Agrimart June 2025 Issue

See you at the Royal Highland Show!

JUNE 2025 Issue 393

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MAKE/MODEL

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USED TRACTOR SPECIALS

HOURS REF DEPOT PRICE

666 CASE FARMALL 55A 2021 NG71 UXU 4WD, AIR CON, 40KPH, 3 REMOTE VALVES 2077 FARMALL 95A 2014 NK64 BYU 4WD 4000 CASE PUMA 150 CVX 2020 NK20 EVN C/W FR LINKAGE, SPEC’D TO 175CVX, FULL ACCUGUIDE 1646 CASE PUMA 175 CVX 2017 NK67 BXH FRONT LINKAGE, 4 REAR ELECTRIC VALVES, ISO BUS 5355 CASE PUMA 220 MC 2018 NK18 EOL MULTI CONTROL 4774 CASE PUMA 230 CVX 2013 NL63 WKM GUIDANCE READY 6600 VALTRA T152 2010 NK60 DXD CAB SUSPENSION, FRONT LINKAGE, FRONT SUSPENSION CASE PUMA 200 MC 2018 NK18 FLG POWER SHIFT TRACTOR, MECHANICAL REAR SPOOL VALVES 3274 3476 CASE PUMA 175 CVX 2018 NK18 BHD C/W FR LINKAGE, 2 MID, 4 REAR REMOTES, GPS READY CASE PUMA 215 2015 EU15 BNZ 50KPH, FR & CAB SUSP, AIR BRAKES, FR LINKS, ELEC. JOYSTICK 6700 5820 CASE PUMA 240 CVX 2019 NK19 BWJ FR LINKAGE, 1 MID MOUNT, 4 REAR REMOTES, L3 GPS 4565 CASE PUMA 240 CVX 2019 NK19 GCF FR LINK., FR PTO, REVERSIBLE FAN, 2 MID, 4 REAR, L3 GPS 2469 CASE PUMA 240 CVX 2021 NL71 ENW FR LINKAGE, 4 ELEC REMOTES, JOYSTICK 2 GPS DEUTZ 6215 TTV 2017 SN67 DCU FR LINKAGE + PTO, 4 REAR & 1 FR SPOOL, POWER BEYOND 5676 CASE 956XL 1986 D616 KRL 8150 CASE MXU 100 2005 PN05 LWH NO LOADER 2250 CASE MAXXUM 145 CVX 2021 PE21 FFM 50KPH, FR LINK, 4 ELEC SPOOLS, PRO 700 SCREEN 685 CASE PUMA 175 CVX 2021 SK21 NKO FRONT LINKAGE & PTO, 4 SPOOLS, 2 MID MOUNT 1250 VALTRA A95 2014 NX14 FUG 40KPH, AIR CON, TYRES 60%, TIDY TRACTOR 1800 CASE FARMALL 115C HD 2021 NL71 ENV 4WD, C/W LOADER, HI/LO 24X24 TRANS, VGC 8900 CASE JXU 115 2011 PO61 LHR C/W MX U8 LOADER, MX HEADSTOCK 3998 CASE PUMA 150 CVX 2017 EU17 BWV 50KPH, 4 SPOOLS, GUIDANCE READY, PRO 700 SCREEN

MAKE/MODEL YEAR REG JCB 536-70 AGS JCB 541-70AGS MERLO P32.6 MERLO TF35.7 JCB 437 JCB 525-60 JCB 527-58AG+ JCB 531-70 JCB 536-60AGS JCB TM220 JCB 536-60AGS JCB 538-60 AGS JCB 531-70 AGS

MAKE/MODEL

2015 2014 2015 2018 2021 2019 2017 2015 2018 2011 2016 2020 2011

NJ15 AZW AU14 ADX WK15 BFL SP18 DPZ NJ71 UNX NJ69 KGV NJ17 EZH YX15 XLP NJ68 WJC KX11 CKN YW16 AEC SJ20 ZVM NK61 EOO

USED LOADALL SPECIALS

4985 8460 6000 3200 8189 4010 3100 7397 5732

AGRI SUPER, MANITOU HEADSTOCK Q-FIT HEADSTOCK PIN & CONE CARRIAGE, INDUSTRIAL TYRES

6247 3253 7750

KUHN HR4004D POWER HARROW C/W LEVELLING BOARD, Q-FIT BLADES & PACKER ROLLER BARGAM MOUNTED SPRAYER X2 1500L TANKS, LED LIGHTS, ELEC. CONTROLS KVERNELAND S PRO DRILL & NG-H 101 POWER HARROW C/W NEW TINES KUHN MM121 5 FURROW PLOUGH AUTO RESET TRAILED CHAMBRIDGE ROLLERS KVERNELAND 7740 TRAILED BALE WRAPPER KVERNELAND SILOKING DIET FEEDER 12 CUBE, CLASSIC COMPACT SINGLE AUGER MIXER ABBEY 2090 ROTARY MUCK SPREADER AMAZON AD-P 303 SUPER, 3M COMBINATION DRILL HYD COULTER PRESSURE JF VM180 DIET FEEDER 14 3M, SINGLE AXLE, TWIN LIFT CROSS CONEYOR, GOOD CONDITION TEAGLE DCM M36E FERT SPREADER C/W WEIGHHCELL, BORDER LIMITER, HOPPER COVER, ISOBUS ALBUTT 14FT BUCKRAKE 14FT FOLDING PUSH OFF RAKE, VOLVO AND JCB Q FIT COMBO

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P P P P P P P N A A A A A A B B B B B K W W

£29,750 £27,500 £68,000 £79,500 £69,750 £54,500 £37,000 £62,718 £71,000 £45,750 £88,000 £87,348 £109,950 £53,500 £6,950 £15,000 £58,000 £99,950 £21,500 £49,000 £19,250 £56,500

HOURS REF DEPOT PRICE

AGRI SUPER, Q-FIT, SMOOTH RIDE, DELUXE SEAT PICK UP HITCH, Q-FIT, POWERSHIFT, 500 TYRES, PICK UP HTCH AIR CON, AIR SEAT, PUH, MERLO H/STCOK C/W BALE LIFTER AIR CON, AIR SEAT, PUH, C/W BUCKET & SILAGE PUSHER WHEELED LOADER, AUTO GREASING, Q-FIT CARRIAGE AGRI PLUS S5, CE SPEC WRK LIGHTS, AIR SUSP SEAT, TOOL CARRIER HYDLOCK AGRI SUPER AGRI SUPER

USED MACHINERY SPECIALS

31029428 21030810 21030027 21027857 11028915 11030589 31030161 21027941 31030701 31031487 31030269 31030497 31029584 31030674 41031779 41031746 41031211 31029671 51031345 61031768 51031877 11030461

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P P P P N N N N N N A A B

£45,000 £34,500 £24,500 £34,000 £54,500 £27,000 £33,500 £38,000 £48,000 £27,500 £36,500 £53,500 £27,500

REF DEPOT PRICE

21029090 11030193 21029795 21031770 11029530 41031496 41031679 41031774 61030861 61031600 51031875 51031354

P P N N A B B B K K W W

£8,500 £18,000 £13,500 £5,500 £1,400 £8,995 £7,500 £3,850 £13,500 £12,500 £6,000 £6,950

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We are a local company with over 20 years of experience. Call us for a free estimate on work in planning, grant work & any other projects before taking the package deal as our prices are very competitive.

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Root P Phos+ (Ideal for dry/drought conditions on all Crops) Root P Phos+ is a highly efficient foliar liquid designed to help plant rooting. Produced using a unique process of production making it highly available to the plant via the leaf, also contains Magnesium. Zinc, Sulphur to aid rooting and plant growth.

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May 2025 ARE THEY EVER HAPPY? Talk about farmers moaning, it is either too dry, too wet, too windy or too cold. Are they ever happy? I have to listen to their moans every morning – “When is it going to rain?” I hear one ask the other. “Was it this dry, this early in 1976?” I overheard the young un asking him.

