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Just come in from the latest stillborn calf, so far 3 stillborn out of 6 calved. Only have 20 sucklers and this year making me question having them. Seems a lot of work and hassle for very little reward. Managed to get the second stillborn and placenta to the lab for a PM the other day. Still...

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Just want a smallish one for pumping up tyres speedily and a cleaning off the odd item (air tools have been replaced by battery tools). It won't even do 1 hour a week - any half decent ones? Stupid question - will a 50 litre one take longer to pump a tyre than 100 litre or does that just...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland I mean no harm to potato growers, but I was never so glad to hear that a blight warning has been issued for next week, particularly following my attendance at Balmoral Show. At least this means the weather is about to warm up. I spent two days at this...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland Northern Ireland Grain Trade Association (NIGTA) chief executive, Gill Gallagher, has confirmed that meal rationing for livestock production purposes is not on the cards for next winter, at least not yet. But she is making no secret of the fact that...

Full/Part time work opportunity from June/July and into early Autumn on 700 acre arable farm near Norwich, Norfolk. Workload consists of: general farm work, corn carting, harvest work, irrigation, grass topping, silage carting, loader work, cultivating, drilling, subsoiling, farm maintenance...

Hi all, considering the price of land domestically (Ireland), it seems to make sense for a young farmer to look internationally for opportunities to expand. If you could "do it all again"/did not have ties that would keep you from going overseas, where would you have looked to go? I see France...

hi i'm in a bit of a predicament, we have a mengele sh40, it has the wide 2 mtr front on it, and we can't find anyone that has a new flywheel drive-belt, we have tried all the usual sources, and even mengele germany are saying they do not produce them anymore, also tried the main belt suppliers...

Probably a daft question, but will vetch and clover suffer if cut frequently while flowering ? The black grass is re heading every couple of weeks now, so needs to be cut, but I’m fearful of ending up with no legumes through continuous mowing. If anyone jas any experience of growing this stuff...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) policy manager, James McCluggage, has criticised Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) officials for their no-show at his organisation’s Balmoral Show fodder update meeting this week. He spoke at...

Who's growing it, and what are the up/down sides. I'm wondering about feeding it to young stock and restricted to sucklers along with straw. TIA

Hello friends! I need your advice for the right adjusting it for mixed grass seed. I sowed all my planed fields but one left and I have some fears about my Junkkari settings. When I set bottom flap position on 0 position than container has left with to many small seeds at the end but today when...

Good sunny day after a good soak. Should be excellent event. Anyone going? https://fb.watch/cYxOC0eGGS/

So I've got 50 acres of silage ground that I'm hoping to put into gs4 herbal ley autumn of 2023. However, I'm looking to plough and reseed it this autumn in 1 year ley, as this will give me the opportunity to level it out this year, spray it next autumn and direct drill the gs4 into what then...

I've got a gate that now isn't quite wide enough and I could do with fitting a double gate. The whole area sits on an old hardcored site so is a nightmare to try and dig into. Anyone got any genius ideas for a simple way to install a gatepost? I toyed with a plate on the bottom but the pins...

Im old enough to remember the 3 day week in the early 1970s ( i was at school then), when the country had days without any electricity? miners were on strike, brought the heath govt. down? and other hard recessions up to now? It just seems to me the population has got so soft over the years, and...

When spreading urea on spring barley at 150kg/ha I did a field with the border deflector on left down. Kuhn axis spreader at 18m. What can I do anything to rectify this?

Who has decided to grow more in there garden and what are you growing? Salad crps are my first thought. WB

Good Morning Everyone. I have been offered 28 acres of grass to cut this year and wonder how much I should be paying for the privilege? The owner of said field Is suggesting rather than a price per acre I should pay him per bale. He is suggesting 7 pounds per bale... based on 4ft rounds

Haven’t grown any osr for 20 years plus but thinking of having another go. What’s the chemical lineup for grass weeds in particular ryegrass?