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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/09/14/hybrid-cars-to-be-sold-beyond-2030-soften-petrol-ban/#:~:text=Ministers%20are%20planning%20to%20back,efforts%20to%20reach%20net%20zero. Labour to back away from 2030 petrol car ban Hybrids will continue to be allowed until 2035 in boost to...

looking at Taylor,Albutt and Cherry . Any one got any user feedback?

Anybody else becoming increasingly annoyed with the trade across the board? The manufacturers have hiked new prices to unprecedented levels out of reach to majority of farmers. £250,000 for 250hp tractor is unaffordable. At the same time they are offering 50% less than market value for trade...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland A man has been given a 12 month community order after he was spotted with one of his grandchildren in his tractor as he fed cattle on his farm in south Wales. 78-year-old Howard Walters, of Tirmynydd Farm in Birchgrove, Swansea, was captured on...

Watching a video tonight about moonlighting bays in the US got me thinking whether they were still going in the UK ? You need to work on your car but haven't got access to a hoist, pit, garage equipment etc these bays gave an opportunity for people to do the work themselves on their vehicles...

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/farmer-ordered-pay-3000-after-29820259

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.

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland A body that manages a major forest in East Sussex has been fined £8,000 after a husband and wife out walking their dog were struck by a tree, with the latter suffering a traumatic brain injury. 70-year-old Caroline Leafe was walking along a deer...

Like Morrisons, Asda is over-financialised. Over a year ago I asked TFFers if nationalising a supermarket could benchmark (not fix nor baseline) farmgate prices. It wasn't a popular idea then. Remember BHS, Debenhams, Woolworths? Thoughts? see @anzani post for link

I know that under all circumstances a child under 13 should not be carried in a tractor cab. But what is the actual penalty? I have looked up on the H & S website, but it just says it is illegal but doesn't say what would happen to the driver if they were prosecuted. There seems to be an...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland A personal injury lawyer has said “incidents are happening too frequently” in farming, and more needs to be done to keep the industry safe. Figures from the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) show that 27 people lost their lives on farms in...

I think this has been discussed before .. apologies .. but more and more firms are now demanding we go to paperless invoicing to save costs .. theirs! ..or else pay for postal deliveries. Some just do it without even telling you. Some send a text in advance of the invoice so that you know to go...

Hello all, I use a JCB telehandler for shifting hay bales and have received complaints from neighbours about the noise being produced by the reversing beepers. During the week I tend to work up to 8pm. Saturdays around midday and occasionally Sundays. They have suggested I fit brigade white...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland Staff specialist REAL Success has said farm health and safety is not just a “box-ticking exercise”, and needs to be taken seriously. Farm Health and Safety Week kicked off yesterday (Monday, July 22), with REAL Success recruitment director, James...

1991 and done evrerything on the farm

This week . any tips on how you have made a job / machine/ tool use safer ?

Aye-up, Some of you may know we recently took over a retail business selling everything from feeds to bedding to coal and general rural supplies. We are regularly asked if we sell weed killers, but nobody seems to want to buy the ready to use Roundup squirty stuff we stock, and I can’t say I...

Is anyone able to tell me more about cross compliance - are we still needing the 2m buffer in fields?

Did anyone catch the big article on Alistair Mackintosh in FG? Must admit I’ve been busy so I didn’t see it til now but wow. Just wow. Apparently there will now be no vote of No Confidence in Mr Moseley because everyone realises the top team are a “fantastic group of people” He is ‘quite...

As drone technology is advancing and the approval process SLOWLY going through the red tape. How can you see drone technology helping your farm in the future? What realistic pricing would you pay per acre to spray your fields or spread seeds in your fields? What's your thoughts? Thanks in...