I was alive then, I had just left the forces and was being operated on by my new owners, the Christian father and son team, who cut me up, shortened my chassis, made my spades, removed the old winch and crane I was born with and fitted a much larger heavy duty winch and cable. My memories of that hot dry summer are hazy and blurred - so are his by the answer he gave “I can’t remember” he replied.

I have had a couple of pulls in the last two weeks. One was on this farm where I was forbidden to drive on the grass being saved for silage. I hardly make a mark, the ground is so dry and the grass pretty short. I did just manage to pull the hen house into position in a very restricted space. On Monday I drove over to Over Langshaw to move Sandy Bergius’s shed. The shed is on a built-up site as the field is on a steep slope. I am parked up below the bank with the cable digging into the hard standing.

A while ago!

Fortunately there were no issues and in one pull had the house ready for the next flock.

He missed out an opportunity to recover a bogged stone crusher stuck on a farm near Kelso. He said he was too busy, well he might have been, but I certainly was not and would have jumped at the opportunity. With an estimated weight Vehicle Air Conditioning Repair Specialists of 50 tonnes, it could have been my biggest recovery yet.

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Border Crop and Grassland Management Competition 2025 Kelso and District Agricultural Discussion Society & The Border Union Agricultural Society It’s no what ye hae it’s what ye dae wi what ye hae To launch the return of the competition this year the Committee invite you to a farm walk at Kerchesters Farm, Kelso, on 27th May at 6.30pm courtesy of Mr Tommy Clark. All welcome.

The competition will be held on 2nd & 3rd July. Entry forms and information will be available at the farm walk and afterwards from the Secretary and other media.

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Open Farm Evening The Border Valuers are holding a training evening at West Morriston Farm Earlston TD4 6AY on Thursday 29th May 2025 at 6.00pm. what3words union.corkscrew.surprised This will be an open evening displaying the farmer’s various enterprises comprising; crops, machinery and renewables.

There will be an opportunity to learn and discuss valuation techniques within groups as you move around the different enterprises in relation to the questions set.

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KED/ WHEELED EXCAVATORS OZER Here at Davidson Land Services Stores, we have a wide range of stock including: UMP TRUCKS • Consumables (Sprays, Paints, Nuts & Bolts Ect) UMP TRAILERS DER & • Safety Boots & Clothing QUIPMENT • Tools and Accessories ORATION WORK North West Cleaning Products • Chrome

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HYDRAULIC HOSE SERVICE We also offer a hydraulic hose repair service.

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We have recently upgraded our machine and are now able to crimp up to 2” 4 Wire.

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ON NEW TRACTORS *Terms and conditions apply. Finance for UK business purposes only. Valid 1st April - 30th June 2025.

Lloyd Ltd Kelso Hunters Hall Kelso TD5 8BQ

01573 227 400 AGRICULTURAL SALES: Stuart Dodsworth Billy Fortune Alan Renton Ed Stuehmeyer Alex Wright

07971 491 058 07971 491 059 07974 797 604 07967 842 043 07721 333 828

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Lloyd Ltd Lothians 34C Whitecraig Road Whitecraig Musselburgh EH21 8NE

0131 3228765 AGRICULTURAL SALES: Billy Fortune Alan Renton Ed Stuehmeyer Alex Wright

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www.lloyd.ltd.uk/offers * Terms and conditions apply. Finance for UK business purposes only. Subject to acceptance and affordability checks. Applicant must be 18 or over. Promotion valid 1st April 30th June 2025. Available on new New Holland tractors only. The finance product offered under this promotion is Hire Purchase with a profile of 3 + 33 monthly payments at 0% finance based on a maximum balance to finance of 50% (based on RRP) or 4 + 44 monthly payments at 0% finance based on a maximum balance to finance of 40% (based on RRP). Minimum deposit 10% (plus VAT) required. First payment, full VAT and a documentation fee of £150 are all due on signing. An option-to-purchase fee of £62.60 + VAT will be collected with the final payment. The customer will own the machine when all payments have been made. Terms and Conditions apply. Alternative finance options are available.

