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How does everybody view this subject? Possibly the most important machine on a farm so how much are you willing to pay? I bought my existing machine brand new 14 yrs ago. It cost £32,000 on farm. I’ve being having some ongoing problems with it basically due to its age and liquid fertiliser. To...

As per title with all the grass weed about who's contemplating whether to get the plough out this autumn?

What can I say , I’ve probably ruined the shite lambing thread , with my rambling on about what to do etc so inspired by @Aspiring Peasants I thought yes that’s a good idea , a thread to share your aches and pains, your trials and hopefully your wins. As we get older things can become more...

Please post your experiences this season, good and bad. A little bit of information eg water rates / tank mix would be useful. Moderator Note: Two Threads merged.

Download PDF Crop spraying faces a number of challenges, some which new technologies hope to overcome. But is there a danger of change for change’s sake? CPM attended a CHAP webinar to learn more. By Melanie Jenkins Currently, UK farmers face a number of spray-related difficulties, including...

Before the blight season starts, assess how well your herbicide spray has worked as this can indicate any errors in sprayer set-up, advises Andrew Goodinson, potato agronomist at crop production specialists Hutchinsons._ “Most importantly, section control must be set up accurately to cover the...

Haven’t heard of any yet. Anyone had any issues at T1?

So, if you had folpet in the shed, a nice evening tonight and at least a week of rain coming up in the forecast, would you paint it on leaf 2? Idea is to give a bit more flexibility for the T2 timing, or maybe even let me drop down from a Revystar to an Ascra type mix later on, if it comes dry...

Written by Justin Roberts from Agriland Kuhn has launched the Lexis 3800, a new high capacity trailed sprayer that is said to be compact and lightweight although still capable of carrying up to 4,000L. The new machine has a 3800L nominal capacity and takes its place at the top of the Lexis...

What are folks paying for Ibc of adblu atm? Was quoted £1200 yesterday 😲 last 1 we got was just over £500

Hello friends! It's time to ask you for some advice about my second tractor Case(David Brown) 1490 2WD. Problem started few months back when steering got quite heavy but now it doesn't want to work at all, steering wheel doesn't turn wheels, nothing happens. Maybe it's hydraulic fault or some...

Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF Crop spraying faces a number of challenges, some which new technologies hope to overcome. But is there a danger of change for change’s sake? CPM attended a CHAP webinar to learn more. By Melanie Jenkins Currently, UK farmers face a...

Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF Spraying technology continues to advance in an effort to help farmers optimise the use of chemistry. CPM scopes out some of the latest innovations to hit the market and others that are just around the corner. By Melanie Jenkins Although...

We have just failed crop assurance! The reason was for the diesel tank. We have a 5000l steel bunded tank with the pump and pip in a cabinet on the end apparently the pump pipes etc have to be in the main bund. As the cabinet is not capable of holding the 5000l if it leaked. These tanks are...

How effective is Crovect for lambs with tics? Thanks.

Has anyone experience of adding air brakes onto an older tractor? I have a Renault 725, I need air brakes to operate a trailer which has air bag suspension and brakes. I have seen the kits etc that tracair and similar sell But I’m wondering has anyone tackled this themselves? I can get my hand...

So having asked on here a few years ago we bought a trailed 36m sprayer having taken the job back in hand due to not receiving good service from the contractor we were using. We went with a well used trailed 36m because the contractor was using a 36m SP and we liked the way the boom could cover...

Contemplating going 36m trailed sprayer how do people get on with making it fit 1.8m beds appreciate it's an even number of beds so how do you go on . Do you plant 9 beds on headlands or 10 . ? How do you go on with the outsides? Cheers for constructive replies in advance

What system/equipment does everyone use for cleaning all the chemical of foils and lids? There is a lot of neat chemical on there to get off. Yet there doesn’t seem to be any off the shelf solutions or on sprayer equipment to deal with it. Given the potential for these to easily cause point...

Hi just wondering if anyone else has had or is having a sh!t lambing this year