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Foot paths cross them in places. And another is the footpath. Where they cross them we have handles ramps up and off the tracks. Most people once on the concrete tend to stick to them until they reach the roads.
 

Manney

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
Penzance
Dry period is going ok. Nice steady Xmas and New Year and now in the Lake District 😂. Will be ready and refreshed for calving 👍

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Sid

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Livestock Farmer
Location
South Molton
"Organic" isn't really legally defined in the UK. Yo need to have approval from one of a number of "organic bodies"

Bit like saying you'd need approval approval from a gun club to get a shotgun certificate
You need to do a bit more research before you can actually speak with any authority on that subject.
 

Jdunn55

Member
No saying you are wrong but how do you afford to carry that much inventory?
I've found by buying early in bulk you save a lot of money.fpr instance, I ordered all the calf powder, dry cow rolls and calf cake I need for spring-summer in early December. If I waited until now I reckon I would be easily paying an extra £500.
But more importantly if I bought half a tonne of everything at a time and then ordered another pallet when the first was getting low I reckon I would be paying a lot more again. For instance my calf powder I've bought for £8,000 if I bought that in half a tonne at a time I reckon I would be paying an extra £1000 no problem by the time you pay for the extra deliveries and monthly price increases
Bought 200 bales of hay last spring which I knew I didn't need this year but by buying them it would get me out a sticky situation if fertiliser price became too expensive or there was a drought etc paid £15 each for them, I have a feeling next year fodder is going to be short in demand!
I ordered half an artic of fert back in August and paid £275/t for it whereas now you're talking £800/t
So all those little £100 here and there add up to meaning I can buy extra when I need to
Just got to be careful with cash flow but a generous overdraft helps smooth that out.
 

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Red Tractor drops launch of green farming scheme amid anger from farmers

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As reported in Independent


quote: “Red Tractor has confirmed it is dropping plans to launch its green farming assurance standard in April“

read the TFF thread here: https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/gfc-was-to-go-ahead-now-not-going-ahead.405234/
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