Images are for illustrative purposes only. Finance is provided by CNH Industrial Capital Europe Limited. Registered England: 3420615. Registered office: Third Floor, Phoenix House, Phoenix Business Park, Christopher Martin Road, Basildon, Essex, SS14 3EZ. Limited stock availability. As a funder CNH Industrial Capital Europe Limited will pay a commission, fee or other remuneration to credit brokers who introduce business to them, please contact the broker if you require more information. Lloyd Ltd is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority for consumer credit activities under FRN 669526 – we are a credit broker not a lender.

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SERVING CUSTOMERS SINCE 1879 ISUZU MAIN AGENT SALES – PARTS SERVICE – BODY SHOP

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portable 3000 RPM

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Unlock Precision Farming for your Operation No matter the Brand of your Machine.

Now easy and more affordable than ever with the Precision Ag Essentials Package!

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Finance the complete Precision Ag Essential Package!

0% Interest Offer valid until 31 May 2025

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*To achieve a complete setup on your machine, additional cost may apply for specific components and installation time, call us for details.

The finance offer is available for business users in the UK only. The offer is available until 31 May 2025. Finance is limited to 100% of retail value. Rates/payments may vary to reflects changes in tax and cost of funds. VAT where applicable. An administration fee will be charge. We may withdraw this offer at any time. Finance is subject to status. Terms and conditions apply. John Deere Bank S.A. trading as “John Deere Finance”

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TRACTORS TRACTORS

John John Deere Deere 6110RC, 6110RC, 2016 2016 John Deere 6120M, 2020 John Deere 6120M, 2020 John John Deere Deere 6120R, 6120R, 2017 2017 John Deere 6150M John Deere 6150M John John Deere Deere 6145R, 6145R, 2021 2021 John Deere 6155R, John Deere 6155R, 2018 2018 John John Deere Deere 6155R, 6155R, 2018 2018 John Deere 6155R, John Deere 6155R, 2018 2018 John John Deere Deere 6175R, 6175R, Choice Choice John Deere 6195R, John Deere 6195R, 2022 2022 John John Deere Deere 6195R, 6195R, 2015 2015 John John Deere Deere 6215R, 6215R, 2019 2019 John Deere 6215R, John Deere 6215R, 2019 2019 John John Deere Deere 6215R, 6215R, choice choice

TELEHANDLERS/WHEELED TELEHANDLERS/WHEELED LOADERS LOADERS Kramer Kramer KT276, KT276, Telehandler Telehandler choice choice Kramer Kramer KT306, KT306, Telehandler, Telehandler, 2021 2021

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TRACTOR OF THE MONTH USED John Deere 7R 330 Spec includes; Spec includes;

6 6 cylinder, cylinder, 373hp 373hp engine engine with with IPM IPM 50Kph 50Kph Transmission Transmission Command Command Pro Pro Joystick Joystick 620/75R30 620/75R30 front front wheels wheels 710/75R42 710/75R42 rear rear wheels wheels

Signature Signature Edition Edition LED LED Lights Lights Five Five electric electric spool spool valves valves TLS TLS front front axle axle suspension suspension c/w c/w brakes brakes Integrated Integrated RTK RTK receiver receiver Air Air trailer trailer braking braking Front Front Linkage Linkage Twin Twin beacons beacons

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TRACTOR OF THE MONTH USED John Deere 7R 330

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USED John Deere R732i sprayer in stock

24m booms, c/w suspension, Isobus control, Autorate control, JD PowrSpray and solution command system. Contact your nearest outlet for more details.

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maden eco Electrical & Renewable services

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CONTRACTORS SERVICES

J & J Grant

Scotland’s Spreading Specialists

5 spreaders available to meet your precision spreading requirements High output LGP machines to minimise soil and crop damage Weighing systems and auto steer fitted We supply our own loader and fuel to minimise disturbance to the customer Blanket or variable rate lime spreading compatible with all mapping systems The following can be supplied and accurately applied

Lime, Compost, Slag, Henpen, Fibrophos, FYM, Gypsum, other organic materials

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Soil Mapping service

correct variations across fields independent analysis 4 samples/ha for accurate pH maps all nutrients can be tested recommendations to suit your enterprise

Contact us to discuss how we can help reduce your costs with the use of organic products

Tel 01875 320363 Mob 07703 113178 Email john@j-jgrant.co.uk

GARY RENWICK MULCHING & VEGETATION MANAGEMENT. EST 1988

MULCHING

• Woodland clearance • Gorse • Willow • Brash • Trees upto 30cm dia.

