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How many dd guys have gone cultivating? Out next door neighbours practices a full range of cultivating and has 95% crop cover after a hard winter we dd a majority of ours and a currently re drilling 50% .cultivating a fair bit as the top is solid from rain. Any one else feal like abandoning...

I read our water meter and it indicates we've used nearly 5 times more water than expected. Our water bill will be HUGE. Does Wessex Water give a business a water leak allowance? How much allowance have people received? if any! The pipework involved covers 5 troughs and 3 stand pipes. I don't...

Written by Claire Sammon from Agriland Co-op is the first UK retailer to announce it is moving to 100% British strawberries across its entire own brand range. From April 23, the leading convenience retailer will exclusively offer only British strawberries for the summer season across its...

Hi all don't know if this is the right place to post but after some advice ?. Between Land that I own 50 acres and some rental off a Local Authority 25 acres the Local Autority has insisted of having a policy of £5.5 million Public Liabilty indemnity cover for their land , there are no...

some pretty generous grants about, all seemingly based on reducing out put. we know from sheep and cattle prices, numbers are short, if they were not, prices wouldn't be where they are. the world is getting more dangerous by the day. And yet, politicians here, from all parties, think we can...

Written by Matt Hopkins from Precision Ag The insurance industry, long shackled by rigid policies and outdated practices, is ripe for disruption -- and ag can reap the benefits. The post AI-Driven Climate Insurance: A Provocative Solution to Earth’s Uncertain Future appeared first on Global Ag...

Be gentle... ignorant arable farmer asking for a friend on this one... Let's say you had £25k, and wanted to get into livestock. You have access to low imput permanent pasture (heavy land), and occasionally some rotational leys. You have access to a loader, You have an old shed, potential...

So drove 40mins to MVF yesterday , "do you have any ovivac / heptavac ?" yes loads in the fridge, but we cant let you have it because there isnt a qualified person to book it out ! WTF ! to say i was annoyed is an understatement with lambs needing a follow up dose shortly , The last time i went...

I could have A right moan on about how hard things are here currently but that won’t change anything and there are plenty of farmers of what ever guise having just or much worse time of it. so my question is this. We are constantly told we need to build resilience into our businesses.to you...

Only 6 weeks in to his new post as CEO of AHDB , Graham Wilkinson finds time for a key trip (read jolly) to meet USDA in America Back at the ranch , Red Tractor today laud an initial review commissioned by AHDB from the Birnie Consultancy on key beef and lamb assurance differentiators . a 77...

Has any one got any views on hm trailers?

What sort of angle would be needed for cutting rsj’s for sheds looking at buying a new bandsaw around the three hundred mill meter mark was wondering if that would be larger enough for most ag sheds. Looking at the alligator 280 double miter saw but was Wondering if that would be big enough as...

I’m helping out a local contractor over the summer, driving his gear. What would the going rate per hour be now the minimum wage has gone up.

Hello, I am looking for a field near to Winslow in Buckinghamshire where my 10yr old son and I can go metal detecting now and then. We have insurance, follows all the rules & regulations and are of course very respectful to property and animals. Thank you in advance! Camilla & Oliver

Hi all, The front windscreen is broken and needs replacing but there seems to be a selection. We have measure the opening as attached. I have spoken to supplier and its been narrow down to two that are 5mm difference in size, which one though? Also has anyone done this before? Whats the...

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Suggestion in the Times yesterdayday that land bought by Compulsory Purchase should be limited to existing value plus a percentage for disturbance. Suggested that to Farmers would limit value paid to 200% of current land value. This would enable houses to be built very much cheaper when...

I’ve seen this advertised quite a bit. I get it’s a tractor for stationary pto use only, however I just can’t see why someone would go to the bother to make a drawbar for it and take the front axle off. I wonder why it was done - as it’s turned a very useful machine into something that only...

Trying to work costings for this year. Been weighting bales of hay and some haylage. Hay ave 260 kg, haylage 200 kg. Trying to work which is the cheapest and best value. Just want peoples thinking...

So much in the news on this doesn’t make sense: Trying to keep prices down for the hard pressed public etc etc has anyone drilled into where the profits come from within the business?