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Anyone know if this is to roof over existing manure storage areas, or can it be for a brand new facility (not where an existing manure store is)?

https://www.fwi.co.uk/news/sack-the-board-if-you-sack-me-says-red-tractor-boss Can't say I disagree with him on that, fire the lot of them... Get some people in that care about the farmers they are supposed to be working for, not the supermarkets which they have decided to work for instead.

Thanks to all who have joined.

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland This year’s Newry Agricultural Show will take place on Saturday, June 29 on lands situated at Derrywilligan Road, Bessbrook and organisers have said that planning for the event is already underway. This follows the recent annual general meeting (AGM)...

how much of an effort do people make to keep their farm tidy? what do you do with your oil drums, fluke/worm drenches etc and all other general rubbish?

Spotlight on updates and additions to livestock and grassland offer Written by The Team Credit: Peter O'Connor Over the past few weeks, we've summarised the updates to our environmental land management offer by farm type. These posts follow last month's Agricultural Transition Plan...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The Central Association of Agricultural Valuers (CAAV) has said that the spring budget must do more to encourage farm investment. Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt will present his spring budget to parliament on March 6, 2024. The CAAV...

Told they will have to cut livestock numbers https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/2/6/worst-drought-recorded-hits-spains-catalonia-sparking-fears-and-ingenuity

Maybe we are getting this wrong. Double the Red Tractor fees and spend all the money on a marketing campaign. But... "If it doesn't have a Red Tractor on it, it's cheap stuff from God knows where, that has been sprayed and injected with God knows what" That would call out the supermarkets...

With most western & developed nations turning against agriculture in an attempt to please the environmentalists and the cop agreements they’ve signed up to, I just wondered where they expect the future food supplies to from? Africa has the land but a rapidly expanding population and...

Written by Brian McDonnell from Agriland Three key things are needed to aid rumen development in calves during the rearing period: water, concentrates and a source of fibre. Calves should have access to all three from an early age so that development of the rumen can begin. This changes the...

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Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The EU-spec standard pig price (SPP) has moved up after being in decline for 16 consecutive weeks. It moved up by 0.11p to 211.47p/kg during the week ended February, the National Pig Association (NPA) said. This was only the second weekly rise...

Two weeks ago I asked for volunteers to help organise a farmers protest. To make the risk-reward of farming worthwhile. JUST ONE FARMER STEPPED FORWARD! In the face of this level of apathy I give up on trying to get (English) farmers to do anything. Indeed, the vast majority of comments on...

Coverage of farmer protests Written by Defra Press Office There has been recent media coverage by the BBC on farmer protests. This government firmly backs our farmers. We are ensuring British farming is at the heart of British trade by putting agriculture at the forefront of any deals we...

You are a cereal farmer so understand all the pressures farmers in general are presently under. Your videos over the last 2 years have highlighted things like high fertiliser prices, low market prices, high machinery prices etc and it gives your none farming viewers an understanding of what we...

Need a new fan belt on the TM. On our one TM it's a doddle but on the other one there is the front pto shaft to negotiate. Am I right in thinking I need to undo the 4 bolts on the pulley and slide the female coupler up over the male spline? There are also 2 threaded holes. Are they there to...

How many people are dreaming all this crap up. What are they being paid , ?? It's ridiculously complicated, unnecessary bulls**t , just finding themselves highly paid jobs whilst trying to f**k us up in the process. Agents will be laughing again. . Makes my blood boil , this country is...

*CALLING ALL PIG FARMER'S/WORKERS!* For my final year at University, I am completing my honours research project/(dissertation) on 'UK Farmer awareness of porcine respiratory disease complex and other respiratory diseases'. If you are from the UK and are 18 or over and are a pig farmer or...

Written by Stella Meehan from Agriland Increases in levy rates proposed by the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) for the beef and lamb, cereals and oilseeds, dairy, and pork sectors have received approval from ministers in Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs...