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I've recently been visiting several local farms volunteering my labour for free on evenings and weekends and so far, every response has been a no. Am I missing something? I would have thought farmers would be happy to have an extra pair of hands to help out when needed, especially for free...

Electrical storm Monday night sent a surge down the wires before RCDs could react. Without our knowing it fried the temp probes in bulk tank and gave out false readings Anyway,long story short ... well over 28000 litres down the drain as too hot for too long and instructed to dump Moral ...

What's the legal situation? Cars are constantly overhanging into farm lane they don't listen and just say they'll move if we ask them to. You can get a car through but start with anything bigger and you can't. One got hit yesterday so want to know where we stand.

I had a new sensor fitted 18months ago on an insurance claim as I hit it on an electric pole. These are a sealed unit so quite surprised when it failed a couple of weeks ago. I have been on to the supplier and the insurance company about this as it only being 18months old and covered 1200...

Written by Stella Meehan from Agriland Soaring land prices, land grabs, and carbon schemes are creating an unprecedented ‘land squeeze’, threatening farmers and food production, according to a new report today (Monday, May 13). The publication is by the International Panel of Experts on...

Hypothetical question here.... 50 year old slatted cattle shed with a silage pit on one side of it. I'm starting to question the structural integrity of it. If the wall was to crack under the weight of silage it could be quite a problem. Would insurance be likely to cover such an event?

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Why do the legalese always have to be so intuitive. Does this process take a long time mostly or can it go through quickly? I read an article on right move this one can take ages due to seller having to negotiate between all interested parties until something is settled on. Is that usually...

Written by Maeve Hennessy from Agriland NFU Mutual has enabled the National Rural Crime Unit (NRCU) to recruit Martin Beck, who has 30 years of policing experience, as its first UK-wide livestock theft prevention officer. Beck’s new role will involve gathering livestock theft-related...

Hello, I'm looking to metal detect in any fields around the Dover area which currently aren't being used for crops or animals. I am a member of the NCMD, which includes insurance up to 10m. Anything I may find of value will be split 50/50 with the land owner, I know you guys get asked for...

Just wondered on the state of peoples farms, personally I strongly dislike a messy farm with junk and rubbish getting in the way but not everyone feels as strongly as me it seems unfortunately. Its improving but not its not as good as I would like. How about your farm?

We don’t employ any staff but were told by our insurers today that our tractor and loader needs to have a LOLER certificate. Does anyone else do this?

Recently set up a new ltd company for a solar development. We’ve leased the land and get a rent dependent on the amount of electric sold. The land used is owned privately and not in the company. Do I need insurance? There’s two directors who are family members. My current insurers are telling me...

I am currently with Pozitive energy for my import, which is now costing over £1400/ month, on an actual useage of £17.90 worth of electric. This month the Distribution fxed chargs has doubled from £12.52 per day to £25.28 per day this is for a 100kVa supply. I realise that I need to pay to...

Plant based dairy free alternative to cheese marketed under Cathederal City label. Baring in mind how many hopps we jump through and how hard the majority of dairy farmers work, its nothing short of insulting to market a dairy free 'cheese' with the Cathederal City logo. . Or am I being too...

Hi everyone I'm looking for some advice on how to approach renting between 0.5-1 acre of land for small-scale cut flower production. I run a small business growing and selling fresh and dried cut flowers, which has been working on a small scale up until this point. I currently grow in my...

We have a new Mayor of Yorskhire to vote for today ..............and you?? Don't forget your photo ID

Just had a request to allow access for a bat survey. They have permission on neighbouring property and have asked if they can access our fields/woodland in case the bats they are tracking go onto our land. Am I potentially going to give some quango a stick to beat me with if they track the bats...

As above we employ an 18 year old apprentice that wrote his car off a couple of weeks ago due to careless driving and is now looking at getting a new car but doesn't want to use it for running around the yards with (which is fair enough) so he wants putting on the farm van insurance... what...