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  1. Vader

    Lidl in trouble...

    Lot of debt mentioned !! Lidl's chief financial officer quits after shock £75.9m annual LOSS...
  2. D

    Winter 1963 with Cliff Michealmore

    The famous documentary is on BBC Four now
  3. bobk

    Scottish new 45% tax rate and ..........

    Threshold drops to 75k eek
  4. Wood field

    Field “repair “

    We have a small (3acre) field , it’s handy for the buildings and has always grown grass fairly well . Considering where we farm it’s about as flat as we could hope for ! We’ve just repaired a main drain that runs through and whilst the digger was here we used a pecker to break up loads of...
  5. Aspiring Peasants

    Asbestos and fibre cement

    I've got a building with a lean to which I've always assumed had an asbestos roof. I had the son of the previous owner here today and he thinks the lean to is fibre cement. Is there an easy way of telling the difference?
  6. Texel Tup

    LET US IMAGINE ANOTHER POLITICAL WORLD ….

    Let us imagine if we employed a political system where those who we employ to represent us on a global stage and who also administer to our needs, actually put us ~ their employers, first …….. Would it be achievable? …. well yes, as a matter of fact it would …….. The flaws and wrongs in our...
  7. Feldspar

    Top tips on searching for, interviewing and hiring new people

    We are likely to be soon looking to hire a new full-time person to join our arable farming business due to retirement of existing people. Given how long our guys have stayed with us we haven't had to go through the process of finding someone new for decades. Long, long before my time. I was...
  8. C

    Moving a shed

    What would the approximate cost be to dismantle a 120x60x15 shed? And then an erection cost please. I have heard of one locally that needs to be moved due to development and I have just the place for it. Thanks
  9. caveman

    James Cleverly is toast...

    Handed the poison chalice by Sunak to be destroyed.
  10. PI Stsker

    Farm Office ideas

    Question as above, what’s your set up? currently have an office in the house which isn’t horrendous but does mean there’s a mess all the time and it’s not really big enough. Plus I’d like to turn it back in to a dining room! first thought was a site office type thing but would like it not to...
  11. spin cycle

    hey up...have nfu council finally realised truth about rt?

    Council pass motion asking for 'independent review of rt governance" rt seems to be limping from one row to another oh dear what a pity😁
  12. willyorkshire

    Climate myths

    Watch this. Very interesting counter arguments to the CC monster.
  13. G

    Removing roof sheets

    I've got two fibre cement roofs to take off sheds I have purchased, just wondering if anyone has had any experience and best ways to remove them without damaging them
  14. Y

    This isn't going to end well!

    Considering how Israel reacts after a few rockets landing in waste ground somewhere, they're not going to hold back when they've been hit by what Hamas claim to be thousands. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-middle-east-67037895
  15. GOV.UK RSS

    Coverage of the introduction of restrictions on a range of single-use plastics

    Coverage of the introduction of restrictions on a range of single-use plastics Written by Defra Press Office Bans and restrictions on a range of polluting single-use plastic items came into force on Sunday 1 October. Single-use plastic cutlery, balloon sticks and polystyrene cups and food...
  16. Skimmer

    Health & safety visit.

    Long time since we had one, what to expect.
  17. E

    Should we be worried about pesticides on food?

    Should we worry both as consumers and producers? Glyphosate on oats is the obvious one.Recently highlighted by tim Spector on one of his zoe podcasts. Do we know if glyphosate is toxic in any way. Is it messing with our microbiome? Also as a strawberry grower I am well aware of the very short...
  18. B

    Can Stealing Ever Be Justified ?

    Well people ,society seem to think it is? is this just another sign of the declining "standards", morals etc? Not many years ago, times were alot harder/tougher, but people lived"within their means", an old saying, but true? So why bother, trying to do the "right" thing in both life and in...
  19. U

    Farming & Retraining

    I'm a user on this forum but wanted to retain my anonymity for now. I don't think this is a situation only affecting me so hopefully this my shed some light for others. Just generally feeling a bit fed up with farming and chasing my arse to make a shilling. I'm a tenant farmer in my mid 30s...
  20. S

    This Farming Life. New series.

    Started last night on BBC Scotland. All seem like decent folk. Wonder if we will see a dry day on Uist...🤔
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