renewal

https://www.fwi.co.uk/business/business-management/agricultural-transition/defra-minister-hints-at-elm-cap-to-maintain-food-production?utm_source=hometopstories

I am attempting to help out a neighbour who has a fixed term business contract with the above firm. His contract runs to 31st march 2025, but he would like to leave due to what turns out to be exorbitant charges- this is a single small cattle shed - The firm claim that the only way out is to...

I see there appears to be some momentum to protest but @delilah is right... what are YOU going to protest about? I suspect we all want something different as we are often divergent from each other even within each sector. If I was in Cardiff with a banner, it would be focused on the dash to net...

The award-winning Yorkshire Agricultural Machinery Show (YAMS) is preparing to celebrate the 10th anniversary as the leading one day show in the North of England on 7th February 2024. YAMS is a free entry show and features every major agricultural machinery dealership across the region and...

Have a nightmare tenant that is 6 months behind in rent and also nt paid electric/water for same period (both are sub metered from Mains supply I pay) Oil tank is also nearly empty as was full when he moved in and tenancy says he has to leave it full when he leaves. his tenancy ends at the...

As above any recommendations feel as though I’m being robbed again on my renewal

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland Older farmers must be given their sense of place when it comes to addressing the challenge of generational change within Irish agriculture. This was the view expressed by University of Galway academic, Dr. Shane Conway, during his presentation at the...

Farmers worldwide are being squeezed between monopoly suppliers and monopoly buyers. With farmers fragmented, they have to be "price takers". With worldwide governments content to allow food producers to "go hang", food shortages are becoming ever more commonplace. Be it wheat in Africa, rice in...

Having difficulty getting a sensible quote for daughter, just passed test, looking at £4000 for her too insure a 1.5tdi fiesta. Who is good for young drivers?

Had our annual review and renewal yesterday and happy to report it was nothing like as bad as expected premiums up circa 10% but i was expecting far worse reading a few TFF threads and stories about soaring premiums well above inflation Thanks @Nigel Wellings and your team for “keeping it...

The variable start date lottery! It looks relatively simple to meet the aims of NUM3 (legume fallow) by sowing in the spring and keeping until the end of August. If my field is currently in wheat and my SFI agreement starts 1st March then I could presumably sow the NUM3 seed mix after harvest...

Need to sort job out. Got a mobile on sim only. Land line Broadband . Only 44 calls on land line last quarter. Use lap top for odd spreadsheet Emails mostly on phone . Laptop knackered needs replacing with something . But have to do spreadsheet once a month and email it . Not up on tech ...

We have all heard the stories of someone being remotely cut off from their power in error via a SM. I dont want them to know when we are using our power because i am sure that one day there will be multiple tariffs for different times of the day which will cost us much more. We use a lot for...

Hi Have had an agent for Scottish power come on about replacing some poles in a 20 acre field we bought a year ago. Only 4 poles in total but one splits the power off 2 ways over other property. We are thinking of putting a building where the cables currently run. We don't have a wayleave...

Any export prices out there yet, please. A few came in yesterday for March, at 50 per cent of the current tariff. 🙄

so new form for livestock movements has just come out , need to put in the new Van number at some point in future , our vet said we can use the animal health and welfare review number , except the boxes on the forms wont fit the review number , rang market there seems to be some confusion either...

Rich habitats ,grassland .Well unless my wildlife has a snorkel it’s all dead .Never mind all this crap trap I suggest you drive round the countryside and see the total mess our farmland is in because of do gooders and drainage.Only the ducks are winning today.countryside.We need food production...

https://defrafarming.blog.gov.uk/2024/01/04/environmental-land-management-in-2024-details-of-actions-and-payments/ This has just landed, on a quick skim it looks like they have listened.

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The Yorkshire Agricultural Machinery Show (YAMS) is preparing to celebrate its 10th anniversary as a North of England show on Wednesday, February 7, 2024. The pandemic forced the cancellation of the show in 2021, making this the 10th YAMS at the...

Who’s worth talking to please? Got renewal due in a couple of months and would like to shop around first.