round bales

Hi, due to a change in farming policy, we are looking to go from two tractors to one. It needs to have a loader and I think around the 125/130hp mark as it needs to tow a 12 tonne trailer full of chicken muck. Probably looking around 5-6 years old at the most. I've seen a few about and I've...

Owing to the wet summer I'm finding a lot of bales that the cows aren't keen on. There's no mould but a slight musty smell. When they have these, intakes go down which I don't want because it's all they get. Many years ago, I can remember pouring molasses over round bales to make them more...

Inspired in some way by the gatecrash of the Fendt gearbox thread, just thought I'd see what folks did. 20 years ago we managed with two 6290's and a 3075, and up to three hire tractors at peak times and contractor help for beet drilling and harvesting, hedge cutting, square baling, destoning...

Ok folks, I will be grateful for any and all input, with the caveat that brand loyalty isn't my strong suit. I'm currently running a Ford 7740 with a loader that was never really fit for purpose. Loader has got to go. My main tractor is a JD 6620 without loader. It has been giving gearbox...

Hi all. I've a tomahawk 5050 straw chopper but struggling to get round bales this year got enough to last to Christmas was thinking a out trying big square bales as cam get them easy. Because of how tight the yard is we can't get in with a new square bale chopper as they're to long. We've 300...

How much does it cost to keep store cattle out at winter??

I work on a family farm, probably not milking enough cows for the amount of staff we've got, but now the winters here It's a struggle to fill the days with work. Usually jobbed up by lunchtime then it's a few hours until pm milking. Probably start hedgelaying soon but thats barely worth it.

I am looking for a small loader around £12-15,000, for scrapping up, bit of light mucking out and feeding out bales. Seen a JCB 135 that looks sensible, but will I regret it and wish I'd got a telehandler?

Hi there I would like to build a new building to house my suckler cows. I have planning permission for a 60 x 40 ft shed. At current we have 14 sucklers however are struggling for housing space so cannot expand and cannot calve inside leading to calves being sold younger. I would also like to...

Had IAE heavy duty ones in the past and they don’t seem to last that great. Tin falls off, they go out of shape etc. Are there and other heavy duty ones which are reasonable? Bateman, Ritchie? Tia

Written by Justin Roberts from Agriland The Deutsche Landwirtschafts-Gesellschaft or German Agricultural Society is usually known simply as the DLG and it is this organisation, with 33,000 members, that is responsible for holding Agritechnica every two years. Alongside the show itself, the...

Anyone feed silage and straw to suckers with a straw chopped, I'm debating either a mixer wagon or straw chopper, cows don't eat straw if given bale silage bale straw separate but will they if I layer silage and straw together with chopper? Chopper be handy as currently bedding by hand. But...

Anyone else normally drilled up by now and not started. Ditches are down and water is getting away but it's sitting on top and drains have been jetted last year etc so they should be fine. It's like it's sat on top but there must be 6 inch of water to plough in more in places West Lancashire...

Few bales bobbing about due to flash floods and high rainfall in Scotland whilst sun loungers and ice cream are the go to thing in the south! https://fb.watch/nxn1n06YoN/

Possibly looking to feed chopped leafy silage bales through a bedder. Has anyone got any good/bad experiences of this? Maybe just complicating the process.

Warning: some elements of this post are a bit of a rant. I think many if not all farmers assume that they need to grow their business. The mentality is that if you are not expanding, then you are standing still or even going backwards. Where does this notion come from? Take it to the logical...

Long time since we had one, what to expect.

Starting to get a little worried now. Spring seed might be short... Weather doesnt look great on the forcast - given how sh!t harvest was, could we be in for just as bad an autumn?

So im going to be hauling some round bales of straw from a few miles away. First time doing this and wanted to know the best way to load them and secure them on a trailer. Im going to be using a 32ft flat potato tailer. Any pictures would be appreciated

With wrapped round bale Silage and some square bale straw are those straight sided squeeze lifters any good or just a half way house for either?