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Difficult to explain but.. our yard at home is very small , it’s a four or five point turn in the pick up and a real struggle with trailer. There is a bit of track ( through gate behind buggy in pics) this goes to an old hard standing but at it’s narrow point is only 8’ wide and although the...

So far we’ve only had two bottle babies.. now there’s six 😖 I am struggling to get the latest ones to feed from a bottle Any tips greatly appreciated

Of my three dogs only one will ride on the quad ( he loves it) The others are fine in pick up or buggy but not quad. One will run alongside but won’t get on the bike . Any tips that will get them on ?

Anyone using one ? I know a few using cf quads and they seem happy enough

Mulling things over … now I love farming ( mostly) and as some of you know, I’ve said it’s all I ever wanted to do . But times are changing and with the weather on top of poor ground plus my age and aches and pains, I’ve been wondering if it’s time to say enough Part of me feels guilty as if I...

Had our tl100 for coming up 8 years , in that time we put a clutch in as it was very heavy and like an on / off switch Despite me cursing the thing it’s never let us down however it’s getting a bit tired , loader slow , bit of rot around the cab etc etc Tractor is a year 2000 on a W and...

Just wondering, one block of farm with main buildings and sheep yard . Normally bale the 15 acres ( 12+3 )and also a 4 acre field of the bit marked 16. We get nice short cut sweet green hay but not so much of it , so you wise sheep men and women … to buy in fodder and rotate the sheep or to make...

Something I’ve never done really, not sure where to start and what to record, we had our own ways of ear notching females and then picking the best to keep, occasionally ear tagging things such as twin females. As an example, we just scanned our moor ewes and picked up on a hogg that was bagged...

As title , a bunch of shearling Cheviot x Welsh Tupped to easycare ( from a reputable breeder) 147 sheep :- single. 97 Twin 29 Empty 21 105% All in good condition, older inbye ewes same condition to Cheviot and texel tups...

I am fairly open about my non farming past, I like to think as time goes on experience grows but, I still have what you lifelong farmers may regard as dumb questions.., here’s one to start We used to feed a lot of fodder beet , unfortunately transport costs killed it , however I recall some...

Just pulled up in farm yard and watched a stoat zipping around in the grass Cheeky little feker tried to catch a Robin that landed nearby Are they good as in mini ferrets that would take on rats or just another pest

Can someone please clarify, one govt site says 1st year £3.57 ( yr 1) Another £5.28 Thanks

Just about to do my dipping course and the disposal issue has been raised We are currently on to the EA re licensing and also a few waste collectors. Should we go down the EA route, how do we spread the dip ? We only have a side finger muck spreader , no tanker

I am watching Palace v Everton, and drinking a beer . So should sfi and or subsidies just be scrapped full stop ?

Our place is now utterly saturated, so much so the tractor slithers about on what flat ground we have whilst feeding bales. I moved the boss ladies cows and am now setting the big shed up ready for housing the in bye flock , typically the forecast looks a little more settled next week. Anyone...

Probably been asked some where but.. as above , fluke drench and mineral drench together yes or no (sheep)

Anyone got a clue ? I’ve looked at LG2 that I presume will cover our mowing ground ( I can max that as 41 acres or 16.5 hectares) that I presume is 16.5 x £151 = £2491.50 We only have 174 acres in total and to take edges or strips out of production etc is not viable Keeping stock off areas...

We have a small (3acre) field , it’s handy for the buildings and has always grown grass fairly well . Considering where we farm it’s about as flat as we could hope for ! We’ve just repaired a main drain that runs through and whilst the digger was here we used a pecker to break up loads of...

Here’s one for the collective minds to ponder, 35 acres two minutes up the road currently has 140 of my younger home bred sheep with two easycare tups Home farm , as in round the house, 38 acres of mixed very steep and not as steep grass but a pig for feeding big bales, it’s so wet the...

Love reading the posts of winters gone by , I think 96 had a fair snowfall At the time I was working “ away” on various short term contracts whilst still engineering, my son was born in the November . I recall ( south lakes ) a real long spell of cold easterly weather , usually we got mild...