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I managed to take an unusually spectacular photo of the chicken farm last night.

Yeah, I guess the workround is to have a diverter valve running the discharge to a soakaway when we've Gobi Desert-like ground conditions, and run it to the dyke when the water table's seemingly at lawn level?

Normally, though I doubt it was in 1976.

- I've encountered this mindset before... People adamant that you need to budget £1000 for the installation of a split air conditioning system. I got mine done for £80 by some fella who works Saturday mornings for beer money.

We're farmers - surely we find the cheapest way? Decommissioning and disposal of the old tank - I'd just kango off the top 18 inches and turf over. 30t of spoil surely isn't hard to lose, when you've got a farm, and does it need concrete? I thought the new bullet type of system can just be...

Given our problems are more on the soakaway side, would putting one of these behind the onion-shaped Klargester tank, and routing 110mm to the dyke be the way to go...

I've never done it, I think you just have to contact the DNO and request the change, in my case that'd be UKPN. Anyone know how the process works for sure?

Don't you mean importers? My standing charges total £19.93 per day, based on a 200kva 3 phase supply. That's Yu Energy on a deal brokered by Alex. I've not done the sums, but I'm fairly sure I'd be better off paying for a lower kva ceiling and picking up for excess charges on the odd days I...

We've got a garden of clay, and out soakaway has never really soaked particularly well, but this wet winter has been the final straw... I need to repace the septic tank with something that can just discharge to the dyke and allow the toilets to flush irrespective of how much recent rainfall...

I've got the space, I've got some capital reserves, and a landline that delivers 2mbps. I think I need to think of something else.

They do, but when you consider build costs are around £30/sq.ft, and you've missed the boat on FIT and RHI, perhaps they're not? Especially if a move towards 30kg/M results in a dearth of growing space. It's enough to make someone like me, with a comparable set of assets, contemplate cashing...

Much less looking at the summer weather forecast with a near-permanent sense of anxiety too, I imagine. I found a pic my dad took in the 60s a while back. Taking a step back towards that is no bad thing IMHO.

That has to depend on the contract? Where you're paying for your own gas and bedding, you're waving goodbye to a lot of efficiency? If on a flat rent, FBT or whatever, then the same pay for having everything under so much pressure must be an absolute dream. It'll be nice if Tesco, Aldi, and...

Yeah, a shortage caused by them squeezing so hard the supply base decided to stop supplying. I've heard murmors about the broiler industry moving to 30kg/M in the not too distant. Anyone else heard this? If there's any basis to it, what's that going to do to the job? And where's the...

These guys put in 150kw for me 8 years ago. They gave great value and aftercare. https://www.amrgroupltd.co.uk/renewable-energy/

It shouldn't be... I'm contracted to Land Energy, but I had a rep from ypellets out last week, they're selling in bulk at £325ish.

It's a bit different with biomass as heat probes can drift out of calibration etc. Mine drifted in the wrong direction, it cost me a fortune in lost RHI. Measuring a flow of current is easier, and I think the tech is less likely to degrade over time. I don't see why meters on the export side...

I'd have a think about the economies of scale. I've no idea how much you're planning to make per chicken, but you'll need to operate on an outrageous margin if you're expecting to be properly compensated for the amount of faff you're taking on.

I found myself in a remarkably similar position, but am guessing I'm further down the line than you. I joined the business in my late 20s as a partner, along with my parents, and took a share of the profit. I also struggled to grow capital as I had a young family and pretty much all of my...

Well the only guidance I can find online links to a document last updated in April '22, and that reinforces what I posted earlier.