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I had a DPX, now have an Amazone. Found that one side would run faster than the other despite being on the same setting.

At a guess he his running triples and the narrow swath will be from the front mower which will have the swath boards set in so you don’t drive on mowed grass. The rear mowers will be in full spread setting. That’s what I do .

If you go for an auto try and get one that has a sport mode option on the auto box. When towing a heavy load of cattle I prefer it in the sport mode so that it revs a bit harder before changing up a gear (Ford Ranger 10 speed auto). My previous Navara NP300 didn’t have this and it made...

I found some combined ones on eBay. Cost about £40 each from memory. Important part is to match to the tube size on the existing mirror arm.

Link to go fund me page set up by the farmers son to help with legal costs. https://www.gofundme.com/f/rob-lomas

Completely agree with you. I got the impression that Tony Martin was a bit of a loner and didn’t get out much which is definitely not the case with this farmer.

I know the farmer involved . I believe he has been targeted before by burglars. He sold half the farm opportunistically about 5 years ago to a neighbour who wanted to rewild it. He has bought another dairy farm in Wales so isn’t at this farm all the time. I guess the burglars may have thought...

When we take on a new employee part of the induction is to see and photocopy their driving licence. Last one never told us he didn’t have a car licence (despite driving himself to the interview). He did have a valid tractor licence that we were able to verify on line. Turned out after he had...

High quality forage, both grazed or multicut ensiled. I have found rationing and animal performance far easier with high quality feed.

This is a similar system I saw on a visit to Holland last year. The unroller was powered by a hydraulic motor connected to a tractor spool valve. I think the unroller was about 30k. The tubes on the cover were filled by pumping water out of the dyke into them.

Try https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/farming-equipment-and-technology-fund-2024/apply-for-the-farming-equipment-and-technology-fund-fetf-2024#how-to-apply-

I was a ginger, more grey now!

That’s the productivity and slurry sections. The closing date for the animal health options is the end of this month.

Teat spraying robot? They have one at Grosvenor farms on their rotary.

I put a 50m3 EB bin in for parlour cake so we can take an artic load with room to spare. Cost saving over an 8 wheeler load I was quoted £4/t . Only issue with our bin is knowing how much is in it. Due to the size the fibre glass is quite thick so you can’t see the level until it gets into the...