I understand that the AEA are to roll out the national spreader testing scheme soon and expect that sprayer testers will all also be doing spreaders.From this I assume that the nfu/red tractor organization will be forcing us to have our spreaders tested soon adding further to growers costs?
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- Thread starter farmer99
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spin cycle
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- north norfolk
put your shirt on it
.....something else to 'milk' us for
.....something else to 'milk' us for'KIN HELL.
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- Lincolnshire
As if I haven't enough to do or pay for.
One of these days its going to be the straw that makes me pick up the phone and instruct to sell up. Its getting to the stage for us small farmers where it wont be worth the hassle. We have to do it all ourselves to keep costs down but all this overhead they are adding is not helpful is eating more and more into essential productive time.
One of these days its going to be the straw that makes me pick up the phone and instruct to sell up. Its getting to the stage for us small farmers where it wont be worth the hassle. We have to do it all ourselves to keep costs down but all this overhead they are adding is not helpful is eating more and more into essential productive time.
This is the thing. I suspect the grower with 50 acres has the same paperwork/crap as the 5000 acre grower now.
mikep
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Might get myself accredited for testing, seems a nice little earner. How long does it take to test a spreader FFS.
Reminds me years ago when we had an aga fitted, i said to the fitter when you give it a service will you show me how to do it so I can do it form then on? Said OK. When it came due for a service he came and showed me and said in all honesty the hardest thing about an aga service is dragging it out long enough to justify the cost, I usually take the vaporiser to my van and listen to the radio for half an hour! It's about £100 and takes all of 30 mins to do thoroughly, complete rip off as are all the bloody accs things.
Reminds me years ago when we had an aga fitted, i said to the fitter when you give it a service will you show me how to do it so I can do it form then on? Said OK. When it came due for a service he came and showed me and said in all honesty the hardest thing about an aga service is dragging it out long enough to justify the cost, I usually take the vaporiser to my van and listen to the radio for half an hour! It's about £100 and takes all of 30 mins to do thoroughly, complete rip off as are all the bloody accs things.
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- Lincolnshire
That's right, but the bloke with 5000 acres has a bird in an office to handle it, whereas I have to do it myself.
Ooohhhhh, so if I get 5000 acres I can have a bird in the office?
at last a reason for silly fbt rents.;-)
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- East Essexshire
I had a bird in my office.
I left the window open and a collared dove flew in!!
I left the window open and a collared dove flew in!!
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- Lincolnshire
Ooohhhhh, so if I get 5000 acres I can have a bird in the office?
About the only thing that would make it worthwhile.
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- Lincolnshire
Bird. I suppose it isn't politically correct nowadays but was always a term of affection. Showing my age.
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- Lincolnshire
Anyway, how are they going to set up my spreader for all the different sorts of stuff I spread. Yard is going to be a mess by the time they have finished. 24m disc machine. Whats wrong with setting up on the fly in the field? I look on the ground or chuck some hessian sacks down. Havent striped it yet.
two-cylinder
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Another utopian 'best practise' measure that will achieve little but cost dear.
spin cycle
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- north norfolk
they're after exterminating small arable farmers IMO...i've taken the hint....as soon as i've enough homebred ewes to dog & stick my little place they can go stuff themselves
maxxum5120
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had our spreader tested this spring, luckily it was paid for by fertilizer supplier, after about 5 minutes decided it was money for old rope and that I would buy some cat litter trays and do it myself, priced up tray testing kits at cereals £200 quid for some plastic trays and a funnel, god they must think we came down in the last shower
two-cylinder
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- Cambridge
I'd rather put the price of the test towards a new set of vanes
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- East yorks
Just buys some trays from the garden centre and do it, it's not rocket science.
Another load of crap to pay for.
The sprayer I don't mind so much as there are some fairly nasty things go through it so I can agree with paying for that to be tested.
Also I normally get my fert as I need it so does that mean I have to keep a bag of each or keep some of last years that has no resemblance to next years.
Another load of crap to pay for.
The sprayer I don't mind so much as there are some fairly nasty things go through it so I can agree with paying for that to be tested.
Also I normally get my fert as I need it so does that mean I have to keep a bag of each or keep some of last years that has no resemblance to next years.
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- Spilsby Lincolnshire
And of course we will all do as we are told wont we! Any thoughts of a TFF rebellion , signing of a petition etc to present to THE AUTHORITIES!
surely we have been testing our spreaders for years as if they are wrong we loose yield/money.