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  1. Sonoftheheir

    Anything new with ploughs?

    My Neanderthal brain was wondering if there’s anything new with ploughs? We currently have a 5 furrow slatted body in furrow Lemken Europal fitted with subsoilers. We use it with a furrow press. If I was to replace it this year should I go with the same or is there anything better? Is it better...
  2. J

    Standing Maize Price

    Looking for people’s thoughts on a reasonable price for Standing Maize. We grow maize for a couple of farms as it is a useful break for our arable rotation, the blocks vary from roughly 25 to 75 acres, the customers supply a varying amount of cattle FYM, not enough to see the crop through so...
  3. N

    CO4 radar

    So when i was drilling beans with trusty CO4, metering mechanism continued running at ends when tines lifted out of work? any thoughts?
  4. daveydiesel1

    Vario power sap

    Seen this video, now the case could be mapped out more but the difference here is vast so got me thinking is the agco vario far more power hungry than the nh cvt?
  5. Farm Classifieds

    T2027682 2008 MASSEY FERGUSON 6490 4WD TRACTOR

    T2027682 2008 MASSEY FERGUSON 6490 4WD TRACTOR Advert added by: Chandlers (Farm Equipment) Ltd Machinery Details Category: Tractors Farm Tractors Price: £36500 Condition: Used Description Massey Ferguson 6490 4WD TRANSPORT Spec. Tractor,50Kph. 540/540E/1000 Rear PTO...
  6. M

    Veterinary student looking for dairy experience

    Hi! I'm a first year veterinary student looking for dairy experience around the UK. I currently have a degree in veterinary nursing so have basic knowledge in cattle management and would love to work with a herd of dairy cattle to increase my confidence. I need to find a farm with at least 800...
  7. Paddington

    Driverless (automated) cars

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-67825617 :banghead: :banghead:
  8. Henery

    Lady Carnarvon, “You Can’t Eat Trees” !

    http://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1566/reader/reader.html?social#!preferred/0/package/1566/pub/1566/page/61/article/NaN Hope this link works, at last …. Rewilding is NOT the answe
  9. paul&mandy

    VW kombi van

    Been toying with this for a while. Going to run it past accountant. If I swap a pickup for this could I claim back all the vat and tax same as if I bought a new pickup? I don't really need 2 pickups and ideally need to seat 6. For anyone who dont know what a kombi is, it's a transporter with...
  10. G

    Saving the planet pressies

  11. D

    Winter 1963 with Cliff Michealmore

    The famous documentary is on BBC Four now
  12. Agriland RSS

    New warning signs to better protect wildlife on rural roads

    Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland New warning signs are to be introduced to help drivers on rural roads identify wildlife hotspots and be better protected from hazards. The Department for Transport (DfT) announced the changes today (Friday, December 22), stating that hedgehogs...
  13. P

    The car industry

    What’s peoples opinions on the car industry. I’ve been looking at various vehicles the last couple of weeks and the theme seems to be long supply times holding up new car prices whilst they won’t value trade ins properly. I’m in the market for something and wondering whether to leave it 6 months...
  14. S

    Sambron forklift

    Thinking of buying an old Sambron AM252 forklift. Anyone know anything about them? What engine did they use in them? Were they based on tractor components or their own parts?
  15. Bald Rick

    Welsh Rural Affairs budget cut

    All hail Drakey. In an effort to prop up his failing NHS Cymru, they have hived 12.9% off the rural affairs budget More trees, Cuthbert please
  16. bobk

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

    Threshold drops to 75k eek
  17. S

    How do you store empty fertiliser and seed bags until recycling?

    I currently dump the empty bags in the corner of a shed until I've got a trailer load to send for recycling. The problem is in the meantime is they get run over and can get rats nest in them, and take up valuable shed space. I don't want to store outside as they'd blow around and hold water. I...
  18. D

    How to stop the give away veg.

    Its a high price year for veg there is a shortage. Yet supermarkets are giving it away. It is not grower funded this is loss leading by supermarkets & must be costing a lot. As farmers we should clear all the shelves & feed it to our animals. Just spending a tenner would likely cost the...
  19. Still Farming

    Farmers protests Berlin

  20. TelesnaAg

    Europe Climate Vandals

    Europe along with nearly most exporting importing countries in the world, heads of state are fast to point out the so called climate catastrophe headed our way...yawn. Ive long said that i have not seen a positive policy for the climate, ive seen plenty of retarded policy and duplicity. People...
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