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  1. Tarw Coch

    Best car for towing

    I’m in need of a new car, or new to me at least and looking at buying something capable of sharing the towing with my ageing Land Rover for the longer journeys, basically the luxury suv type, and something I can see over hedges more easy to see what everyone else is up to. Looking at something...
  2. H

    Legalities of towing

    Anyone able to clear this up,from what I can make out I cannot go further than 100km/60mls from farm to pick up a machine with my Discovery and trailer unless I have a tachograph fitted,is this right?
  3. Bossfarmer

    Beef cattle, numbers game or myth?

    Are cattle now a numbers game with forklifts at 90k, tractors at 130k, contractor rates and repair costs now through the roof it strikes me that running a small herd or fattning number will struggle to pay for this let alone provide a profit, arent producers going to have to think bigger in...
  4. mar

    Grain Storage Bins vs Storage Sheds

    I've been watching a few youtube videos of American farms recently, they store all their grain in bins but they seem to be constantly fixing augers or conveyers and all sorts of other issues to keep them going. On this forum I notice most people store their grain in sheds or grain stores and it...
  5. Smokey16

    Contract Calve rearing

    Hi everyone me, my partner and sister rear calves from 2weeks old till they are 5/6month old we have reared 300 calves so far this year for him he told me half way through rearing the last bunch he has to drop the price what he pays us to 45pence aday per calve. He supplies the milk powder blend...
  6. Jerry

    Westerwolds

    Westerwolds is new to me, drilled 2 weeks ago after barley. Pic taken couple of days ago and it’s starting to shift now. And been mild and wet last couple days in the balmy south!! How soon do people graze it? Hoping to put ewes on in about 8 weeks.
  7. DrDunc

    Fertiliser

    Livestock farming has an elephant in the room...... Static beef price, and lamb struggling to hold it's own, how do we afford fertiliser at £1000 a tonne??? I just cannot see how to cut inputs and still have enough income to cover feed, fuel and fertiliser increases??? Is everyone in the...
  8. T

    Mf 240 questions from a shepherd

    Hi first time posting. I'm a shepherd in North Yorkshire. I have a Massey 240 that gets some work with a transport box and that's about it. I'm going through some potential changes in the way I farm and I'm looking at the possibility of using the 240 on the front of a relatively small sheep...
  9. Agriland RSS

    Machinery Focus: 25 years of Claas Xerion and its revolving cab

    Written by Justin Roberts from Agriland Germany has a strong association with systems tractors, stemming from a long held view that tractors are multipurpose vehicles rather than the more focused machines favoured by pre-war Anglo American manufacturers. Lanz, amongst others, was typical of...
  10. Anymulewilldo

    Fresh Towing vehicle

    As the title suggests, I’m looking for a fresh vehicle to tow the cattle trailer. My brothers little Terios is up for swapping soon before he totally destroys it and I’m thinking a second motor fit to pull the 12ft trailer wouldn’t be a bad thing. He’s not madly keen on pick ups as they make...
  11. Sid

    Grazing oats?

    Looking for an option for an early bite in the spring , forage rye is quite pricey. Anyone planted and then grazed oats once then allowed to go on for wholecrop or combining?
  12. TFF

    Crops for Carbon Farming

    Abstract Agricultural cropping systems and pasture comprise one third of the world’s arable land and have the potential to draw down a considerable amount of atmospheric CO2 for storage as soil organic carbon (SOC) and improving the soil carbon budget. An improved soil carbon budget serves the...
  13. Anymulewilldo

    Confessions of the Sheep/Beef Cattle/Pig Addicts

    This is a thread for those who feel guilty about cluttering up dear old GUTH’s beloved price tracker with the chit chat that stop us all being that miserable our families would throw us all out to sit with the dog in the porch. All are welcome, you can even post prices if you want. The only rule...
  14. L

    rejuvenating sward with clover

    would now be a good time to direct drill some red and white clover into mainly silage fields cut 3-4 time a year to add some extra protein capabilities next year , added source of N and thicken the sward out a bit. also with summers becoming dryer the red should keep a needed bite with deeper...
  15. B

    Adding cattle (suckler herd) am I mad

    Short question: are suckler cows less work compared to sheep? some context: As some probably know by now, while being employed fulltime I have a 200-250 ewe sheep enterprise. At the moment I graze 80ha of pp, woodland, solar sites, heather etc. Over here the grazing is an enterprise in itself...
  16. Red Fred

    Domestic cats and their toll of small animals.

    While reading the usual vegan messages on Facebook, the idea was mooted that farm animals should receive the same love as pet cats. I was reminded of a study that I saw last week which suggested that pet cats in the UK kill around 270 million creatures pa. I was astonished to discover after...
  17. TelesnaAg

    Sheep breed low birth weight lambs, meat production?

    Hi, i though this would have be an easy internet search but apparently not. I have a hospital flock of ewes which most are smaller framed. What breeds are renowned for having low birth weights? I couldn't find anything on the net and it will take a while visiting stud websites to get asbv...
  18. Guiggs

    Suckler cows.. is it worth it?

    what's people's thoughts on starting a small suckler herd.. Grazing is owned or very cheap rent, we can make our own hay/ silage and swap surplus for straw, can winter in owned buildings and can buy the right calves at the right money to bring on as the herd females. Currently have a simm and...
  19. JP1

    The Ineos Grenadier thread

    I still am not sure whether this will surface as a reaity but as I keep getting marketing snippets, I thought I'd post a few of them...
  20. Estate fencing.

    Picking up dead stock

    Just a thought while going round sheep. How long until we have to leave dead stock about for feed the predators, there's loads about now and must thrive this time of year with outside lambing but come June must be a real struggle for them to find enough food.
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