TILLING / GRINDING

• Tree roots & stumps upto 30cm dia.

• Willow stumps

FLAIL TOPPING HEATHER, BRACKEN ETC. TRACTOR 285-305 HP / DRIVER HIRE Tel 01750 32264 or 07831 505440 Email gary@garyrenwick.co.uk www.garyrenwick.co.uk 34

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IF YOUR FARM TRACK OR FOREST ROAD NEEDS SOME ATTENTION, WE HAVE THE SKILLS, MACHINERY AND EXPERIENCE TO DELIVER A LASTING SOLUTION.

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BM FOREST & LAND LTD ROAD CRUSHING AND GRADING SERVICES

• REDUCES OR ELIMINATES THE NEED TO IMPORT MATERIALS. • IMPROVES DRAINAGE TO PREVENT FURTHER DAMAGE. • QUICK AND EFFECTIVE SOLUTION THAT MINIMISES DISRUPTION TO TRAFFIC MOVEMENTS. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: MOBILE - 07788 242 638 EMAIL - bmexcavations@outlook.com

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R.Dickson

360 excavator and operator hire, all types of workexcavator undertaken.and 185hp tractor and hire.

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Hugo Lee farms in partnership with his father, Guy, at Sandystones, near St Boswells. Arable crops of wheat, oilseed rape, malting barley and oats are grown, 500 Angus cattle are finished annually, 8000 organic hens produce eggs for Waitrose and 8,000 organic point of lay pullets are reared each year.

A couple of months ago some farming friends from Hampshire came to stay. The discussion over supper one evening turned to the weather and global warming as it does when farmers are present! They feel that weather patterns are definitely becoming more extreme with either too much rain or not enough. They asked if I was concerned about the relatively dry start to the year we had been experiencing. It reminded them of the start of 2022 which resulted in a bad drought in southern England. I told them not to be so silly; it always rains in Scotland...! I hope that I am not wrong, with 14mm in April, 0.6mm in May so far and absolutely no sign of rain for the rest of the month things could start Rape enjoying the sunshine getting pretty serious. I have never seen our river so low at this time of year before.

At present all the crops are looking good, it is amazing what a prolonged period of dry sunny weather does. The only crop looking thirsty is the Spring Barley that did not have seedbed fertiliser. For the first time in 10 years we spread NPK on the seedbed and what a difference it has made in these dry conditions. The only fields which didn’t receive it were mucked and definitely look further behind and in need of some water. It will be very interesting to see what they are like by my next article if we have not had any rain!

All grazing cattle have now been turned out and are doing well with grass growth just about keeping up. Silage fields have been shut up since January with first cut less than a month away they need to bulk up fast otherwise first cuts could be pretty disappointing. As fat prices start to slip back I hope we are not hit with the perfect storm of severe drought and a falling market.

Having spent an eye watering amount on cattle this year a drought is the last thing we need.

T1 on Spring Barley On a positive note all this dry weather currently makes life a lot easier. We are washing and moving a hen shed as I write. This is usually a job I dread as we traipse around in a cold, wet, muddy field dismantling, washing and reassembling a shed. The whole process has never run so smoothly. I have to admit I quite enjoyed it.

Hopefully we get some welcome rain soon. In the meantime we must all enjoy the sunshine and not worry too much about the weather. I would take this spring weather anytime over the washout of last year!

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Simon Bainbridge farms in partnership with his wife Claire and his parents, Ivan and Elisabeth in Northumberland.

They run suckler beef, sheep and laying hen enterprises across 650 ha of mainly SDA and moorland - organically.

The gods have been kind to us this lambing and calving with dry sunny days, albeit a little chilly at times. Drilled crops undersown with clover and grass are now all in, have been rolled and chicken muck has been applied. We are now working our way through rolling the silage fields.

