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  1. B R C

    Replacing Farmhouse -planning

    I live in what most consider a lovely old farmhouse, from a distance. The reality is that the whole roof, doors, windows, porch need replacing, lean to washhouse needs knocking down and rebuilding as do two big chimneys, plumbing and electrics total replace, damp at back of house as ground level...
  2. B

    Edinburgh Airport

    An article in Sunday Times about the development of Edinburgh Airport. I was interested to read passenger numbers pre covid had a peak of 14'000'000 and 2023 was the first year to beat that at 14'700'000. The really interesting bit was after developments passenger numbers are going to be...
  3. JP1

    When timber security was also a thing

    Just goes to show what the war did for our timber as well as food / farm supplies We can learn and heed so much from (recent) history https://www.facebook.com/groups/462211149099296/permalink/803002318353509/
  4. Jerry

    Agriculture claims more and more of the world’s water!

    Above is a direct quote of the new mammals tv program on BBC One. David Attenbourgh. I know it’s BBC and probably not his thoughts directly…. But not backed up with any statistics or sources. And don’t people want to eat? im a mixed farmer and I know where more water is needed, its not my...
  5. Agriland RSS

    ‘60% of targeted winter cereal planting achieved in NI’ – agronomist

    Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland Agronomist, Richard Owens, has confirmed that continuing wet conditions are hampering cereal growers form getting on with critically important field work. “Some areas were hit that little bit harder with the weather than others. As a rule of thumb...
  6. Agriland RSS

    CAFRE to host ‘efficient and sustainable’ farm walks

    Written by Agriland Team from Agriland The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) are hosting a series of six farm walks to illustrate and define ‘Efficient and Sustainable Milk Production’ for local dairy farmers. The first two farm walks took place on Wednesday, March 27...
  7. G

    Channel 4 now

    Matt baker program offering a tenancy on a NT farm northumberland
  8. Agriland RSS

    Australian company create world’s first ‘climate-friendly’ milk

    Written by Agriland Team from Agriland An Australian company has announced the launch of a new product, “Ashgrove Eco-Milk”, which is a climate-friendly milk. Ashgrove Cheese stated that this new eco-milk retains all the nutritional benefits and taste of Ashgrove full cream milk while...
  9. Agriland RSS

    Latest AHDB crop update reveals troubling figures

    Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland The latest UK crop update from the Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) paints a very downbeat perspective regarding the harvest prospects for 2024/25. The information in the crop update was captured up to Tuesday, March 26, 2024...
  10. nelly55

    Dragons den

    Having watched this programne and the 70% markup the investors want,how would you pitch for funding for a farm business.I can hear them laughing now.What a sad world when food is such an important commodity.So come on let’s hear your pitch.
  11. B

    Why Has Our Govt. Got This Anti Food Growing Policey?

    I thought that by us leaving the EU we here in the UK, would shape/create a new agriculture/horticulture support package for food production? All i see thats happened is that large blocks of productive land are by new "incentives" leaving abandoning, stopping food production, that and the...
  12. Agriland RSS

    CAFRE to host one-day dry stone walling courses

    Written by Rubina Freiberg from Agriland The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) will be hosting one-day dry stone walling courses during the next number of weeks. The training events at CAFRE’s Glenwherry Hill Farm Centre will be an introduction to single skinned dry...
  13. Hfd Cattle

    Are the farming press doing farmers any favours ?

    At a meeting last night discussing rural issues. Part of the meeting we discussed the farming scene and how tough it is ..... 2 of those present suddenly spoke out at what they had seen in various 'farming' type mags and market reports' about livestock making record prices in markets etc etc ...
  14. Badshot

    SFI 24 no till payment

    Just wondering if there's any further information out yet as to what constitutes no till in the eyes of SFI? Is it a dts/mzuri/claydon direct into stubble? Or is it going to be lower disturbance tine or disc? Supposedly a claydon grain and fert meets the grant spec with the leading tine applying...
  15. Ffermer Bach

    How did wildlife manage, before Wildlife trusts bought farms to manage them for nature?

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-68669054?at_link_type=web_link&at_format=link&at_medium=social&at_link_id=1993F73E-F0EB-11EE-A01D-55F1A9F30DC0&at_campaign=Social_Flow&at_link_origin=BBC_East_Midlands&at_ptr_name=facebook_page&at_campaign_type=owned&at_bbc_team=editorial&fbclid=Iw...
  16. Ffermer Bach

    Our country has gone fudged

    Just phoning a contractor, he said, got to go, Police have just arrived, will call again when they have gone. He called back, umbilical spreading slurry, someone called the police to say, slurry being pumped into the river. Police had to attend to check. What has happened to this country, when...
  17. Agriland RSS

    DAERA to fund up to £250,000 to deliver net zero programme

    Written by Claire Sammon from Agriland Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) Minister Andrew Muir has launched the latest phase in his department’s partnership with Digital Catapult to assist companies to achieve their net zero ambitions. In November 2023, DAERA...
  18. Agriland RSS

    Derbyshire Wildlife Trust purchase Common Farm for rewilding purposes

    Written by Maeve Hennessy from Agriland Derbyshire Wildlife Trust announced the completion of the purchase of Common Farm, at Nether Heage near Belper. The site will be rewilded to create a “mosaic” of habitats. Over 2,000 people donated to the public appeal which was launched last October...
  19. nick...

    How long before biggest dealers pack up

    With the way things are and no improvement on the horizon ,how long will it be before a huge dealer shuts up shop.they mostly got very large expensive premises and massive stocks of parts and machines but they will be suffering the same as the smaller dealers.seems to be a weekly occurrence of...
  20. 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...
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