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Buy a single year, a year with a selection of back issues, or every issue published since 1992 *  cage means no straps on bale trailer *  secure load *  unique farm design * workshop project Alistair Taylor, CEO of the Institute of Agricultural Engineers, presents Practical Farm Ideas editor Mike Donovan with their 2016 journalism award. The winning article features the development of a driverless tractor, powered by diesel-electric which has a service life many times that of a standard tractor transmission.   Home made cluster back-flush *  zero mastitis in 2010   *  inexpensive and remarkable Mobile 'in-field' calving box *  easy to move from one field to another *  calving cow walks in easily *  saves calves, reduces calving stress, one person machine *  simple to make in farm workshop Aims and purpose of Practical Farm Ideas 1. Sharing details of valuable cost-cutting ideas 2. Improving farmers' business expertise Get free newsletter and free download report (see right-hand column) Farm Ideas Magazine  /  Farm Ideas On-Line  /  Farm Ideas on Stage  Home made tip-up crush Adapted 750A drill Rear wheel weight handler Beaver trailer fully refurbed Simple Defender canopy lock MOT failure still useful Included in every issue:   The world agricultural industry is at the dawn of a new era. Chemical farming is being challenged by a new agri revolution that is more exciting and potentially productive than any seen for decades. This major section of each issue describes the practical ways farmers are harnessing biology to reduce costs, lift soil condition and create profits. Farmers are finding greater returns and job satisfaction with no-till.               Click for details Soil with poor organic content; Three years into soil improvement; Home designed plant population calculator;   Conventional land doesn't drain well; Comparison of nine different direct drills (2014 harvest) 2. Lifting farmers' business knowledge   -  financial - budgets, performance   -  forecasting, measuring and controlling risk   -  legal - company structure, succession   - See more at: https://www.farmideas.co.uk/#sthash.oUK2VPII.dpuf

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 The 'Made it Myself' section of each issue has 40+ innovations. Every issue is 48 all colour pages (I do suggest you download a sample copy to read).  Tips like this 'workshop miracle' sent by a Scottish farmer who found he could release heavily rusted bolts and pulleys and even bolts embedded in castings by heating with a torch and applying a candle - even one off a birthday cake!

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CUT THE TIME AND COST of hauling straw off the field - Convert one of your trailers with a hydraulic bale frame. This trailer was in the field for just 5 mins - I timed it!

The raised frame	is lowered to secure load

Get the full story in 21-4. Cost: less than £500 using all new parts. Workshop time: 3-4 days

Practical Farm Ideas is the only magazine that focusses on methods and innovations devised by farmers.

Posted to subscribers, the magazine is published quarterly on Feb 8, May 8, Aug 8, Nov 8.

Each page has articles you have never seen before, featuring concepts that you may not have even thought about. This is a magazine which stimulates thought rather than telling you what you know already.

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Since 1992 we have featured an incredible 4,200 workshop projects. This website can direct you to the ones you need to know about. It's a valuable resource for all farmers. Details of every issue published can be seen on this site.

Research in Oct 2013 showed 98.4% of subscribers keep their copies or hand them to another farmer.

Some want every copy as an encyclopaedia. Others want to download the feature they need. They find what they want by going to one of the sections. Or they use the search box on the right hand part of each page.

Offers and bonus deals provide huge savings.

Free reports and articles, and free magazine downloads are always available.
 

Practical Farm Ideas is the only magazine that focusses on methods and innovations devised by farmers. The only farm magazine with no advertising, making it truly independent from farm suppliers.

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Workshop miracle: for shifting rusted bolts, pulleys, bearing races. It's more effective than any penetrating fluid...  click above to find out!

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SUBSOILING with a Spaldings Flat Lift or similar machine looks like being necessary on many soils. In this current issue (make it the start of your subscription) we show how a Kent farmer has cut out the second pass over the field by towing either a crumbler or cambridge roller - or both - by fitting a drawbar to his Subsoiler.

It saves time when it is most valuable, and saves more than a few gallons of diesel too.

This is the workshop built cambridge roll. It has a road axle at the back, fitted with dual wheels for stability. The kind of detail you'll see throughout every issue of Practical Farm Ideas.

Special reports give details on topics as varied as the complex rules that govern the valuable tax break for farmers - Agricultural Property Relief

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Please take time to look at this short video clip, which illustrates the kind of innovation we feature in Practical Farm Ideas.

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Our 9 page Successful Mole Control report gives you all the information you need. Five special tips on how to set the trap.

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