Time is motoring on with the hens. The flocks at Garden house will be going out in about six weeks – it feels like only a couple of months ago that they went in, but its over a year ago. This flock has been challenging. They struggled with ORT (a respiratory disease) early summer last year, over preening meaning they have looked a bit ropey all year.

They’ve laid consistently at an ok level, but there’s definitely no records being set. Shell quality is slowly decreasing, which is normal, however our last few flocks have had good shell quality all the way through, so its disappointing to have a flock that’s just ticked the boxes, rather than shone. The management, care, feed, water, and staff input is all the same as previous flocks, so could be down to things outside our control; stress in the rear? Hatch stresses or even the age of parent flock.

We are currently in South West France in Gers, west of Toulouse. The winter crops here are looking really well, maize is coming through and I think currently they are just drilling the sunflower crop. The rolling countryside is amazing, with lots of trees in the landscape and the region is dominated by farming. We are near Samatan, the home of Fois Gras. What I really like is the passion the French have for their home produced produce. Everything is marketed with a French flag on and there is little to no fast food in this region. The active management of water courses, roadside ditches and verges is evident, and you can see there is a long term plan for food, farming and the countryside that goes with it – everything working together in harmony… and not a pot hole in sight!

Gavin S. Murray Threipland We are still busy fighting with Northumberland County Council Blacksmith & Agricultural Engineer regarding our new muck store at Rothley East Shield. Everyone wants this muck store, except the council. This will be a massive Forging, fabrication & repair investment, all British materials and British workers, putting money into the rural economy and we are bashing our head against the brick Vintage machinery wall it seems. Bureaucracy and legislation at its worst.

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80 years ago the war in Europe ended.

My father’s artillery regiment, the Mid Lothians, was seconded to the US 10th Mountain division and fought up through the spine of Italy for the last year of the Italian campaign.

In April of 1945 the 10th Mountain were attacking the Germans up the length of Lake Garda in northern Italy. The Germans blew up the roads and tunnels making it nigh on impossible to keep the guns in close support of the advancing infantry.

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Will Howe is an arable farmer from Sleaford, Lincolnshire. The soils are predominantly heavy. There is 1000ha of cropping including winter wheat, spring beans, spring oats and oilseed rape. He also manages a contracting business Thorpe Farming Ltd. We are now allegedly drier than Marrakesh, which is not the sort of headline we want during the growing season. The unseasonally hot weather last week at least was brought to an end with a fabulous electrical storm and a small, yet very much needed 4mm of rain. The spring beans had visibly grown overnight and the smell hanging in the air of damp dust is one of life’s great pleasures.

At this time of year, I have the unenviable task of walking round assessing blackgrass populations in all crops. The winter wheat in general is really good, showing that delaying drilling into October is effective, but sadly does mean we risk not getting drilled up. What is very noticeable is that the wheat which was mauled in late just has no energy, I assume caused by compromised rooting exacerbated by the dry conditions. The hybrid barley has had 2% sprayed off for blackgrass. The barley looks well but it is not as competitive as I had hoped. What I am struggling to understand is land which grew no blackgrass over winter now has concerning populations in the spring barley.

Some of this land won’t make it to harvest, but it is irritating and gives further credence to the fact we are selecting blackgrass for spring germination.

Traditionally harvest preparation happens in the few weeks before the combine starts rolling, but this year I am trying to be more organised. Given the ludicrous prices for new combines, ours has had a major service, and new LED lights, rear wheels and GPS steering kit are on order. The first part of that list was obvious, and we have even changed the main rotor bearings just as a precaution. The lights are so I can see the next run at the headland (a failing of most A size 10 boot for reference… combines) and just being able to see more than 5m in front of myself would be useful. The fancy steering kit is courtesy of a local farmer who is developing AgOpen GPS very successfully. He did offer me the option of programming and installing it myself, which given I am more from Jethro Tull’s era of technology I politely declined! The rear wheels may seem an odd one but for some reason my combine was sent on smaller wheels which has always meant it has sat back meaning the angle of the header has been wrong making flat crops a struggle to pick up. Hopefully we won’t have flat crops but if we do at least picking them up will be easier.

