baling

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Wanted: JD ram etc to move drawbar in and out of transport position. Below is the parts book drawing. Please contact us if you have one to sell. many thanks

Even earlier than last year, but seen a bit knocked down today. Plus there's chatter on last year's thread again 😂.... @Tubbylew @carbonfibre farmer. We are still at least three weeks away from making a start, but there is alot of grass already. Id say even at the end of April there was more...

Is the brake to neutral feature standard on all 7600 series onwards?

Well I’ve been on an arable farm since January , some days have been good but some so dull and boring but I expected that , the trouble is circumstances have changed and I need more money , my old boss wants me to come back but I’m unsure as to weather I should or not , I enjoyed the job and...

Hi, Does anyone have any advice please for the net continually running through the bale. Knife has been changed! Have been told it could possibly be the clutch on the net!!

Hi folks new member here we farm on Dartmoor and have decided to start baling our own small bales However access is tight short of a helicopter dropping us in a baler we're looking for as small an old conventional baler as we can find. Or an inline if we can find/afford it What model should...

thinking if a grass lay would fit in the rotation with SFI. Would either of these scenarios work and would I need to plant a high vigour seed £50/ac or a standard 1 to 2 year lay £40/ac plant in april and plough out end of September (would you get 2 cuts) plant in august (rain permitting)...

Interested to hear how late you would consider drilling wholecrop peas & barley in the Southwest on heavy clay soil? New to growing this after being recommended it for a protein crop. The field has just got dry enough to kill off with this intention or should I just be going in with maize...

Hello all, we currently making around 300 4 foot round bales of hay per year, all sold as horse feed. Once winter set in we started to see some mould on the outside layer of the bale. It’s like a green dusty mould. Once you take off the first layer the bales are really nice but the outside is...

I’ve always done haylage in round bales, but realise they aren’t the best way of moving them any distance. For moving on artic lorries, I assume the best/most efficient way is in quadrants? What length bale is best, both for wrapping and (road) transport? How many can you move in a load? I’ve...

Is baling forage rape an option. We have a field of it with a footpath going through, which might cause a problem. Sown late autumn 23. Has anyone experience with, how might do i need to wilt it? Tedding it? Plain mower or conditioner? Planning on doing it end of may start of july then back...

I’ve got 40k to spend, so looking for a decent tractor. Would like 50k, air brakes and possibly front linkage. Main workload, hedge cutting, silage work ( mowing, raking, trailers etc) Baling, cultivations………

Genuine question, and I know that I'll get a thousand different answers. What is a "standard" working day to you, or your staff, on your farm? How many hours? On a run of the mill day - not lambing/calving/harvest/silage etc For reference, I'm thinking 800ac, mixed beef/sheep/arable, modern...

so Its looking like I’m not going to get all my Spring barley in this year. What’s the best to plant end of April/may. Don’t mind if it’s to just graze lambs or to cut it. wondered about vetch and cutting it then grazing lambs on it over the winter. Any better ideas?

I'm trying to register the Steiger puma sold in the late Peter Ingle's farm sale , it was bought knowing as stated there was no paperwork and under the circumstances I don't want to be hassling the family but does anyone down there have any idea when he might have bought it in? I only remember...

I expect my staff to take a 30mins dinner break at noon. Which is unpaid. Is this reasonable? If we are busy and they don't stop I pay them.

Trying to work costings for this year. Been weighting bales of hay and some haylage. Hay ave 260 kg, haylage 200 kg. Trying to work which is the cheapest and best value. Just want peoples thinking...

What mixes are people considering for a six month NUM3 on blackgrass clay land that doesn’t result in a huge biomass problem at the end of August? Looking to drill wheat after with a tine drill - don’t have a disc option. Happy to cultivate as not planning on DD.

Had to send someone out to a farm today to try and help with a technical issue they were having? Longstanding customer, new manager on farm with little knowledge of the task in hand. Wasn't a problem created by us, just that end user had not been able to carry out required pc task, tractor...