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MickyMook

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
County Down
Any one know is afbi hillsborough still doing grass analysis prior to cutting? Heard they’d stopped some services. Failing that, does anyone know who would be able to do it at short notice i.e. tomorrow morning if I run some samples in?
 

cowboysupper

Member
Mixed Farmer
Any one know is afbi hillsborough still doing grass analysis prior to cutting? Heard they’d stopped some services. Failing that, does anyone know who would be able to do it at short notice i.e. tomorrow morning if I run some samples in?

I gave up on them. Bloody slow to return reports. Plenty of feed reps on the road with nitrate strips to test in the field now or you can buy them yourself online.
 

cowboysupper

Member
Mixed Farmer
Has anyone found 2 weather forecasts that agree?!

I think the detailed weather map on the Met office is the most accurate or the TV weather reports. If you watch it online you can freeze the reports to try and follow the direction the rains moving!
 

Wee Willy

Member
Location
Tyrone
How much meal is everybody feeding? Lots of grass at the mo. Over 25 litres are on four kg, under 25 litres = two kg/day. Grass check says grass will do 20 litres..do you believe this? Could I be feeding lower?
 

Cowcorn

Member
Mixed Farmer
Not until some1 else says what theyr payin.
412 euro for lakelands finest premuim 15 % floor sweepings and sawdust !:):) Nearly out of barley so ordered 7 ton to stretch it out .
Cant get my hands on any straights at right money .
The Mafia [Glanbia ] offered 350 euro for green wheat for next harvest the other day and harvest is still a few months away .
Decent winter bonus is going to be needed to make winter milk economic .
Meal prices are only going one way ..
 

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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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