grain store

  1. J

    Situation Vacant ASSISTANT GRAIN STORE MANAGER

    WHAT IS THE JOB? GRAIN STORE ASSISTANT MANAGER WHAT IS THE LOCATION? East of England WHAT IS THE INDUSTRY? Grain Storage and handling HOW WILL I BE REWARDED? Rewarding for the role and will depend on experience. Great pension scheme too. There may be an option for a Part time consideration...
  2. suffolksmallholder

    Farm Art.

    I like to see outdoor artwork. This picture reminded me of what can be done with a common piece of redundant agricultural infrastructure. The grain store. This is from an Australian ‘Farm Gate Art Trail’ in WA. @Farmer Roy SS
  3. teslacoils

    Crittall Bin History

    https://www.ribapix.com/example-of-a-grain-storage-silo-manufactured-by-crittall-silos-limited-tolleshunt-darcy-essex_riba55173 I think these are really beautiful. Can someone give me a potted history - are these linked to the Crittall window makers? Are they ubiquitous due to some kind of...
  4. dilahdan

    Whats is your biggest challenge in running your farm right now?

    HI Folks, I'm helping farms be more efficient with technology. What are your biggest painpoints right now in operating your farm? Just a sentence or two would be great. Thank you
  5. C

    Red Tractor Enviromental Module

    Has anyone read this next load of £hit coming at us from Red Tractor, Way beyond their remit . Cant find the link can someone help ?
  6. Grass And Grain

    Poll. AHDB levy rates. Do you want increases or decreases?

    Other thread only gave choice of increases, which is a skewed poll imho. This poll gives choices for increases or decreases.
  7. Exfarmer

    Reversing bleepers

    This is most definitely not a whine about farming. In live in a village about half a mile away from the nearest farm yard on the edge, for the last couple of days have been woken early as my friend is I believe loading corn out, not beet as that is a very distinct rumble. I cannot hear the...
  8. Stephensonlouis

    AHL2 - Winter Bird Food

    Has anyone ever autumn established SFI AHL2 after a crop off winter wheat, grown fast seeding crops such as mustard and then gone into a spring barley late March early April? Probably a good reason why it isn’t being done!
  9. O

    Situation Vacant Main Arable Operator wanted to run 675ha in Oxfordshire

    Enthusiastic Main Arable Operator Skilled Main Arable Operator required for progressive family farming business in South Oxfordshire covering 675ha of mainly combinable crops with environmental schemes and many other diversified activities. The role is a chance to get involved in an evolving...
  10. 4

    sfi you can now apply

    5.45 am this morning rec email from defra saying as youve registered your interest you can now start your application. ok thinks me will try . First thing to do will be go get some more ink and a couple of reams of printer paper as will have to download the 40 pages of the new guidance of how...
  11. Agriland RSS

    Lodi UK publishes tips to protect grain stores from rodents

    Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland Pest control products manufacturer, Lodi UK, has said rodent numbers have risen sharply following Covid-19 and, as temperatures fall, rodents will seek shelter on farms. If not controlled, the company said, rodents could ruin grain stores. Lodi...
  12. W

    Shed Price Inflation

    Afternoon all I've been starting to think about putting up another shed for some cows. The last shed we put up was a cubicle house for 150cows- center feed passage, 4 rows of cubicles, 2x 6ft slatted tanks. That was at the start of 2020 just before the price of materials sky rocketed. Prices...
  13. Grass And Grain

    BFU draft correspondence to AHDB Cereals and Oilseeds.

    Draft letter to AHDB C&O Council from BFU. BFU members, please see this thread within BFU forums if you have any suggestions for amendments before we send it. https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/correspondence-to-ahdb-cereals-and-oilseeds.396711/ Copy of correspondence:- To: AHDB...
  14. bobk

    Farming sucks .

    Feel better now . worst year in my 40 years doing this job , drip drip rather than one deluge
  15. A

    What is it with telehandler’s

    Why is it for the hours they do it seems all handler makes have a poorer reliability than tractors . I know this involves various generalisations but I have run JCB,Manitou and at present Merlo and at one point this week all 3 of my machines had faults nothing major but two requiring ad...
  16. Sid

    How "Deprived" is your area?

    How far behinf the average does your locality sit? Some farmers sit quite nicely with well to do neighbours Where as some if us in North Devon sit below national average. https://data.cdrc.ac.uk/dataset/index-multiple-deprivation-imd
  17. Poncherello1976

    New Building

    I am looking for someone to give me some help in locating a new barn. I go round in circles in my head about where one should go, but I can not make up my mind. Main farm is tenanted, AHA, and landlord is happy for me to stick a building up. This would be the obvious place. Though I may prefer...
  18. DieselRob

    Diatomaceous earth- natural silicon

    Is it bad for beneficial insects? I’m trying it for the first time this year on brassicas against flea beetle, I’m happy with the theory behind it but now the agronomist is suggesting it’s actually harmful to beneficials in the same way as it is used as a grain store insecticide. Is he right or...
  19. CPM RSS

    On Farm Opinion: Keeping the combine moving

    Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF A larger combine can be preferred to a new drying system, the extra output making it more feasible to wait for ideal cutting days and sub-15% moisture, however, coping with incoming grain can be challenging. CPM learns how a pair of...
  20. D

    Even I'm shocked by 50's farming

    Great clips of 1950's farming. Parents talked about similar but I thought it was just them who were behind. Amusing shots of the spraying, no gloves, no mask, no cab, spraying herbicide with the stock in the field & the very optimistic narrator. In that period machines must have been obsolite...
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