The effect of government policy and commodity prices are now beginning to show here. There are good farms coming to the market, whether for sale or CFA. Dispersal sales are becoming a weekly occurrence which should make me nervous, but all I can see is opportunity. There have been herbal leys established with apparently little thought with what to do with them coupled with discussions with farmers who don’t know what to grow anymore.

Interesting times.

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May 7th 2025

I have no doubt that every farmers article will start with the lack of rain in the past two months and the dry forecast ahead. As I look out on our small array of solar panels I can report on record production in March and April with 42% more electricity generated compared to last year. It is not surprising that the oilseed rape looks so happy having absorbed so much solar energy.

Chris Clark and I were on the same HND course at Seale Hayne, we both met our future wives there, we played in the rugby team, and we were in business Guy Lee together for seven years fattening free range pork outdoors in the early 80’s. We then moved to Scotland and Chris and Fi bought a hill farm in the Yorkshire Dales. Struggling to make a living on a 170 ha of inhospitable land, they survived on B&B, holiday lets, grants and subsidies. He then downsized the business and found that with less inputs the farm became profitable. The family have now moved to North Devon from where Chris has just published a book jointly written with Brian Scanlon whose career has been in management consultancy and banking but had no association with agriculture. The title is The Profitable Farm and I can assure you it is not bedtime reading. You need to wrap a cold flannel round your head and read small chunks as it is heavy on economic theory, it does challenge everything we take for granted. The premiss of the book is that every farm business has a point of maximum sustainable output (MSO) when all natural resources available have been consumed and no artificial input has been used. I am so impressed that someone I shared a cottage and attended lectures with and then selected pigs for our London butcher customers at 6am on many a frosty morning - has written It’s in the genes! As a child I used to love towing trailers a book! He and Brian have built up a whether it was behind my bike or the Mayfield 2 wheel garden tractor. Now I see Wilf, our nine year old Sandystones very successful consultancy business grandson doing the same but not satisfied towing one trailer he challenging the norm. has two and a four wheel drive tractor!

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Talking......North of the Forth

May 5th 2025

Tom Pate farms 240ha of arable on a tenanted farm in Angus. Cropping includes wheat, spring barley, rye and oilseed rape along with land let for potatoes and vining peas. Additionally, around 6500 pigs are reared annually under contract and 600 Christmas turkeys sold directly to the public under the KellyBronze franchise. On his wife’s 380ha family farm in the Angus Glens they also run 200 red deer hinds plus followers for venison production, along with developing a forestry enterprise.

Every farm in the world is completely and utterly different to any other.

Each farm’s land and location has various positives and negatives.

The constraints farms have that limit productivity, efficiencies and ultimately profitability vary greatly. Those factors may be climate, soils, topography, distance to market or excess/deficient water. Perhaps more human influences affect your farm’s potential – a motorway splitting your farm in two, poor historical management, poor current management, pollution, lack of cash, substandard buildings. The list of possible limitations to a farming business are endless but also specific to each farm.

My arable land has a lot going for it, but I am also aware of the constraints which hinder my competitiveness in what is a global market. When out working the land one such restriction that annoys me is the size of fields. Our fields are too small! We have 41 fields on the farm with an average of only 5.96ha (14.7 acres). Only two fields are larger than 10ha (24.7 acres) Ground prep work ahead of replanting forestry with 15 under 5ha (12.4 acres). Small and awkwardly shaped fields are massively detrimental to productivity and efficiencies. The output of modern, high-capacity machinery is seriously hampered when dealing with small land parcels. Probably about 15% of our land is headlands/ endrigs. These areas are often poorer yielding, require more inputs and cultivations and are horrifically time consuming. One 15ha field is considerably quicker to work than three 5ha fields. Staffing and time (two other major limitations) are far better utilised in larger fields than messing around in small areas.

The farm is divided by drystone dykes. These were created when the land was enclosed and improved sometime between 1806 and 1860. Progressive farmers cleared the land of stones and, wasting nothing, used these to build field boundaries that would also act to contain livestock within a mixed cropping rotation. These, now, two-hundred-year-old dykes have come to define the local landscape and since the 1990’s become a protected feature. Any attempt to remove stone dykes without prior permission would result in a hefty penalty to your BPS payment.

