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Scribus

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Central Atlantic
Reading up on lot of novel ‘ideas’ in the farming press but when you look into it it’s all been done before.
Nothing new in farming except @neilo s wellies.

Aye, John Deere are getting all excited about its latest electrical tractor with a bit of wire connecting to the mains. The Russians (or it could have been in Sweden) tried it around 100 years ago.
 

neilo

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Mixed Farmer
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Montgomeryshire
Reading up on lot of novel ‘ideas’ in the farming press but when you look into it it’s all been done before.
Nothing new in farming except @neilo s wellies.

No need of new wellies any more. @matthew gave me an idea for retreading with an angle grinder, over on the HSE thread.
That, and plastic bags on my feet, and my wellies will last for years now.(y)

But yes, most things go round in cycles of fashion.
We’ll all be set stocking and ploughing next year.;)
 

Campbell

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Location
Herefordshire
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Well, the age old idea of pulling an implement behind a prime mover has certainly never changed...;)
 
No need of new wellies any more. @matthew gave me an idea for retreading with an angle grinder, over on the HSE thread.
That, and plastic bags on my feet, and my wellies will last for years now.(y)

But yes, most things go round in cycles of fashion.
We’ll all be set stocking and ploughing next year.;)

I tried it too, but pressed too hard and ended up with a wellie in two halves :ROFLMAO: Wellie treads are not metal. I know that now.
 

JP1

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Livestock Farmer
There was a European maker of the mobile milking bail at Eurotier last year

There was something about two partners running a start up dairy over here using a bail. Is it still going?
 

2tractors

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Location
Cornwall
There was a European maker of the mobile milking bail at Eurotier last year

There was something about two partners running a start up dairy over here using a bail. Is it still going?

Yes they are still operating, spoke to one partner in the summer, milking 800 cows in two herds of 400 through 2 mobile units which follow the cows around the grazing. I believe they are building units for others as well.
 

Al R

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Livestock Farmer
Location
West Wales
There was a European maker of the mobile milking bail at Eurotier last year

There was something about two partners running a start up dairy over here using a bail. Is it still going?
Yeah their down Dorset way I think? Foot & Grigg?

There’s an artic unit in mid wales being used as a milking bail while the farm is waiting for a rotary to go in on a new farm. Sam I think the guys name is?
 

Treg

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Livestock Farmer
Location
Cornwall
Aye, John Deere are getting all excited about its latest electrical tractor with a bit of wire connecting to the mains. The Russians (or it could have been in Sweden) tried it around 100 years ago.
Ransomes experimented with a electric crawler connected to a electric pole in the centre of the field....they kept ploughing through the cable:rolleyes: but still they was 50 yrs or so to early with their idea:)
 
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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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