performance

Just asked for a price for some Hytran oil for our old Quadtrac. Nearly £900 for 205 litres. We use Witham oil for much of our oil requirements and their equivalent is probably 65% of the price (I'm guessing). What is the TFF collective view on using equivalent, non OM oils? I appreciate this...

Written by Maeve Hennessy from Agriland Scottish agricultural charity, RSABI, is reminding people of the importance of checking in on each other, at this busy time of the year on farming communities. RSABI is encouraging people to try find time, even during lambing, calving and sowing, to...

Written by Brian McDonnell from Agriland On farms where calving begins in mid-January, there will now be calves between nine and 10-weeks-of-age, and it may be time to start preparing for weaning. As the breeding season approaches on farms, it is vital that farmers begin preparations and...

Written by Colm Ryan from Agriland Findings from a recent survey have shown that some Australian lamb producers retained their lambs in anticipation of higher prices in 2024. This was revealed by the joint Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) and Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) sheep producer...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland The Irish potato industry looks set to enter a new era of blight management as it approaches the 2024 growing season. It is a future based on the set of two active fungicide molecules in combination – and each at full rate – each time a crop is...

Written by Brian McDonnell from Agriland Grazing remains a challenge on the vast majority of farms, with further rainfall experienced in most parts of the country over the last few days. Further issues on many farms include silage supplies running low and cows remaining in sheds. Issues...

Bit of a silly question but basically would a 6 cylinder 150 hp tractor use 50% more diesel than a 100 hp 4 cylinder both doing the same work say a 3m power harrow in same conditions. Roughly same age of tractor’s.

Have to say it says an awful amount about our professions stoic demeanour as many people would be on anti depressants and in therapy in other trades faced with what has been thrown at us in the last 18 months. It is a constant diet of bad news, changing rules and options on top of unrelenting...

I’ve never been a fan for tractors. Just have a tractor big enough, surely 🤷‍♂️ But, I bought a mower a couple of years after the tractor and it’s fine for second cut but at times with first cut I’m maxing at 8k. Not the end of the world but out of curiosity, when at the dealer I asked what they...

Well I have had to downsize quite considerably due to Divorce and loosing land to non farming interests. So in a way Inam having to rebuild and tbh it’s no bad thing I am a bit older and a bit wiser (not a lot though) and just need to make it through the next few years with little and no...

Defra’s response to coverage on Thames Water Written by Defra Press Office There has been widespread reporting in recent days on Thames Water and its financial position. This is a matter for the company, which has said it continues to work with its shareholders and has liquidity position of...

https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/scotland-new-calving-interval-of-410-days-added-to-ssbss.407024/ Current Scottish calving index figures

Written by Stella Meehan from Agriland The RamCompare project is calling on all pedigree sire breeders to take part and nominate their rams to join the 2024 breeding season. Now in its ninth year, the national progeny test, joint funded by the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board...

Got some 255/65R18 on a truck but they are just goodyear wrangler road tyre which are rubbish off road. Thinking about putting some all terrain type on. Any suggestions?

Written by Colm Ryan from Agriland The Texel Sheep Society is set to introduce routine genomic evaluations for its texelplus genetic improvement service. Society chief executive John Yates said the society has, throughout its history, embraced new technologies to support breeders and...

Written by Brian McDonnell from Agriland Johne’s disease, also known as paratuberculosis, is a bacterial disease of cattle and other ruminants for which there is no cure. It is caused by the bacterium mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (MAP). Cattle usually become infected as...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland The latest sales figures are confirming a continuing and strong demand for quality, sexed dairy semen in Northern Ireland. According to AI Services’ Ivan Minford, this reflects the needs of milk producers with year-round calving herds to maintain a...

Written by Brian McDonnell from Agriland Panning for the breeding season is underway on many dairy farms as we move through the month of March and head towards April. The days of just using dairy genetics across all cows are very much over, with a significant focus now required on...

Written by Justin Roberts from Agriland Kubota is a large corporation with the resources to back the development of its product ranges, both from an engineering point of view and the sales and marketing angle. Yet, it is also Japanese, and tends to be cautious about jumping on bandwagons or...