Jdeere6910 Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 any comments or questions please ask Looks a nice outfit Paul, what services do they offer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 Good pics again Paul. Why does the fender on the muck spreader have the wheel centres covered? im finding out Martin,the only reason i can think is to protect the wheels when hedgecutting,another contractor i worked for many years ago allways used to do this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 (edited) Looks a nice outfit Paul, what services do they offer? basically everything Pat,plus merlo telehandlers on hire for farm and construction,plus artic lorry and trailer for grain/bulk haulage,for Devon they are a very big concern,ive copied this off there home web page We are a diverse business, based in Devon, and have been trading since 1987, when we started Agricultural Contracting, specialising in arable operations. Over the years this has lead into large scale farming, with around 2500 acres currently being farmed in house. In Addition to this, we have many contracting customers, where we do everything from one off jobs to whole farm contracts. As part of the agricultural contracting operation we have our liming division, where we supply and spread a range of liming products throughout the South West, supplying many farms and agricultural merchants. In 2005, our commercial grain storage operation begun, expanding with the acquisition of Risdon Mill in 2010. This has since expanded to 23,500 tonne capacity, with planning for a further expansion currently being sought. From this has developed our haulage operation running our own trucks, used predominantly for our own grain and lime transportation. Our own workshop staff service and maintain all our equipment, and construct and install the fixed equipment around the grain stores. Following the purchase of a DV grain sampling spear for our grain storage operation, we have been given the distributorship for the UK of this equipment. In 2004, for our own construction projects, we bought a 16m Merlo telehandler with a rotating man platform. This has developed into a specialist hire business, where we now have 11 machines on hire throughout the South West and at times throughout the UK. All machines are equipped with specialist lifting and access equipment which is generally not available from competitors. The business is managed by Mark Stevens and a team of 3 office staff, who are supported by an additional 15 staff including tractor drivers, lorry drivers, telescopic handler drivers, mechanics and grain store operatives, all working together as a team, much of the time competing with the trials of the British weather. We have a company training policy and are continuously training our staff to improve & develop their skills. Edited April 13, 2015 by paulali 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Light Land Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 At home we rear bull beef which are a mix of pure bred beef animals from our suckler cows and Belgian/British Blue x holstein bulls. They are left entire and fed a ration of barley/protein pellets and silage in housing all year. We aim to finish them at 13-15 months of age and around 600-700kg. All sold through a market as we send around 3 per week, buyers are mostly butchers which buy the premium end of the market. Typically we would spend no more than roughly 5 hours a week on around 70 head of fattening bulls. Pro's of the system are: It uses hardly any extra machinery than we have for the other enterprises on the farm, the exception being an auger bucket for feeding the barley. Converting straw from the arable side into muck which is spread back on the arable fields, adding organic matter and nutrients. Improves cash flow as it provides an income when all the grain has been sold etc. All the cattle buildings are on farm from when we ran a dairy herd so very little alteration was needed for beef. The social aspect of markets/selling offers a good chance to catch up on news/put the world to rights/gossip. We've found that it leaves a decent profit margin and uses the machinery for a larger proportion of the year when otherwise it would be sat around depreciating. Other ways of fattening beef are to castrate bulls and feed them a largely forage based diet and graze over summer finishing them at any age up to 30 months. It is possible to out winter cattle although very few sites are suitable and we are subjected to greater regulations regarding pollution which makes outwintering a less viable option. Always interesting Pat. Grass/kale feed takes about 18-24 months here. Unless your up above our place getting into the hills/low input beef cattle have sort of left the area as they aren't worth growing as they can't pay for the water it takes to grow the amount of grass them big buffalo's eat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdeere6910 Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 Always interesting Pat. Grass/kale feed takes about 18-24 months here. Unless your up above our place getting into the hills/low input beef cattle have sort of left the area as they aren't worth growing as they can't pay for the water it takes to grow the amount of grass them big buffalo's eat. Would be quite similar to finish cattle off grass here too Ol. Around us where crop land can be marginal grass fed beef still makes money. I can see why if you had to irrigate then beef wouldn't make sense, especially with competing against cropping Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdeere6910 Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Put some concrete panels in a shed to tidy it up/make it suitable for cattle in the future. then fell over and twisted my ankle, so hobbling about and have my forklift test tomorrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mb86 Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 (edited) Bit of bedding up this morning Had time to put the harrows on this afternoon and flatten some mole hills on some recently rented land. Edited April 14, 2015 by mb86 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 I have been putting on the 3rd and finale dose of nitrogen on the oilseed rape today . The product we used today was LITHAN 34.5% NITROGEN which was applied at the rate of 325kgs/ha 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakley Farms Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Rape looks at the same stages as ours Smithy, how do you drill yours and whats your flowering fungicide program? