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Established cheesemaker looking for weekly sheep milk supply.

Lamb display in Aldi Ludlow today, all had a barcode sticker conveniently obscuring most of the NZ flag, while leaving enough Union Jack ….. complete Gangsters

Hi everyone - I'm after some first hand opinions on how couples should approach the conversation when they want to ask a farmer if they can use their land for a marquee wedding. What information would you want to know straight off the bat? What would your main concerns be and how would you want...

What's peoples thoughts on this engine 3.6 ltr 135hp plus boost is it up to it long term? Anybody got one interested in a tractor with this engine so just asking the question TIA

got a 80 plus year old yew tree here which has over grown its current location , im thinking about digging around about it with digger and trying to replant ,wife says im wasting my time . any thoughts on it being successful

It's time to look forward not backwards (note to self lol ) What is /are yours ? please tell .....and positive ones preferably . or a photo to help describe ,yes we like photos dont we ..... Happy days.

http://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1566/reader/reader.html?social#!preferred/0/package/1566/pub/1566/page/61/article/NaN Hope this link works, at last …. Rewilding is NOT the answe

Had a call from a guy who has a small orchard, for making apple juice. said he had a few deer around and needed them thinning out. Arrived at lunch time and had a look around and worked out the safe areas. Sat up with rifle for just over an hour and had 5 munties and a Chinese. He didn’t want...

Anyone have any 1000L or similar sized orchard sprayers for sale? Thanks

Hi. Sorry for what is a basic question. I am very new to owning land and learning how to manage it. We recently purchased some land, including a horse paddock. The paddock had about and acre of yellow flowers in one corner when we viewed it. I suspect it's ragwort, but not entirely sure and...

Just at the stage where I need to decide as I'm doing 1st fix. I have used electric in the past and no real ussues. Pretty easy to change elements once in a while. I've been using a gas oven and hobs in my site caravan for years and that's fine too. Heats up v fast. Other factors....no family so...

I’ve 18 days untaken holiday which I’ve no way of taking before the end of December , what does everyone do regarding untaken holiday entitlement ?

What do you think of Bunny Guiness and her campaign to stop the ban on the use of peat ? She says why should the horticultural industry be disadvantaged when they only have a small part in the problem, farmers and Agricultural practices are more to blame than them ???? Passing the buck ? @Clive...

As above. A question,If you’re a farmer with children, a youngster interested in farming,a farmer’s son/ daughter just started farming at home on parents farm/ estate, and anyone in their 30s’ to 55’s actually running a farm for themselves or someone else( by running a farm/ estate I mean you...

I'm livid about this, and I hope British Farming Union will hold NFU, RT, AHDB and the other farming unions to account over it. Read on.... According to F Weekly article, Red Tractor planned to introduce the GFC to help several supermarkets meet their “WWF basket” commitments to source 50% of...

So, this week Abi Kay Deputy Editor of Farmers Weekly wrote this article... https://www.fwi.co.uk/business/compliance/independence-of-red-tractor-review-under-threat Now Abi posted the below tweet. For those not on Twitter, here's what Abi wrote.... My name has been dragged through the mud...

Hi I have a snapped bolt on a Morrino Topper drive shaft, the drive is not working at the topper end. How do I remove the plastic safety cover shroud to replace the bolt?. It's being driven by an old 70's 2600 Ford. Probably very simple but too a tractor novice like me I can't see how to remove...

Hi all, Does anyone know of a resource that tracks codling moth numbers and locations? I tried to do a trial collecting the larvae this year but it seems I either chose a site where the pest pressure is too low, or I put the traps out too late. Thanks!

Seen a tiktok today that china is planning to build a water diversion to bring fresh water to a drought stricken area to turn it into 17 million acres of good farmland, surely this will totally destroy milk,beef etc price if they do this

Some years ago we sold a property in the village along with an acre or so of land to the rear. The buyer did not want to do anything with the land, purely to protect his view and prevent any potential future building there. Consequently we have continued to farm it with the rest of the field for...