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Losing 100 acres of silage ground to our landlord, flipping our cow grazing acres and a bit more grazing ground into silage ground, keeping them in 365 tho, what silage replacers could I use? I’m thinking fodder beet, crush it on farm and buy cleaned, 7kgs a day would save roughly 300 ton of...

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 do people do with there sheep if housing is not an option ? Lots of fields I’ve seen with sheep in are looking really messed up it must be a nightmare in this weather . If winters keep on getting wetter will people give up keeping them ?

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

Our property relies on a good flow through a perimeter land drain which runs through a couple of fields, a couple of gardens and then down a private lane, into the grounds of a private country hall/estate and into some ponds. At the halls posh entrance we had trouble with tree roots in the clay...

Lots of pics and videos of flooding around the country from storm Henk and plenty of flooding here too but why? We only had 20mm which isn't usually enough to cause widespread flooding. Using Wundermap to look around at rainfall elsewhere it appears to have been similar, even in areas with...

I’ve bought a front tank to go with my knight mounted sprayer. Any tips on fitting it? Would you have the pipes on the tractor at all times and would you route them under the tractor or along side of the cab and have them in a cradle that they would simply lift out? The tractor is a mf 6480 and...

Hi all I'm new to the forum and want to know the best way to go about renting land I'm wanting to grow my own food and raise a few animals, ideally I'd rent from a farmer who's not using all of the land? But how do I go about finding a farmer in the first place? I'm in Stoke-on-Trent if anyone...

With this sh!t weather that never ends just having an odd issue with coughing in some 3 month old blue calves. 1 jabbed with draxxin and metacam after seeing it fairly early. It's still eating etc it's just breathing badly and odd cough but not terrible but can see it's physically breathing...

I have a 12.5 acre field that has an average ph5. And a problem with reeds as the field gets very wet. I have been advised to apply lime to up the ph level and wonder how much per acre. TIA

Personally it's been a total sh!t storm , everything from March went tits up , even now it continues to take Might go on the Wassiel in 2 days , burn a few virgins or whatever they do

So probably been asked a few times now but. If I wanted to keep ram in with ewes until end of February ( due to lamb beginning of march ) would feeding lamb creep be an OK substitute for ewe nuts. As I'm aware that you can't feed ram ewe nuts, obviously isn't going to give the same nutritional...

I lamb 700 ewes outside in April. Someone has asked me to lamb there 70 sheep for them. I know the sheep as they are daughters out my flock. But first question is it even worth it with risk of disease? They would be lambed in a field away from But still in and out the field ect and you never...

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...

I have an old dairy farm.i run as beef in the south of oz, winters are wet not quite freezing but wind that will cut you in half. I do have some handy cyprus tree lines where the cattle stay dry under...but they getting old and some are buggered. I am putting 5 15 x 20m feed pads this summer...

It’s a bit random, but I’m doing a local history on the British and World Ploughing Championships held in Shillingford, Oxfordshire and wonder if someone has any knowledge or point me in the right direction. The field used in these contests - 1956, 1993 & 1999 now known as Plough Field has been...

Are most people applying for SFI themselves or using agents and if so what sort of money are the agents looking for to do it. Always done the Bps myself so begrudge paying someone but equally I don’t want to miss an opportunity that might be staring me in the face regarding some of the options...

Just spotted on a local facebook group. Selfish me, no animals on my land that could all have horses on as we speak! Did make me laugh, and yes she's serious

This is a slightly bizarre and definitely pointless thread but putting hay out yesterday for our dry cows and thinking what a fantastic feed it is; no plastic, no effluent, easy as pie to handle and transport, rumen friendly, cows love it. Got me wondering; does anyone know of anyone still...

Evening all, New to all this so after a bit of advice, due to complete this week on purchase of 22 acre smallholding on the Carmarthen/ Pembrokeshire border of West Wales. Currently a local farmer rents a 7 acre field for 40 head of sheep, but I’m unable to get a clear answer as to rental...