Unfortunately seeking permission to remove walls and amalgamate fields is practically Who’s checking who? impossible. One of our neighbours had the foresight to remove many, but not all of the dykes on his land when you were allowed. I now look at his large fields jealously as I dizzily spin round and round my wee fields.

Unlike hedges, I question whether there are any environmental benefits to stone dykes as any biodiversity gains they may offer will probably be offset by the extra inputs and decreased yields of the headland crop. They are also a decaying landscape feature. Repairing and maintaining the miles of stone dykes is cost prohibitive and, in an arable situation, providing no practical advantages, are left to slowly weather, fall and crumble. It’s sad to see and frustrating to have current and future productivity hindered by a deteriorating structure.

I am not for one minute advocating the removal of all dykes. They are a historical feature, a creation of skill and craft. A well preserved and maintained stone dyke is a work of art. There is also no need to remove all. Many mark land ownership boundaries, run alongside linear A dilapidated drystone dyke features such as roads or even mark a dividing line between distinct soil types that are best managed separately. Like old buildings some are worth preserving and others are better removed and the land better used.

What I would like to do is remove several sections of dyke and amalgamate smaller fields to allow modern and efficient use of the land. I am pretty sure the progressive 19th century farmers who built the dykes would do the same if in my shoes. I would certainly be happy to plant a metre of hedge, or one tree, or repair one metre of dyke elsewhere on the farm for every metre of dyke I removed. This would allow both the improvement of landscapes and farm efficiencies.

Ironically up at the hill farm I am subdividing large fields to better utilise grass through rotational grazing. I suppose landscapes constantly change over time…

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May 2025 Nigel Parmenter is a partner and rural surveyor in the Berwick office, as well as being an AMC agent.

The only thing that seems to be certain at the moment is uncertainty! The World Uncertainty Index is at near record levels and agriculture is far from immune from this. From policy uncertainty to environmental concerns, UK farmers are navigating a complex landscape as they look to secure their future. All whilst facing significant challenges, including changing climate, volatile commodity markets, and the need to adopt new technologies to increase productivity and meet ESG challenges.

The recent Budget announcement around APR and BPR, the phasing out of the BPS and the sudden removal of SFI support in England, as well policy uncertainty north of the Border has only added to concerns about the viability of farming businesses. These concerns have been reinforced by the current Government’s apparent antipathy to the sector.

With such uncertainty and around £17.5 billion of debt in the agriculture, forestry and fishing industries it is crucial that farmers work with lenders that understand and are committed to agriculture for the long term. For many years the AMC has been the obvious choice of lender as the acknowledged expert when it comes to long-term lending for agricultural businesses. AMC has almost 100 years of experience lending to the sector, specialising in long-term mortgages and loans for farms and rural businesses meaning they understand the challenges and opportunities impacting you and wider agricultural sector.

With more and more of the high street banks cutting back their agricultural managers and relying on call centres, AMC’s model of Regional Agricultural Managers supporting a strong team of local agents means that whatever your borrowing requirement it is easy to sit down face to face with someone who understands your business and can help shape you a borrowing structure to best suit your requirements. AMC remains the only agricultural lender that can offer terms of up to 30 years as well as long term interest only and fixed rates of interest which enables AMC to tailor loans to allow both stability and flexibility and it is this long term commitment that will be crucial as we face into increasingly uncertain times.

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With farming profitability forecast to fall, and with debt interest taking up more of the surplus, now could be the time to review the structure of your debt. Debt commitments can be reduced in a number of different ways to suit the cash flow requirements. AMC loans have a high degree of flexibility so that they can be structured in a number of different ways to suit the cash flow of your business and AMC’s light touch lending approach is always appreciated by borrowers. AMC currently have some highly competitive rates and the CGFI may mean that there are no arrangement fees to pay. AMC’s approach means you will get the long term, stable financial support you need, so you can concentrate on managing volatility elsewhere in your business.

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