car stolen

    Wasters about 😡
  6. JP1

    11 year old thief , an X5 on cloned plates and a caravan

    And still too PC to say the obvious .......
  7. Barleycorn

    Vehicle towing limits

    Just wondering about the justifications for vehicle towing limits. Last week I took a couple of steers in with my Freelander 2 and IW trailer. To be honest I was probably (!) close to the limit as it has a towing capacity of 2 tons. However it went like a dream, I hardly noticed the trailer...
  8. Nearly

    Travelling with a view to emigrating.

    Looking at a big trip to NZ. Going to be having one eye on moving there. Is there any way to have inland revenue accept some of expense as a business research trip? Do we just have to call it holiday? Can book farm viewings with estate agents etc. I'll probably see a lot of old Ford tractors...
  9. G

    Flashing from big 6 asbestos/fibre cement panels

    I want to put a lean to roof between an atcost barn and a static caravan. How do I flash off the vertical big 6 (?) sheets?
  10. neilo

    Hedgehog numbers on the rise

    I’ve just watched a Sky news item on an apparent increase in hedgehog numbers in the UK, after years of decline. There was no mention of the badger culls for some reason.🤔
  11. H

    Is it possible for me to turn over a piece of scrappy land?

    Hello Landowners, I live in the Croston, Leyland area, and I was wondering if there is a scrappy piece of land near to where I live that I could turn over so that I could use it. I would like to turn it into a piece of agricultural land which I can use for my attempts at a self-sustaining...
  12. D

    Situation Vacant Harvest Job Warwick

    Harvest work July to end of September 2024 work with fun and friendly team. Arable farming business in Warwickshire with 1100 hectares of combinable crops and run approximately 100 head of cattle as a finishing enterprise. Duties will include: Grain carting, telehandler work, cultivations...
  13. U

    Beginner question on permaculture and regulations

    Dear Farmers, I have had my eye on farming for a few years now, due to family ties (my dad's a trained agronomist but made his money elsewhere and my mum comes from an active farming family but wasn't involved in the day to day affairs of the farm, a fairly largescale operation in south of...
  14. P

    What vehicle?

    Any suggestions for an all round vehicle please. Both a farm vehicle and family vehicle. It’ll be used for towing a ifor Williams at times, running across fields during harvest with bowsers/tools etc. Then on the daily school run as well as holidays in this country. Basically my only vehicle for...
  15. B

    A question for Ollybloggs Oliver Harrison

    You are a cereal farmer so understand all the pressures farmers in general are presently under. Your videos over the last 2 years have highlighted things like high fertiliser prices, low market prices, high machinery prices etc and it gives your none farming viewers an understanding of what we...
  16. B

    Why aren’t we protesting?

    Folks, why we aren’t we getting organised and using the massive support that the European farmers (and Canadian truckers) are getting by not protesting in at least some form here I’m Britain? Before we all believe the NFU’s mantra about ‘lack of public support’, just pop onto YouTube and read...
  17. J

    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...
  18. N

    Solar Water Pump

    I reckoned this might be of some use to someone on here, systems been running about 2 years last year watering 80ish ewes and lambs from a well at an out farm 12 miles from home and the year before it was watering 60 diary cows pumping from a stream for a day grazing every round really just to...
  19. S

    Wanting to rent West Mids.

    Hi, Looking to rent a small plot in west mids, preferably around Hopwood, Alvechurch, Weatheroak, Wythall, Redditch areas. Small plot for chickens veg and a caravan. Respectful, employed professional/trade tenants with references available. Would consider slightly larger plot if space for two...
  20. hally

    Caravan solar panel

    We store our caravan in our machinery shed for the winter. We have to keep topping up the battery all winter, will a solar panel fitted on the roof, work inside the shed if the caravan is parked under a roof light to keep the battery topped up?
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