What is other people’s approximate diesel usage per animal on farm over the whole year ? I’ve been thinking about mine and it will be around £25 a head this last year . And I thought I was fairly efficient 😱
Looking at rowcrop tyres online.
Our current trackwidth on tramlines is 80" how can you tell if rowcrops will run on tractor at that width?
Other thing is, what brands of tractor share the same stud spacing, stud size and centre hub?
Looks like Claas and MF do, any others?
I know I'm behind...
Hello there. We’d like to convert to tmr for in lamb ewes and overwintered store cattle, to make use of a small area of homegrown cereals. The trouble is we currently do everything with just one loader tractor. Are there any options for running a feeder wagon in this situation or I’m guessing...
Trying to work out whether or not self-feed would work with my herd of cows, herd average c. 8500 to 9000 litres...
Would be feeding maize and grass (separate pits), with straights layered in with maize as required.
Only ever seen cross bred dairy cows on self-feed.
How hard can you push it?
TIA
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Trading Standards are coming round in a few days and have asked to see my HACCP plan, as well as all farm assurance stuff etc.
Does anyone have a HACCP template for a dairy or arable farm? I’ve never heard or been asked for it in the past
Just had a Red Tractor (crops) inspection, and a...
A friend of mine has a Deutz 6.150 which he has on the feeder wagon , he compains about lack of torque because it is always stalling when engaging pto when its loaded unless he has to give it a lot of revs, he asked whats best to do with it ,remap or chip what are peoples opinion. Thanks for any...
Always slightly dangerous with some of you boys …
But we’ve bought a 72,000 litre fibreglass tank (very cheap) that’s still sitting on a low loader trailer.
Would have to be buried to give it the lateral support and strength it needs but I’m at a bit of a loss to know what to do with it
So...
Hello all,
After wanting to go into milk for a few year I've eventually hit the age I could start up. The family where not wanting to start up again for the reason of it being hard to get relief milkers and not wanting me to knacker myself milking twice a day all year. So after seeing a few...
Have priced both of the above brands, they both come in at £14k. Both seam to have good reviews, both come from.local dealers. Have been told green McHale paint is poor? Our Kuhn mowers have flaked paint so thinking it's all new machinery!
Would be nice, I’m sure, for lots of you, this is what tube drivers get for working a shift on Boxing Day on TOP of their normal pay….The power of the unions….
We have a Shelbourne reynolds mixer wagon its about 9 years old, in good order overall, conveyor good etc.
But as with many its getting thin in places, im happy to plasma cut some 4mm or 6mm plate to make a second skin for it, but the augers could probabaly do with some wear plates, can you buy...
Thoughts please...
Due to drought, we grazed some cut silage leys, and ended up with a lot more maize than grass...
So now, we're feeding maize/grass silage 75/25 plus a couple of kilos of high protein moist feed. Plus 24% cake in parlour. Grass silage is 13.5% protein.
Milk ureas are about...
We run a spring block grazing herd and house in the middle of November normally.
Their diet consists of 8kg grass, 4Kg cake, 4Kg precision chop 1st cut top quality silage. When fully housed it’s all silage no grass.
The issue we have is that they are really loose on this diet especially when...
hi all going to look at a deutz 160 on a 10 reg with 4000 hrs on the clock , any thing i should look for or be wary of will mainly on lighter duties as spraying and tine drilling
cheers dan
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