injury

  1. Dry Rot

    Ageism -- yes, another petition! No questions, just a signature.

    A study of 1,000 people found that 86 percent have experienced negative attitudes because they are older. Sign the petition: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/639611 With more than 14.5 million over-60s, this means some 12.5 million are likely to have been discriminated against. The...
  2. A

    Dog injury atv insurance question

    Hi folks im looking fo some advice regarding my quad bike insurance, unfortunately I ran over my sheep dog which has resulted in a broken rear leg, the estimated cost to repair the leg is around 4k, I contacted my insurer NFU earlier today and was told the insurance would not cover the injury...
  3. unlacedgecko

    3 Machinery Farm Deaths in 3 Weeks

    Stay safe out there. Look to your maintenance and training records. Ensure you have a written lone worker policy. So far this year the industry toll is 18.
  4. P

    Natural Born Killers ( Front page of today’s Sunday Times Magazine)

    A Sian Boyle has written a six page article. Talk about scare mongering:mad:
  5. Turnip

    Unexpected PPE you can’t do without now.

    For me it is shin guards, no matter what I do I always seem to scuff, bruise, or in some other way cause injury to my shins. Just simple flimsy ones work a treat for me.
  6. APJ

    Harvest 2023

    Let’s start a harvest 23 thread! So how far do we all think we are from starting? Winter barley rapidly ripening here early start is on the cards. First week of july maybe, rape just starting to lose its greenness also!
  7. D

    Silage trailer unhitched mid tip!

    As the title says. Luckily they pipes are still intact just after advise on getting them plugged back in as obviously they are under pressure and the trailer rams are full of oil. They are big bloody rams too. Any help appreciated
  8. G

    Has anyone had the forecast showers

    As above hot here today breeze still has a chilĺ in it though
  9. Agriland RSS

    UK landowner fined after people ‘seriously injured’ by cattle attacks

    Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland A UK landowner has been fined £15,000 after members of the public were “seriously injured” by cattle while walking along footpaths on his estate. Charles Hobhouse pleaded guilty to health and safety failings at his Monkton Farleigh Estate in...
  10. Barleycorn

    Looking for a PTO clutch

    Hello, I'm after a torque clutch, or clatter clutch, or cam clutch (whatever it's called!) for the PTO of my compost turner. It is six spline, but the bigger size six spline, ie bigger than a normal tractor PTO spline. It is rated at 2500 nm. The manufacturer is abroad and difficult to deal...
  11. Grower Tesque

    Tyre inflator

    Looking for a new tyre inflator, needs to be good quality and a locking valve attachment and locking trigger, does anything exist? I've been looking and can't find anything suitable
  12. bobk

    Wales 20mph speed limit in every town

    https://www.gov.wales/introducing-default-20mph-speed-limits
  13. Vader

    Drugs and driving... 🤬

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12161541/Moment-motorist-miraculously-escapes-drug-taking-tractor-driver-smashes-car-head-on.html
  14. Matt

    Calving to bulling interval and Synchronisation

    What are peoples experiences of using a synchronisation heat at 35ish days post calving to gain time? we have got a few late calving cows that lost time last year, believe it was due to older a older bull struggling, as once we changed bulls they got incalf within a cycle and some we would...
  15. Sid

    Cheese is just so dangerous

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-65776772 Emergency services couldn't cope with 6 injuries Be more than that in a city centre every weekend based on alcohol consumption. What a shower of sh1t the NHS has become!
  16. Agriland RSS

    PSNI appeal after two white-tailed eagles found dead

    Written by Aisling O'Brien from Agriland The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has appealed for information following the discovery of two dead white-tailed eagles in Co. Antrim. Police are investigating the circumstances of the deaths of the birds which were found in the Glenhead...
  17. Overby

    Network Rail wanting to rent field for compound

    I asked a question on here a while back re a building company wanting to put a compound in our field, the answers were all helpful and we got a suitable result. We've now been approached by Network Rail, wanting to put 2 x 600m sq compounds in 2 adjacent fields, and have access along about a...
  18. glow worm

    bird flu in wild birds

    Anyone on here know how bird flu effects wild birds? We've found it so very noticeable the lack of birds and bird song for quite some time .. although not in geese!! .. but over the last few days we have found two dead birds .. a chaffinch and a blackbird .. different days, different locations...
  19. Aspiring Peasants

    Costs to winter ewes

    I'm talking about the time from tupping to lambing. Upland mostly PP no arable. The system is start lambing 1st April and house most of them from 1st Feb when they are scanned. Beltexes lambed inside, the rest turned out just before they're due to start. Feed is haylage, cake and blocks. I...
  20. Fellstoflats

    Employee injury - how to go forward?

    After a bit of TFF advice. On 20th March, I got kicked on the inside of the knee during our 6 monthly TB test. Hit the ground like a sack of spuds, off to A&E etc. End result- I've been off work since with a knee that does a fantastic impression of an ungreased UJ; wobbly, grating and...
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