dual purpose

Thinking of increasing the hight of our 10x6 ifor williams trailer from 6 foot to close to 7. It can be then dual purpose for cattle/sheep and horses. Basically chop the roof and increase by the required hight and bolt back on with new pieces on it. Is it a daft idea or a good one?? Anybody...

Just asked a question on fodder thread but starting it here . Basically ... got about 90 cows , 130 ish youngstock and 60 ish older stores . Older stores will be going into a shed at another farm . I can house all the young stock and about 50 cows . Or I can outwinter all the youngstock and...

time has come, again, for autumn re-seeds. Interested to know what, farmers are planning variety wise. Had some interesting discussions, recently with seed reps. We have had an awful 3dry summers, on the trot, and grass, has been very short, both in quantity and life ! Rep in this morning...

Hi all. New to this. I would be very interested in people’s opinion on growing wheat after grass. I currently do a land swap with a local farmer who grows ready grass and horsage. The first 3 year let has just ended on the first block of land. It’s heavy clay which was rank with blackgrass...

This came up in conversation last night , and we were comparing sheep and cattle breeds like native lowland cattle and sheep and also the extreme muscle continental types of both . But what would the Simmental equivalent be ?

I'm looking for recommendations for which grass seed to use. I run some dairy heifers quite extensively on rented ground. Ph, P and K aren't the best but I dont want to spend a fortune correcting it. I just would rather the cows were not eating Yorkshire fog. I have planted British seed houses...

Would like to hear peoples experiences of running these with over 100k miles on the clock. What are your opinions of them, whats the reliability like at that age/miles and what are they like as an overall farm truck. Feel a Touareg would be too fancy for a farm truck but seem to be able to get a...

Written by cpm Download PDF Massive demand for plant-based protein puts the spotlight on peas and beans to deliver for the UK market. CPM delves into the research aimed at putting varieties on farm that will meet the challenge. PCGIN is one of the feathers in the cap of the support Defra brings...

Written by Tom Allen-Stevens Download PDF Massive demand for plant-based protein puts the spotlight on peas and beans to deliver for the UK market. CPM delves into the research aimed at putting varieties on farm that will meet the challenge. PCGIN is one of the feathers in the cap of the...

Wanting to update my 2.5 twin turbo dmax, these two are my two options. Anyone with any experince/opinions/advice?

OK, it would appear that someone of influence in the new Grenadier vehicle has been made aware of us and is paying attention is that not so @CPF . If so this is a first class opportunity for us to get our ideas straight to the right people. So put your ideas on here of practical / beneficial...

Anyone on here running them? Her/AA x sucklers from spring block-calving type herds? Thinking about putting a few sucklers on, thought this cross might be a good bet for the type of system I would have in place. Probably calve May, winter cows outside with calf at foot, bales and some deferred...

Sorry if this has been covered, we were thinkin, of moving away from plough based cultivations but as a mixed farm grass is an important crop for us to establish. We like the look of a sumo dts but don’t feel it would be very good at grass ley establishmen. Would a versadrill If one can be found...

I thought it might be useful to share the experience I personally had with sourcing buying and using this flail mower s I have seen one or two negative comments felt it might help to do so. The company is based at Colleys Farm, Drotwich, Worcesterhsire and run by Nina Martin whose husband I...

When do people destock old laying hens? Is there a particular time of year? What dictates when you destock??

Got the weights and grades back from BWMB and the 2020 wool value is valued at 0.00ppkg. I am hoping that its just because we are early in the season and they are still to set the values! (Which looks like it maybe the case as they havn't paid the remainder of 2019 wool even though the values...

How do you stop them from making a mess in fields?

Hello, I don’t work in agriculture, I’m a chef looking for a specific product. I am looking to start a small project where I produce homemade brie cheese made from the milk of highland cattle as an additional course on my menu. The richness and sweetness of the milk would be wonderful not to...

As the title really. Almost certain I'm going to stop using lleyn rams to breed replacements and getting some exlana or easycare rams instead of them. Lleyns aren't doing anything wrong but I tried an easycare X exlana ram in 2018 and some of his daughters have lambed this year. They didn't do...