drainage

  1. D

    Twin wall pipe supplier…

    Where does everyone go? my usual guy has just quoted this which seems harsh! TWIN WALL DRAINAGE 150MM SOLID PIPE X 6MTR £24.98 150MM COUPLER £3.06 225MM SOLID PIPE X 6MTR £56.06 225MM COUPLER £5.54 300MM SOLID PIPE X 6MTR £84.69 300MM COUPLER £10.99
  2. Agriland RSS

    Calderdale Council to discuss flood risk and drainage solutions

    Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland Members of Calderdale Council’s Cabinet will discuss flood risk and drainage at a meeting tomorrow (November 13). The council will consider two reports relating to the development of supplementary planning documents (SPD) – the first of which...
  3. Sprayer 1

    Leading tine on a Claydon drill.

    Would the leading tine on the claydon create enough drainage to keep the deluge of water we have had this year ,away from the seed so that it doesn't blow and rot if drilled in reasonable conditions?
  4. Matt77

    No till second wheat

    I gave up second wheats a good few years ago due to grassweed control, lack of!, thought I'd give it another go as the farm is cleaner and now running a disc direct drill, flooding aside, it looks terrible, what have people learnt with DD second wheat, as I'm now hearing advice along the lines...
  5. B

    heavy rushes - plan of attack

    Hi - I'm looking for some advice. We have several fields that through neglect have built up dense rushes over the last 15-20 years. A couple were drained in the 1980's / 90's, one was not although does not seem overly wet. Soil PH around 5.6-5.8. P&K fine. Some although not all of the land may...
  6. C

    Mole ploughing in a water main!

    does anyone know if this is allowed in scotland? im 800m from nearest water main for house connection so will need to either mole in a pipe or dig a trench the full way, i see online i could buy a moler for around £350, this could then be used for other jobs around the farm in future
  7. Kevtherev

    1983

    Big farm weekly 1983
  8. Banana Bar

    Low volume ventilation

    We will be building a new 2500t flat store very shortly. 4.5m storage depth. I need some low volume ventilation and prefer the idea of ducts rather than any type of pedestal, what can you recommend? Thank you BB
  9. B

    The "real" truth of why the uk, needs to build, 100s of thousands of new "homes"?

    Now the politicians are starting to tell the truth, its, for "migrants", now you didnt have to be an expert to work that out? If you take the simple sum, of the people who leave the UK, to those who come in, and remember the "official" numbers, and the real numbers are alot more? They recon, in...
  10. nelly55

    EA and IDB

    After all this flooding and rain,has the above decided farm land is fair play for their failures .Houses flooding is terrible but if they build on flood pains what do they expect.Also building and building expecting the drainage system to cope without major expansion.IDB s who think rate payers...
  11. milton-95

    Looking For Work Self employed GFW, Aberdeenshire

    Self employed GFW looking for some extra work through the winter months, will turn my hand to most things, doesn't necessarily have to be farm work. Experience in tractor and machinery, cattle, cropping , digger work, drainage and also some building experience. Based in westhill, but happy...
  12. Grassman

    Ground slightly damp😃

    I am struggling to remember our land being this wet at this time of year. January to March perhaps but never the beginning of November. Seems all we get is extreme weather nowadays.
  13. Agriland RSS

    New guide on designing calf housing launched

    Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland AgriSearch and the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) have published a new calf housing design guide. This is an outcome of the Optihouse project, which examined different aspects of calf house design on 66 farms across Northern Ireland. The...
  14. Surgery

    How much have you planted and how much is lost

    about half the wheat area in here , lost probably 10% , after a general low yield harvest looks like another one on the way , surely there must be some rise in prices to come or are we going to get shafted properly to keep the majority happy ?
  15. nxy

    OSR over drains

    When I first started growing OSR in France I was told you can't grow it over drains or rather you can but that one crop was enough to block drains solid. Knowing that its not a problem in the UK I have continued growing the crop for 20 or so years. This year the sudden arrival of 6 inches of...
  16. snipe

    What % of winter crops not planted or destroyed

    What % of your intended winter crop have not been planted or damaged by flood/slugs/ flee Beatle?
  17. D

    Do you calculate your farm carbon footprint?

    Do you calculate your farm's carbon footprint?
  18. Wolds Beef

    B~~~~y Environment Agency

    Acres and acres under water, wildlife drowned, crops ruined, see Wardy's Waffle Utube Channel to see the devastation in Lincolnshire. Someone be able to put the link up!! WB
  19. Henery

    Nocturnal visitors 🤬

    Loaded my 14 ft Ifor flat with Honda Pioneer 700, two quads, electric trials bike, 3 chainsaws, petrol hedge cutter, all Milwaukee stuff etc etc …..
  20. nelly55

    Please someone tell them

    Just watched news on bbc 2 politics ,so sheep grazing hills cause flooding.Not one mention of clean the sodding rivers out .It’s not rocket science if you build barriers the water still goes somewhere it needs a Chanel to escape .Plus farmland is our shop floor not a flood plain for the benefit...
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