funeral poem for a farmer - The Farming Forum
Feb 26, 2013 · CLOSE THE GATE. For this one farmer the worries are over, lie down and rest your head, Your time has been and struggles enough, put the tractor in the shed. Years were not easy, many downright hard, but your faith in God transcended, Put away your tools and sleep in peace. The fences have all been mended.
Old farmer's saying's..... do you know any ? | The Farming Forum
Mar 2, 2021. #1. Ok so we all know the old sayings, "red sky in the morning" you know the old phrases that just keep popping up in daily farm chat. The one that i have heard every hr for the last week re the weather " "in like a lion out like a lamb".. do you have any ag phrases that you use and do you think that there's science behind it or is ...
Negotiation on tractor quotes - The Farming Forum
Oct 20, 2019 · I'm a dairy farmer who doesn't like machinery a lot so doesn't buy a lot. My main tractor is up for renewal and I have been gathering a few quotes. How much groom for manoeuvre is there on new tractor quotes. 0,5,10% ? I'm assuming there's some? Do you normally get more for your money by asking for extras to be thrown in or money off? Thanks
Purchasing group - The Farming Forum
Oct 17, 2024 · Hoping they move on fert. It's fairly relaxed as regards joining only €20 a year and ran by one family. I meet with a group of young farmers once a quarter. Only a handful in purchasing groups but the savings over what some people are paying is huge. €65-€70 a ton of a difference in the most extreme cases. Anything else worth buying as a ...
Farmer, Camper and slurry/muck | The Farming Forum
Jun 22, 2024 · Location. Pontargothi, Carmarthenshire. Jun 22, 2024. #1. What's your opinion on this (from the Sun's Twitter page) ? Where a farmer sprays a camper/cyclist with slurry. Whilst the farmer's frustration is probably valid, I'm not sure that his reaction and possible assault in respect of a civil matter is doing farming any favours.
How Much Wheat have you drilled? | Page 7 | The Farming Forum
Oct 16, 2024 · 85% there if I include the stuff that needs redrilling from early October where it was too wet and only got wetter post drilling. Only the early September looks any good at the moment but I’m hopeful that the tanker loads of diesel thrown at the recent stuff should be ok.
Forum Member Video content. | The Farming Forum
Location. Yorkshire. Oct 18, 2024. #1. It took a bit of convincing, but I finally managed to get one of the forums long standing members to let me interview them on camera! The fine folk of Yorkshire aren't backwards in coming forwards, putting a farmer into that mix only adds to the straight forward talking. We pretty much covered most of the ...
A farming hero Stan White - The Farming Forum
Jul 22, 2024 · Met him a few times. Stan was a real character and a proper no-nonsense gentleman. There was a lot of sucessful business's foundered in that post war boom. Those who could see the future Strawson's & Hunterpac & so many sucessful arable & livestock farms, Eastwoods Turkeys & Bernard Matthews.
Stock fencing prices - The Farming Forum
surrey/west sussex. Oct 13, 2024. #9. tepapa said: We'll start with how many m's can you put up in a day. Fixed costs like Tractor, knocker, tools, fuel , insurance will cost you £200+ per day. Then you have labour costs and business profit. Divide all that by how many m's you put up. Short answer I wouldn't think it'll be less than £4/m but ...
Red tractor survey | The Farming Forum
Oct 8, 2024 · Arable Farmer. Location. Bedfordshire. Oct 8, 2024. #9. Just done it, didn’t bother with my email to be entered in the draw as I wasn’t exactly complementing in my answers. Not many options to add comments either, wonder why!