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At my wits end with this shamboliic fekin company , got a bill again today with some random 280£ added " by mistake " 🤬 again 🤩 2nd quarter in a row 🤬, They recon I'm in contract till September but I'm not ( long story) trying to ditch them ! but icing on the cake my fone has disappeared the...

Written by Justin Roberts from Agriland Following it’s sister company making a big splash with the CR11 combine, and AGCO upgrading the Ideal range, Case has brought it’s latest take on big combines to the table, in the form of the AF11. The company announced the new range of AF combines...

Evening, what’s peoples thoughts on Samson flex muck spreaders? Are the floors single skin or double skin as been told it’s a double layer of metal in the floors on these. How do people find them for reliability over other brands etc? Thanks

Hi all, I'm looking at a second hand Teagle XT48. Looks to be in good condition. It wont be doing a huge amount of work. What are the main things to look out for with them? I'm hoping to spread grass seed with it. How good are they at doing this? I'm guessing it will mean going from 10-12m...

My understanding is that you need PA1 and PA6 certificates to be able to use 'professional' herbicides from a knapsack sprayer. Fair enough I suppose, though I do slightly question whether there is any serious risk to any living thing (other that the thistle onto which you spray the stuff)...

Written by Justin Roberts from Agriland Amongst the avalanche of news emerging from Agritechnica last autumn, upgrades to AGCO’s own top end Ideal combine range went unnoticed, yet the machines did receive significant attention. Also benefitting from improvements were the Activa and Beta...

We have applied vra P and K for years although recently Biosolids and chicken manure has made it semi redundant. We have always used SOYL to sample and create pretty maps and then prepare a recommendation. Are others still using SOYL, anyone doing anything different. VRA nitrogen has always...

Right, @KB6930 warned me about this!🤦🤣 Having trouble keeping the front wheels on the ground when I lift plough. Got a stone fork on front with 3 sets weights hanging off it and on steep bits at ends the front wheels are still wanting to lift. It's fine in flat fields. Fendt mechanic today...

We have been ploughing digestate down prior to sowing winter crops for years and have occassionally topdressed spring crop in May with digestate as well, however we have very little experience of applying it on winter crop in early spring. We normally retain most of our digestate for grassland...

We've been asked to do some repairs and fabricating of stock gates. It will fit in well as can do as and when along with plenty to go at. They will provide all materials, we'll supply labour and tools inc welder, most will be done in our workshop. Whats a fair hourly rate?

Can anyone shed some light on how good a kverneland 863 would be on a small suckler farm feeding round bale silage and spreading straw bales for bedding currently use a Kuhn primor 3560 but she's getting a bit long in the tooth now so thinking of swapping for a different make as not keen on the...

We’ve a 603m loader on a 6120m currently and we are having trouble with the loader cracking around the welds on the mounting plates or cheeks where the pins go through the rams. We have had them replaced once already but now another few hundred hours and they’re doing it again. We also cracked...

Following on from a thread about mole ploughing, how many of you plough with draft control turned off? I’ve always ploughed with it off, not wanting to jack the plough out a bit through a tough patch just for a bit of extra grip, having a tractor properly ballasted and on top of the job.

Around five years on from this thread, what is the going rate for hedge cutting nowadays? I know it will depend on location, supply/demand, etc etc, but it would be interesting to hear what everyone thinks. And how much more a heavy duty hedge cutter (for some thicker/taller stuff) vs a...

Is anyone here involved in this? https://longcomptonabattoir.co.uk/

Looking for a digger to do ditching and possible tree shearing plus usual on farm jobs. Have been searching the web and have found these. What are your thoughts on them please.

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Any suggestions for a stoned track repair machine to run behind a tractor? Haven’t got a 360 and don’t want to buy one. The track is heavily used and needs maintaining every 2 weeks during winter wet months. The forklift bucket is just not working well enough. I think we need something that can...

Morning all , Is this possible .... Putting a patch into SFI herbal ley which will need to be established in the Autmn at latest . I was wondering about putting spring barley in and undersowing it with the herbal ley . Will it work ? Thought please ?

I thought I’d just start this off as something to think about during cold dark winter days, so please feel to add to the list: Lundell forage harvester Lundell seed drill Bamford Wuffler Cock Pheasant Tedder Kidd Rotaflail Taskers Fertispread