Today at work

Adeptandy

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Why won't your moore go in that? Can't be much different to the vad, better I would have thought. After all you have got all tines pulled out?
Probably experience, drilled with the Vaddy in some iffy conditions in the past, so went with what I was confident with. I am planning on getting the Moore out tomorrow ( if all goes to plan ) and trying it on some ex potato land thats been disc'd if the frost is there in the morning. :nailbiting:

Lost my plough man today until after New Year :(
 

Adeptandy

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Another day of continual swapping from power harrow to drill

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Just finished the field as darkness/mist rolled in

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and that concludes drilling until the mate with the plough appears in the New Year ( unless the Moore does some magic )
 

mixed breed

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Mixed Farmer
Brother visited, I knew something was a miss as its not Christmas yet...
Could you give me a hand?

He'd rip the threads out of the tensioner stud while changing the cam belt on his car. :oops:

So drilled it out
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Tapped a thread
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And put an oversize stud in
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Job done
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If only all problems in life were that easy..
 
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s line

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Always get a few cases, usually a sign they need cleaning out, but not too bad.



Use 4 rounds (4ft) a day. Good barley straw, blown not chopped, lime the bed once a week, and try to clean out four weeks, but time and weather don't always allow.
120 x 40 and a 60 x 40, currently housing 92 as that is probably at its limit.

Cubicles and slurry store are a big investment yes, which will no doubt pay eventually but, the 8 years since I started here have been a roller coaster, from highs of 32p to lows of 16p and lost contracts. All the uncertainty hasn't given me the confidence to invest heavily, we grow all our own feed so have the straw and the manure feeds the ground, so it all goes round in a fashion...
What sort of lime do you ues?

How do you app;y it on the beds?
 

mixed breed

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Mixed Farmer
What sort of lime do you ues?

How do you app;y it on the beds?
slaked lime, use couple of dumpy bags a year. Hand spread, out of a bucket.

Also, the OH (cos it was her idea) sprayed some disinfectant about with quad sprayer after I'd cleaned out yesterday, did the walls with the hand lance too.
Every little helps
 

mixed breed

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Mixed Farmer
Red this morning
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lugged some more muck, making a mess on the grass, so moved to the arable ground, mustards holding up well despite the frosts
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Finished, so gave the road a sweep, keep the neighbours happy.
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Called to see my barley while I was over that way... The overlaps:facepalm:
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might have a day out tomorrow..
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