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Working away with a cracking view was W.S Livingstone & Sons John Deere 9900i lifting well wilted grass for a local farm. Carting back to the clamp was a series of John Deere Tractors and trailers keeping the harvester rolling. Working in front of the harvest is the Claas 4800 Liner pulling in...

We have sold our straw to a local contractor who has baled and stacked it on our land , we won’t be paid for it until it’s moved off farm around Christmas so it technically it’s still our straw . Question is if someone got injured either by falling off the stack or having a bale land on them who...

Why doesn't the door go all the way down to the floor? They seem to stop about a foot above it, then there's either a gap or what I assume is a rubber sheet. Been wondering about this for years.

What sized tank and depth would be required to house 80 suckler cows for 6 months?

Is anyone using the (probably) Chinese made cheap leaf blowers from eBay.mostly unknown brands like Parker.can get a unit for about £80/90 .I've got a battery one originally bought to blow water of car after washing,on reccomendation from American car detailers,but it lacked puff and was pretty...

Hello, I am taking a step for good or for bad to use a set of shallow discs after the combine, followed by rolling after discing to get a good chit of grass weeds and volunteers before drilling. (Discs have no press on) We have been having worse and worse grass weed problem on the farm & it...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland An on-farm meeting organised by the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) is set to focus on optimising livestock performance in a grazing system. The event focused on livestock and grazing will take place from 11:00a.m – 2:00p.m...

Written by Hugh Harney from Agriland While some farmers are focusing on securing a third cut of silage and getting fertiliser out, lameness control needs to come to the forefront at this time of the year. Many farmers will have their second cut silage secured and a lot of the pressure will...

Hi everyone, We've some AB1, which is a rotational option. Claimed it this last year in Field A. We're rotating it to a different parcel Field B, already drilled end of July. RPA say I can destroy existing AB1 after 31st Aug. Apparently I've to notify them by 1st Sept of where AB1 has moved to...

As above, Think she needs a top up... just doing morning checks... thank you in advance

To prepare for the future do any of you run your farm as if subsidies( government payments of any kind) were done away with as happened in New Zealand a few years ago . I admire you if you do as at the moment the government payments available of any kind to farmers are a nice bonus should you...

If I plant a fast growing westerwold one year lay type grass in April. How many round bales could I expect to get off it before October if I pushed it with Fert? And how many cuts. Don’t want it to seed.

I just asked the silage contractor how his customers were going to cope with the upcoming NVZ rules. We will be fine here, as organic we are below the Nitrogen level, and cattle are in cubicles as well as loose housed, so I think slurry pit capacity will be fine, however, he said if a large...

I had originally thought of baling round bale silage with a Ford 4600 but it seems that I need can't do it without upgrading tractors. So I am asking what forage harvester would be good for a Ford 4600?

Written by Agriland Team from Agriland By Chris McCullough Dating back to medieval times, Gruyere is one of the most famous cheeses in the world, and can only be produced in certain areas of Switzerland. Even though proper Swiss Gruyere cheese is protected by a Appellation d’origine protegee...

For sale, pedigree lim bull. Trueman Led. He's just turned 9 years old, good nature and very well bred bull. Would still do someone a turn and would be ideal if someone's bull has let them down. Throws shapey calves, bred several fatstock winning animals for his previous owner. Only offered for...

Iv a fransgard390 but to narrow for the 9ft row, what would do it, lely rotonta? Seen a jumbo hay bob on Facebook

I am a science communication student and today I would like to discuss some issues about IWM with you, here is an article and factsheet about the latest research written and I look forward to your reading. Weed Wars： Sustainable Strategies for UK Farms A silent battle is emerging now and then...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland With ground conditions reasonably good, the drilling of winter oilseed rape crops is expected to get underway next week. Aiding the cause is the fact that most growers now have a window of opportunity between the winter and spring cereal harvests...

If you had a block of land that you didn’t feel was viable for production / logistically difficult etc what environmental option could you put on it that paid best ?