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  1. ppottersfarm

    SFI the grand plan

    The plan for SFI is to get farmers to downscale their production, then remove SFI completely, so the farmers cant then get back in the game thus reducing the uk’s food production by at the very least 25% but more likely 50%. Came up in a local farm discussion group. Discuss.
  2. Timbo

    540e PTO speed poll

    Pub question- you have a 6cyl 160hp tractor fitted with 540 & 540e pto speeds, and a range of implements rated for 540rpm input speed. Which would you use to be most efficient & productive, that is safe for both implement and tractor??
  3. hoyboy

    Red clover and docks

    New field of red clover with more docks than anything else. Can anything be used that won't kill the clover? Squire herbicide says it is safe on white clover but not red, has anyone tried it?
  4. D

    Brian May- badgers

    Above on a mission still to try to prove badgers are not the carrier of tb onto Livestock farms,9pm bbc 2 a documentary been made by him and bbc. Article in online main bbc news, with him as usual putting all the blame on farms and saying our poor farm hygiene is all to blame...
  5. O

    pH relation to lame sheep/lambs

    Does anybody else find a direct link between lame sheep and lambs on low pH land? Not saying it’s the only cause of scald in lambs but we have a bit of land that has quite a low pH than the rest. Whatever goes onto that plot comes back pretty lame and we’re constantly fighting a battle to keep...
  6. A

    ATV Safety

    Does anyone have any information about the European ATV Safety Institute - known by the acronym 'EASI' It is based at Henfield in West Sussex. If necessary, please feel free to PM me.
  7. Andyrob

    John Deere 9900i | Second Cut Silage | W.S Livingstone & Sons

    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...
  8. Bob lincs

    Who is liable?

    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...
  9. F

    Irish Silage Trailers

    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.
  10. Northeastfarmer

    What sized slatted shed/ tank for 80 sucklers

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

    Cheap petrol leaf blowers

    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...
  12. Farmer_England

    Breaker ring roll or Cambridge rolls ?

    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...
  13. Agriland RSS

    Farm meeting to focus on optimising livestock performance through grazing

    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...
  14. Agriland RSS

    Controlling lameness issues before the autumn closes in

    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...
  15. Grass And Grain

    Mid tier: Rotational option: How to notify RPA of location change

    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...
  16. jackrussell101

    What type of engine oil for a Claas Mega Perkins 203?

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

    Question for UK farmers/ farm managers.

    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...
  18. D

    1 year grass lay expectations

    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.
  19. Ffermer Bach

    Welsh NVZ

    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...
  20. Farmer Brendan

    Ford 4600 and Forage Harvester.

    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?
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