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Welcome to MADE IT MYSELF equipment designed and built by farmers
#118 Aug-Nov 2021 Vol 30-2
Cover:
top - Winners and finalists of the Soil Farmer of the Year... top performing farmers whose soil condition is being improved;
bottom - A 6m whole crop header is making super-food for cows: a mix of barley, oats, peas, vetches, clover,
Save £thousands with the Financial Focus that explains the workings of the highly tax efficient Small Self-Administered Pension Scheme.
Farm Safety: As UK farm deaths reach another high of 41 we claim that farm safety is 'in chaos' and believe the industry should demand a real change in policy.
'Made it Myself' innovations from farm workshops continue to help readers in a practical way. The projects vary very widely both in scale and skill required, and, as we have said before, there's no disgrace in asking for local help.
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Contents include:
Made it MyselfInter-row seederDrilling a grass mixture into a standing maize crop has big benefits for soil quality as well as the bank account. This Made it Myself machine is 9m wide. |
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Financial FocusHere's a tax efficient way to put money aside for a rainy day
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You can do much better than buying a tractor
Farm gate prices are high and this means a potential tax bill, very often off-set by investing in a new tractor or other high priced machine, which you'll be buying over many years. This pension scheme can be topped up with funds that are tax free and can be used to fund the farm by a loan from the fund.
Be careful when hiring grain storage. Have your crop identified.
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Made it Myself Stirrer swivels left and rightThis brilliant idea adds to safety, reduces stirring time Full details in you magazine Vol 30-2 |
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Soil+ Cover Cropping International Wholecrop makes high yielding feed
This is being harvested before the grain turns to cheese. Wholecrop is worth consideration by every cattle farmer
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Workshop Quick way to get hub covers off
Small wheels can have stubborn caps. An old hammer head makes the perfect lever
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GroundswellTop event for arable farmers
The Big-Top was buzzing with No-till info for the two day event. If you missed it catch some in our report in PFI 30-3
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FULL CONTENTS PFI 30-2 #118
9m Inter-row seeder does 12 rows of maize 5 Tool to remove dust caps on wheel hubs 8 Frame to unroll 100m heavy plastic Duo insulated pipe 8 Milking parlour exit doors work remotely 9 Swivelling slurry stirrer adds safety and efficiency 10 Combine finger makes fencing tool 11 Simple chain and lever gets good pressure on portable drill 11
FARM SAFETY: What’s gone wrong and how to change it 12 British farming took 41 lives in the past year Farm safety needs a plan, and fast The NFU press release announcing the deadly figures Casualties in the Armed Services Farm Safety on YouTube 15
CEREALS - the Arable Event 17 Andersons Outlook for 2021 17 Crop demonstration plots 18 Buried Soil Scout sensor beeps after 13 years 18 Grain storage and drying 18 Smart rotations / Micromix plant Health / Remin Volcanic Rock Dust 19 Microbiometer / Sinar Grain Meters / Soil Fertility Services 19 Savills Future of Land Occupancy 19 Grange low disturbance subsoilers 20 AgriBank on-the-move tyre pressure adjustment 21
FINANCIAL FOCUS Thinking of investing? Small Self-Administered Pension Schemes give big tax benefits. Avoiding Woodford. Collecting tractors. 22 Financial planning pyramids 23 The value of ‘at least’ two banks accounts 23 Investing in classic tractors 24 Farm product prices 24 Changes in farm input prices 24
FARMWORLD The creditworthiness of grain buyers - Richard Whitlock July/Aug Newsletter 25 UK tractor sales power ahead 25 Global sales of Organophosphate insecticides increase 26 Re-wilding as a way of farming 27 Big news on bTB vaccines for both badgers and cattle 28 Horsch and Trimble form partnership to integrate their products 29 Ohio loses 25% of dairy farms in two years 30 Tackling farm succession 31 Knowing your weevils from your beetles 32 Modern Fendt gets work-a-day tyres 33 Farm Ideas solves major UK problems 33
SOIL+ COVER CROPPING INTERNATIONAL Groundswell keeps its mojo 34 Nature Friendly Farming Network What is ‘public good’ Big announcement from minister Eustice 35 Farmer focussed supply chains 36 ‘Soil Farmer of the Year’ winners 37 Free standing bee hives 37 Guess the cover crop mix 38 Wholecrop silage fits both diet and crop rotation 39 Recipe for a promising crop of winter wheat 41 Claydon-Mzuri in contest over seed drill patents 42
FARMWALK with Gareth and Phil Watkins, Herefordshire Farm contracting is all about relationships 43 Working with contract customers 44 Krone BigX 780; Opico Inter-row hoe; Vaderstad Tempo drill; 45 Farm machinery financing 46
NOTICEBOARD How to contribute your ideas and projects 48
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