Written by William Kellett from Agriland
An 860ac sheep farm in Northumberland is expanding into the staycation market as part of ambitious growth plans by transforming old stone barns into self-catering homes.
R J Coulson & Son, owned by Robbie and his son Paul, has farmed sheep in Hexham...
Hello all hope your all well through your respective harvests.... just picking some brains... I'm v old school always brought up on if you can't afford it then do without ect and save till you can afford it ect... no money borrowed..no debt just make do and mend ....around 3 yrs ago I bought a...
So rumour has it interest rates to go up again by .5%,how can they reduce inflation by hitting the public to cut spending yet energy etc constantly going up.They now want food prices down to help but does that mean they expect industry etc to run at a loss .I just can’t get my head round the...
What would be the best and most reliable 2nd hand loader tractor,110hp-140hp, for under £40 k ? Claas,Massey,Case,and Valtra dealers all within 7 miles away.New Holland about 20 miles.
UN talks with Russia to resume Ukrainian grain shipments, by lifting blockades on ports, continue to pressure global grain prices. The market sees some glimmer of hope that more Ukrainian grain may be accessible onto the global market.
Yesterday, President Putin said that Russia is ready to...
If the cost of borrowing money rises, consumers and businesses have less money to spend. As demand falls economic growth slows down and in theory so should the prices of goods and services. Increasing the Bank rate is like a lever for slowing down inflation.
Just copied the above,
If energy and...
Where will the Milk come from going forwards?
In my own very local area 3 dairy farms have gone or are about to sell the herd in the last 12 months, all three have been driven out by the low returns for the amount of work and/or the investment needed to carry on milking not being worthwhile...
Written by John Swire from Farm Business
Lloyds Dairy Centre has almost doubled its team and taken on a new site in Pembrokeshire to meet demand from Welsh dairy farmers. The DeLaval dealer has operated from Lampeter for 30 years and has expanded with further branches in Carmarthen and...
SSE have just paid me the princely sum of £15.93 for 1 pole, a stay and a short length of overhead 11,000 volt cable. Last year the sum was £17.33. Have the rates been negotiated downwards? The stupid thing is that they insist on paying by cheque. Sometimes I can successfully photograph it...
Hi just joined but have been looking in for a while. It’s my first post and I’m looking for some advice please. So I’m covering 400ac on my own alongside some farm diversifications. The arable is very much part time though. The system I’m running is I have a contractor doing combining, hedge...
so what’s all this about then ? any TFF members part of this group action ?
https://www.fwi.co.uk/business/diversification/law-firm-launches-covid-19-group-action-against-nfu-mutual
As a cereal farmer we all have to produce crops within the rules set out by government such as crop sprayer MOT, NROSO, Safe storage of grain, fuel storage, fertiliser storage etc etc.
We’ve had EA, Natural England, Defra and Trading Stadards inspections over the last 5 years.
We then have to...
Okay so narrowed my search down for a front mower conditioner to a new Kuhn or new mchale . Bearing in mind haven’t had or used a front before but needs to float well for my ground. Krone and Claas dealers can’t be arsed chasing up any kind of sale while Kuhn and mchale are keen. Kuhn is £1800...
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