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  1. unlacedgecko

    Farmers and Universal Credit

  2. Badshot

    Why does it happen on bank holiday weekends?

    Best spray day we've had for weeks. Best spray day we've got forecast for weeks. Bloody alternator sh!t itself on the Bateman. No electrics, no spraying, apparently when the battery gets low enough the engine stops, then the emergency brake applies, even if you're driving down the road! Ho hum.
  3. Derrick Hughes

    Happy Easter

    Happy Easter all you active posters Hope you find a little bit of free time to enjoy Take care D
  4. G

    Massey Ferguson 8s

    What are people's thoughts on them, especially as a vario. They've been about for a few years now, looks like they are a capable machine. Thanks
  5. casemx 270

    Spring barley without dressing

    We are wondering whether to just clean and not dress it just incase we don't use it.I know others do it what are your thoughts?
  6. R

    Kubota M6 experiences

    Evening, Does anyone have any experience of the Kubota M6 002 range? Looking for a loader tractor which will undertake yard loader duties, mow, spread fert, slurry, mow and cart a lot of round bales. Essentially an all rounder. Just had a 132 on demo and it's a nice enough tractor. Might just...
  7. C

    Will the rain ever stop

    Sorry for moaning but I'm fed up of the rain.. We have had one or two days where it's been nice. Land dries up then rain again and it's saturated.
  8. Defra Farming

    Horticultural farmers and growers in England – apply for an FETF grant today

    Horticultural farmers and growers in England – apply for an FETF grant today Written by Ben Keene Credit: iorek7z With the deadline fast approaching, I want to encourage horticulture growers and farmers in England – and contractors to them – to consider applying for a grant offered through...
  9. Yale

    New limits to SFI.

    https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-ensures-food-production-remains-primary-purpose-of-farming
  10. J

    Many people not rolling cereals this year?

    Rolled 80ac of wheat today, would have liked to leave it another few days dry but forecast is rain for a week now and then by the time it drys it will want a spray probably and end up being too late to roll. Had to roll for stones as we have a lot and header runs on the floor. Do a lot of...
  11. ih1455xl

    Internal hex steel bar or tube

    Anyone know where I can get some internal hex 17mm need to make some replacement sprockets to replace the silly plastic Fiona sprockets Plan b is to buy lots of 17mm hex sockets and cut up
  12. Boomerang

    Glyphosate and soft water

    Using touchdown quattro and rainwater . Spraying ploughing before spring cultivation, Is adjuvant (LI 700) worth it or needed .??? shouldn't need water conditioner with rainwater.
  13. W

    Spring drilling

    Anyone managed to grab bits? I grabbed some real light bits but any clay and it’s a wet shitty mess. Not sure when to throw the towel in and go for sfi
  14. Sprayer 1

    Density number for liquid fert on a Delta 34i

    Anyone know the above number to punch in between 1 and 8? The gravity of the 17% fert is 1.3 to water. Many thanks.
  15. G

    John deere 6250r

    Looking at buying a used 6250r, 4000ish hrs, are they as good as they're cracked up to be? What are people's experiences? A future classic?
  16. paul&mandy

    Level 3 agricultural courses

    Daughter wants to do this course, initially wanted to go down the vet route but bit of a change of direction. I forgot to ask at the open day but what age can they do the extra tickets? Can this be in yr 1? She wants to do, quadbike, chainsaw, telehandler, spraying etc. Be handy to have asap, I...
  17. E

    Grasskeep & inflation?

    Hello there! I am just reading through a new grasskeep agreement for a piece of ground we've had for several years. The landowner has gone away from the land agents and is doing the agreement himself. He's used a basic agreement but has added the price will increase by the cpi inflation for the...
  18. Tha Ulsterscot

    Dockstar ?

    Anyone know the current price for a 3 ltr. pack ?
  19. Agriland RSS

    Weed control crucial in managing red clover swards – AFBI

    Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland Red clover has the potential to fix up to 250kg of nitrogen (N)/ha from the air on an annual basis. This figure is based on swards containing up to 5t of clover dry matter (DM)/ha. The N fixed from the atmosphere is translocated throughout the growing...
  20. FMF74

    To cultivate or not to cultivate that is the question

    So historically spring barley is direct drilled here into a cover crop established with a cultivator in the autumn and sprayed off late February. Records show our best yields come from a crop planted late February early March with later planted crops suffering in both reduced yield and higher N...
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