drills

  1. Farm Classifieds

    Kuhn SD4000

    Kuhn SD4000 Advert added by: Charles Quick @cquick Machinery Details Category: Tillage Drills Price: £15000 Condition: Good Description 1998 Kuhn SD4000 Direct Drill Stored under cover from new, excellent condition for its age. One owner, approx 6000ac New...
  2. G

    The rewilding con

  3. Clive

    Steve Barkley at OFC

    So i wonder what announcements / new standards we might get re SFI today ? any guesses ?
  4. ajd132

    Red tractor stakeholder survey on governance

    https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/RedTractorStakeholder/ I have just had this bought to my attention. Red tractor survey to ‘inform’ the reviewers. first I have heard of it, nothing in the latest member matters, on any email or on social media. feels like they are trying to keep it quiet as usual.
  5. Sonoftheheir

    Anything new with ploughs?

    My Neanderthal brain was wondering if there’s anything new with ploughs? We currently have a 5 furrow slatted body in furrow Lemken Europal fitted with subsoilers. We use it with a furrow press. If I was to replace it this year should I go with the same or is there anything better? Is it better...
  6. Farm Classifieds

    BOURGALT VOS COULTERS

    BOURGALT VOS COULTERS Advert added by: Gregor Todd @toddfarms Machinery Details Category: Tillage Drills Price: £1 Condition: Good Description BOURGALT VOS COULTERS X34 4" BOURGALT VOS COULTERS VERY LITTLE WEAR ON THEM NEW STYLE HUGE SAVING ON NEW X34...
  7. Farm Classifieds

    WEAVING DOUBLE DISC UNITS- X30 AVAILABLE

    WEAVING DOUBLE DISC UNITS- X30 AVAILABLE Advert added by: Gregor Todd @toddfarms Machinery Details Category: Tillage Drills Price: £1 Condition: Excellent Description WEAVING DOUBLE DISC UNITS ONLY DONE X2 SEASONS OF WOSR DRILLING, HARDLY ANY WEAR IN THEM. HUGE SAVING...
  8. Direct Driller Magazine

    Direct Driller Issue 25 - out now

    Direct Driller Soils Magazine Issue 25 Welcome to Issue 25 of Direct Driller Magazine which includes a supplement on adjuvant technology and features a summary of our Covering Soils event in September (including links to all the video content from the talks). For those that don't get a printed...
  9. Farm Classifieds

    GM035533 NEW KUHN VENTA 3030-24 DRILL

    GM035533 NEW KUHN VENTA 3030-24 DRILL Advert added by: Chandlers (Farm Equipment) Ltd Machinery Details Category: Tillage Drills Price: £31750 Condition: New Description KUHN VENTA 3030-24 DRILL ISOBUS, UNI DIVIDER HEAD 24R VISTA. FLOW, PRE-EMERGEN MARKER, SEED RAKE...
  10. D

    Wish list from the SFI santa?

    What would you like from SFI for a late Xmas gift. I include CS because they will merge in time. My wish is an annual payment for a commitment to keep good drystone walls maintained. I've a feeling in my water that I'm going to be lucky. To be greedy (it is my thread) I'd like to see some...
  11. andybk

    vertidrain anyone using one ?

    hi all son charged with looking after local league football pitch ,they pay a fortune to have this done few times a year thought about getting one as other places have shown an interest in using it , anything to look for with a vertidrain or other types , hollow or solid tines ? are gearboxes...
  12. Adeptandy

    Drill build

    Thinking about a time drill to give more flexibility in chopped straw. Has anyone any experience of the Metcalf disc offering and price
  13. D

    Winter 1963 with Cliff Michealmore

    The famous documentary is on BBC Four now
  14. Exfarmer

    wood posts set in concrete

    We have some 4" square wood posts set in concrete which are rotting off any idea how to extract the post with out lifting the concrete? a couple have just pulled out whole but the rest would sooner break off leaving a nice rotten stump in the hole. My thinking then to cement in a steel met post...
  15. Sprayer 1

    Wheat planted in the frost.

    I'd be interested to know how the wheat is looking that went in in the frost three weeks ago. Also which method was used, broadcast, combi , direct? I'm asking as I would like to still get some in if we have another frost ,being as the seed is in the shed.
  16. D

    Maximising Output Per Acre is The Way to Reduce Carbon Footprint

    Well isn’t it? If you can grow 4t per acre of wheat then isn’t the carbon footprint per ton less by virtue of the fact you’ve spread the fixed part of the carbon cost in growing the crop over more tons. This fact begs the question of what to do with marginal land. It would suggest it should be...
  17. its.... only me

    Lely Polymat on a Khun 4003 power harrow

    Has anyone any experience or information of mounting a Lely Polymat on a Khun 4003 power harrow (or any other p.harrow - other than a Lely) reason I ask is unlike most other combi. drills - which use a standard A frame set up, the Lely appears to use a floating linkage & dimensions are all...
  18. tomlad

    Wiring a motor reverse switch

    I would like to reverse my pillar drill rotation. For tapping head. 3 phase I spotted this , fleebay , it looks like a dewhurst switch which i believe i can use to control direction. 👍 No words anywere i can spot , obviously old . Terminals are numbered 1 - 8 I believe top screw ,one each side...
  19. Brisel

    AD feedstock - oats?

    A potential anaerobic digester just up the road from me had its Planning Committee meeting yesterday. They had already approached me to grow crops for them & take digestate back. I would prefer a break crop if possible. The farm has a significant blackgrass burden. Mostly brashy soils prone to...
  20. W

    Sam3 adding herbal to existing grass

    Has anyone done this and what was the best way to establish herbs into an existing ley
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