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  1. C

    Red Tractor Enviromental Module

    Has anyone read this next load of £hit coming at us from Red Tractor, Way beyond their remit . Cant find the link can someone help ?
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    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  2. Kingcustard

    Sheep High Energy Buckets

    OK, that time of year again when I am pricing up buckets. What is everyone getting priced for Crystalyx, Optilyx from Downland and Rumenco Maxx, and how did everyone get on with them last year. Hearing that Rumenco are a fair bit cheaper but are they as good and as hard as the other two...
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    • Replies: 36
    • Forum: Livestock & Forage
  3. G

    labour planning to scrap agricultural property relief

    Keir Starmer and Labour are considering scrapping agricultural and business property relief.(The Times).It would be devastating for family farms requiring the next generation to borrow huge sums or sell up to pay inheritance tax bills.What a disaster this would be for so many farms where the...
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    • Replies: 183
    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  4. Agriland RSS

    Bus fares in rural England drop by 11%

    Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland Bus fares in rural areas of England have dropped by 11%, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has said. Defra said the drops in fares are due to the £2 fare cap, which was introduced in January of this year. The ‘Get...
  5. Still Farming

    BT copper wire land lines going

    https://www.openreach.com/fibre-broadband/retiring-the-copper-network Not certain how old people with care line ,no mobiles ,no internet going to manage??
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    • Replies: 75
    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  6. Agriland RSS

    ABP nominated for award for impact in the community

    Written by Colm Ryan from Agriland The agri-food business, ABP, has been shortlisted for an award in the 2023 Responsible Business Awards in Northern Ireland. ABP received its award nomination in the ‘Impact in your Community’ category in the annual awards, organised by Business in the...
  7. twizzel

    Suckler cow boluses

    We are thinking about changing to bolusing our sucklers rather than using Lifeline and GP mineral buckets. Primarily because in the last 12 months we’ve spent over £1200 on the aforementioned buckets for 40 sucklers, which seems excessive to me? The calving pattern is v drawn out so to get the...
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    • Replies: 136
    • Forum: Livestock & Forage
  8. Steevo

    De-banking the countryside

    First there was this: Hunts banned from taking card payments in latest example of de-banking SumUp machines turned off during fundraisers after clubs were being placed on list of restricted businesses ByHayley Dixon, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT2 August 2023 • 8:32pm The move has left hunts unable...
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    • Replies: 122
    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  9. D

    The Right Policy

    @Jackov Altraids I hope you don’t mind me quoting you here to start this thread but your reply above in the vertical farming thread struck me as absolutely spot on at describing what’s presently wrong with policy and what the government should be doing about it. The right policy would for...
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    • Replies: 159
    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
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    Groundswelms

    02.20 onwards That's why ELMS is a sh!tfest. Not because of the Goldsmiths, or Carrie, or Packham, or the Moonbat, or Craig Bennett, or Tony Juniper. Because of farmers putting it into the head of @Janet Hughes Defra that there are 'good' and 'bad' ways of farming. That's why countless...
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    • Replies: 193
    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  11. TFF

    Actions to better manage water resources 2023-06-22

    In May’s NFU British Farmer and Grower magazine, ADAS Agriculture and Land Management Managing Director Jackie Evans examined the actions agriculture can take to more efficiently manage water resources for resilience. Water is a vital resource for all agricultural processes, intrinsic to a...
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  12. Clive

    Questions for Janet Hughes at Cereals next week

    I am on panel chaired by David Exwood next week at the cereals event speaking with Janet Hughes I have been asked to talk about my experience of Sfi pilot and Sfi so far .............. frankly I don't have a lot to say on that as it's been pretty straight forward other than issues around how...
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    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  13. Steevo

    Plan to limit food prices

    Main front page headline in the Telegraph today. See all News Rishi Sunak will ask stores to cap basic food prices No 10 in discussions with supermarkets over French-style approach to cost of living crisis ByEdward Malnick, SUNDAY POLITICAL EDITOR andWill Hazell27 May 2023 • 9:16pm...
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    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  14. Agriland RSS

    Wales to pay higher rates to farmers creating woodland

    Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The Welsh government has today (Thursday, May 25) announced higher payments rates for farmers that create woodland. It is calling on farmers in Wales to help tackle the climate emergency by planting trees, and hopes the higher payment rates will...
  15. Sid

    Charity combine run

    https://www.justgiving.com/team/combinejogle?fbclid=IwAR237gwzEAG2dSDblgGlcWRcol71nKZLeppvH4R9KXOsIz6cvLsmER0P1WE Great charities, not so sure about the mode of transport though.
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    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  16. 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...
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    • Forum: Livestock & Forage
  17. roseshep

    Outside lambing mortality

    Just wondering what everyones average mortality rate is at lambing, outside in April. Little bit of an idea, we lamb outside this is our second year, 1000 head split almost 50/50 2ths and hoggets :oops: The farm hasn't had its own livestock for at least 50years so this is a start from scratch...
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    • Forum: Livestock & Forage
  18. Addington Fund

    What's gone on at the Addington Fund?

    Our Spring newsletter will definitely cheer you up on this rainy Wednesday! Catch up on what's gone on at the Addington Fund (farming charity) in the last quarter :giggle: www.addingtonfund.org.uk/newsletters If you'd like to subscribe to our newsletters and charity updates, subscribe here...
  19. Agriland RSS

    ‘Outdated’ planning rules are preventing rural growth – survey

    Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland “Outdated” planning rules are hampering economic growth in rural communities, according to the results of a Country Land and Business Association (CLA) survey. The survey, the findings of which were published today (Monday, March 27), asked 619...
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    UK proposes measures to protect England’s much loved seabirds

    UK proposes measures to protect England’s much loved seabirds Written by Defra Press Office There has been both national and regional coverage of Defra’s announcement yesterday on the government’s plans to consult on proposed measures to ban industrial sandeel fishing within English...
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