The family farm

beefandsleep

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Location
Staffordshire
no it does not matter but there was a statement here that I am tri polar

No, Bi.
It was edited out by JP1 for some reason.
It wasn’t meant as a slur but just as a suggestion that there may be more to your argumentative attitude than met the eye and to perhaps have a little understanding/patience.
It seems you could have an argument in an empty room to be honest.
 

stewart

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Horticulture
Location
Bay of Plenty NZ
I havent laughed this much since i watched that programme familly farm and saw a chap from north wales loading small bales of silage on a trailer with townies
Didn't see the program, although I watched the clip put up in a earlier post. Why wouldnt you just big bale it? either in rounds or squares. I suppose it made for good TV.
If anyone wants to sue me for the above comment PM me and I will send you my details.
 

Bury the Trash

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Mixed Farmer
Im off to bed. Got to take the wife to longleat in the morning....hope the lions dont think shes a bit tough:wtf:
make sur the car s serviced up then last time we went the bledy top hose burst and the engine nearly boilled in the middle of the lion pen ...

:ROFLMAO::unsure::poop::poop::nailbiting:
 

boyo

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Location
pembrokeshire
make sur the car s serviced up then last time we went the bledy top hose burst and the engine nearly boilled in the middle of the lion pen ...

:ROFLMAO::unsure::poop::poop::nailbiting:
My disco 4 cut out on the way back from taunton today for the 3rd time. There was a big red light telling me not to drive.....im hoping that when we do the drive round tomorrow at longleat it comes on again and monkeys can take a look. After they cant do any worse than the last monkeys that tried to fix it
 

David.

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Mixed Farmer
Location
J11 M40
Ron Jenkins of Home Farm Stowe. Did my sandwich year there in 1982.
Sadly he is long dead and the farm is now in the possession of National Trust who are using the house as an HQ. All the hay sheds now looking very sorry and redundant.
Used to time taking a tractor up the drive to coincide with the girls walking up to Stowe school from Dadford so i could give the prettiest a lift.
Happy days
Was that Davies and Jenkins then? We bought a Hereford bull from a farm off the side of Stowe Avenue along there somewhere by Dadford, was probably about 1982/4 bracket.
If I remember correctly the gentleman was widowed but ran the farm with his late wife's sister..
 

Grassman

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Location
Derbyshire
Im off to bed. Got to take the wife to longleat in the morning....hope the lions dont think shes a bit tough:wtf:

My disco 4 cut out on the way back from taunton today for the 3rd time. There was a big red light telling me not to drive.....im hoping that when we do the drive round tomorrow at longleat it comes on again and monkeys can take a look. After they cant do any worse than the last monkeys that tried to fix it
You went to bed 25 minutes ago. Did you get up because this thread is so enthralling? :D
 

Goweresque

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Location
North Wilts
Analogy?
We are talking hay making? I was just reflecting on the UK summer of 68, there are stiff rumours that that was caused by the eec weather quota system malfunctioning on an early test run

According to the Met Office, the summer of '68 had 237mm of rain, that would be a dry summer by recent standards :eek:
 

czechmate

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Mixed Farmer
According to the Met Office, the summer of '68 had 237mm of rain, that would be a dry summer by recent standards :eek:


Really?
The river Great Ouse was unnavigable for most of the summer. Not seen that since.
Also, my neighbor arable farmer, who up until then had managed fine with Fordsons and Nuffields had to rush out and buy a county to pull a 3 furrow plough.
 
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Goweresque

Member
Location
North Wilts
Really?
The river Great Ouse was unnavigable for most of the summer. Not seen that since.
Also, my neighbor arable farmer, who up until then had managed fine with Fordsons and Nuffields had to rush out and buy a county to pull a 3 furrow plough.

Data is here:

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/summaries/actualmonthly

As far as I can see January to August '68 were very average rainfall months for the UK as a whole. Could be regional differences of course.

Are you sure you're not a year out? '67 was the wettest May on record in the UK, which might account for the rest of the summer feeling pretty damp.
 

stewart

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Horticulture
Location
Bay of Plenty NZ
I was giving the kids the lecture earlier about staying safe in center parks. I told them straight, you never go into the woods after dark, theres perverts in them woods, perverts i tell you....

"Dad, wheres mum gone in her nighty?"
Did she take the dog with her? Last time my wife went into the woods said she was going dogging, thought to myself that's strange she's taken the lead and left the dog behind.
 

czechmate

Member
Mixed Farmer
Data is here:

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/summaries/actualmonthly

As far as I can see January to August '68 were very average rainfall months for the UK as a whole. Could be regional differences of course.

Are you sure you're not a year out? '67 was the wettest May on record in the UK, which might account for the rest of the summer feeling pretty damp.


Might well be. I was probably nervous of Dannyboy teasing me of being old so moved the year up a bit:oldman:
 

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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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