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 im finding out Martin,the only reason i can think is to protect the wheels when hedgecutting,another contractor i worked for many years ago allways used to do this Martin,it is to protect the wheels when hedgecutting mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Rape looks at the same stages as ours Smithy, how do you drill yours and whats your flowering fungicide program?My neighbour plants it for me with his converted 6 leg 3.2m simba solo pictures are in Paulali post Britains simba solo page 2.Not sure about flowering fungicide at moment my agronomist is calling in on Friday with a plan so will let you now but for Phoma &Light Leaf Spot I sprayed PROSARO at 0.750lts/ha on the 27 March 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdeere6910 Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 How is everyone coming on with the neonicitinoid ban? Have you had to spray with pyrethroid to combat the cabbage stem flea beetle? Out of touch with IT as we don't grow OSR at home any more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mb86 Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 Martin,it is to protect the wheels when hedgecutting mate Thanks for finding out for me Paul. I haven't seen that done before, they must take a lot of pride in their machinery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 How is everyone coming on with the neonicitinoid ban? Have you had to spray with pyrethroid to combat the cabbage stem flea beetle? Out of touch with IT as we don't grow OSR at home any moreI planted my rape early to outgrow the flea beetle but still sprayed it twice my neighbours planted a bit later and sprayed 4 times and still lost some .My rape was planted on Monday 11th August Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 Thanks for finding out for me Paul. I haven't seen that done before, they must take a lot of pride in their machinery. no problem Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mf135 Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 With my packer out of action (mother as she has broken her wrist /arm in two) I am working single handed and she is to! So packing is now my job as well so this is what I have been doing!! (Picture First load on way to packing shed) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 With my packer out of action (mother as she has broken her wrist /arm in two) I am working single handed and she is to! So packing is now my job as well so this is what I have been doing!! (Picture First load on way to packing shed)I thought it was first load for SACKERS scrap yard 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris.watson Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 How is everyone coming on with the neonicitinoid ban? Have you had to spray with pyrethroid to combat the cabbage stem flea beetle? Out of touch with IT as we don't grow OSR at home any morewe sprayed our rape at least 5 times last autumn for flea beetle, and it did grow away in the most part, we planted 75 acres and lost about 8 to beetle damage. The problem facing growers now is that most rape crops that had infestations last autumn are now carrying larvae in the stems which will soon hatch and eat their way out. This will knock yield in a big way. They say if you cut the stem open and find a dozen larvae, this could knock yield by 0.7 t hectare. We are finding around 6 per plant at the moment. Makes you wonder if it's worth growing the bloody stuff anymore really. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PDC Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 I went to the Suffolk young farmers show today at Easton farm park 😊 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mf135 Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 Been levelling off some ground at home today with my weapon of choose a nearly new Hitachi Zaxis 17U. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger82 Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 Went to the first vintage show off 2015 in durrow ireland very good show... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mf135 Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 I thought it was first load for SACKERS scrap yard Cheek mr smith I was on the way to yours with some freebies but I'll have to keep them for me now!, 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Been levelling off some ground at home today with my weapon of choose a nearly new Hitachi Zaxis 17U.stand back he has been let loose with a weapon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Rape looks at the same stages as ours Smithy, how do you drill yours and whats your flowering fungicide program?over the weekend I have sprayed the rape with a chemical called RUMO at 62.50gms/ha in 200lts of water/ha to protect it from POLLEN BEETLE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Getting very hacked off with a few people's attitudes at work , not often the do do hits the fan , but when it does we need to work a and these guys just won't, I don't want to be here at midnight still just down to them😡 sadly it's going that way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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