TexX ewes - which Tup to use?

Nithsdale

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Another 2 twins yesterday in the end (does that make 4?!)
Nothing today so far. That's the first morning there's been nothing born.

Drizzly rain and cloudy... feels a hell of a lot warmer! Looking cold over the weekend again sadly but next week is supposed to be warm and damp, so hopefully the ground heats up enough to get things turned around... going to start chucking some fert about today
 

Nithsdale

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Livestock Farmer
Getting the fizz on...
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Covered about 104 acres yesterday and today with Origin 20-5-10 @ 2cwt/acre. Good heavy shower last night washed yesterday's in and it's been much warmer here than I expected so hopefully it'll all do its magic soon. It's getting desperately needed
 

Bill dog

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Mixed Farmer
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Scottish Borders
Getting the fizz on...
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Covered about 104 acres yesterday and today with Origin 20-5-10 @ 2cwt/acre. Good heavy shower last night washed yesterday's in and it's been much warmer here than I expected so hopefully it'll all do its magic soon. It's getting desperately needed
Could you nip to Lauderdale please and do 100 acres for me. Your fizz box is dialled in, and I’d be most grateful.
I’ll pay you in Easter Eggs, the kids haven’t found the overflow stash yet !
Thanks !👍👍
 

sheepdogtrail

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Getting the fizz on...
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Covered about 104 acres yesterday and today with Origin 20-5-10 @ 2cwt/acre. Good heavy shower last night washed yesterday's in and it's been much warmer here than I expected so hopefully it'll all do its magic soon. It's getting desperately needed
How is that machine in those conditions? To me, it looks like the perfect tool for the application.
 

firther

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holmfirth
Getting the fizz on...
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Covered about 104 acres yesterday and today with Origin 20-5-10 @ 2cwt/acre. Good heavy shower last night washed yesterday's in and it's been much warmer here than I expected so hopefully it'll all do its magic soon. It's getting desperately needed

it were snowing here this morning at 630 but grass did green up yesterday afternoon in that sunshine, so hopefully as you say it'll get a shift on this week
 

Nithsdale

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Livestock Farmer
How is that machine in those conditions? To me, it looks like the perfect tool for the application.

It's a Vicon Rotaflow. We really like it. Very simple to operate but spreads well. It was bought as a step up from a Taskers. We miss the ground drive but it is a far more reliable machine and you can cover a bigger area in a day. I'm sure it takes 1500kg... but obviously the bags are 600kg so can only put 1200kg in it - and on our steep ground that is more than enough! The Valtra (6cylinder) has a full weight block and can still pop a wheel at times
 

Nithsdale

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Livestock Farmer
it were snowing here this morning at 630 but grass did green up yesterday afternoon in that sunshine, so hopefully as you say it'll get a shift on this week


I could see a difference in the fields yesterday evening and this morning when on the bike. The grass is trying it's hardest

Not sure how cold it was last night, ground was white and the dyke backs still are now - but it is already warm in the sun!
 

Nithsdale

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Livestock Farmer
Could you nip to Lauderdale please and do 100 acres for me. Your fizz box is dialled in, and I’d be most grateful.
I’ll pay you in Easter Eggs, the kids haven’t found the overflow stash yet !
Thanks !👍👍


Ok, but can you send a tractor this way for the bale chopper (that McCormick doesn't go slow enough 🤦🏻‍♂️)... brother would be awfy miffed going back to using a pitchfork 🤣
 

Bill dog

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Mixed Farmer
Location
Scottish Borders
Tell yer bro to look out for an old Massey 390.
That’s what I have on the bedder. Reliable, very slow in low box, and nice and low roofed . My brother went to upgrade his amazone fert box 2 yrs ago, and bought a 2 bag wagtail from Jenkinson’s.
He loves it’s simplicity. So much so he thinks it’s set about 2 cwt/ acre at 8kph. So he just goes a bit slower to spread more, and faster to spread less! 🤦‍♂️ 😂
 

Nithsdale

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Livestock Farmer
Nah mun' no needing any more tractors about the place! Valtra is on the chopper (yes, it's overkill) but that job keeps it clean for hauling our feed... Ford would do it, but it is dad's pride and joy and it's a privilege if we're allowed to take the scraper off it through the winter 🙄🤣

Everyone round here seems to be on a KRM spreader... but they don't look any better than the Vicon IMO - I'm aware you can get them with flow/metering sensors which maintains a perfect spread. Daresay Amazon will have the same tech on it... but I'm happier if I spread 12acre at 2cwt and leave the field with a wee bit left over 🤣
 

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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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