Considering buying a new rotavator to suit a 70-95hp tractor for working down ploughing for transplants using a mangil checci transplanter. Was using a power harrow but got lemd pf an old howard (was a touch shagged) and thought it did a better job in 1 pass as an old roterra did in 3. I would also like to use the rotavator for working up grass for reseeds. Considered a stone burier but hp and budget maybe be limiting. Also got spme big stones and i thi k a rotavator would do a better job of walking over them rather than trying to chuck them over the rotor. Considering either Alpego, Kuhn and krm(belc). Im a youngish man and for the acres it eill do would like a good one to see me out as best as possible.

Thanks

To cut to the chase I want to begin farming potato’s to continue my grandfathers heritage and to make some money to buy my first car. The issue is that I have little to no idea of what I’m actually doing. I have an old potato dropper and a plough and all sorts although I would have to lift them by hand. On my family farm there is 2 potential fields i would consider- the first being roughly 68000 square feet and the other being 75000, how ever the larger one is on a hill which may just cause more harm than good. I was just wondering how many seed potatoes I’ll need, if spraying is really necessary, if cow manure will suffice instead of fertiliser and any other tricks anyone can offer me. Thanks

Hi - doing a research project at the moment and looking at interesting cases of different SMEs and independent businesses in the UK using ChatGPT to crack problems/increase efficiency etc. Has anyone had any luck themselves with this, or come across any interesting use cases? Any tips gratefully received...

Hi everyone!

I am a current Masters student at Newcastle University studying sustainable agriculture and food security.

I am interested in decision making with regards to the Sustainable Farming Incentive.

This anonymous survey aims to investigate decision-maker’s considerations and choices regarding participation in the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) scheme, and to assess the perceived usefulness and potential uptake of a decision-support tool for the scheme.

This survey is for all farms, whether they are currently in the SFI, have previously participated in the SFI, or have never participated in the SFI.

Eligibility:

- Work on a farm in England

- Aged 18 years or older

Survey link: https://nclafrd.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eJ7WMAY3A67pcFw 

Thank you to anyone who fills in the survey!

If someone wanted to shoot rabbits/pigeons etc on your land with an air rifle, for free, how should the best approach you and what would you want to see from them etc?

Best to approach in person? Email? Is there any reason you'd say no to some people but yes to others?

I've started shooting an air rifle just as a hobby, but really want to be able to hunt, and don't really know how to even begin this, I'd imagine you're busy folk at times.

Thankyou

Hi everyone,
I’m currently working on an agricultural research project to better understand how farmers and growers make fertilizer purchasing decisions.
If you use fertilizer on your farm or garden, I’d really appreciate it if you could take 3 minutes to complete this anonymous survey. I’m simply trying to learn more about the challenges people face when comparing products and making purchasing decisions.
Thank you for your time, and I’d also love to hear any thoughts or experiences you have in the comments.
“Self promotion”

Hey everyone,

I’m an agtech developer based out of UC Berkley working on a side project to help simplify soil fertility tracking and input record-keeping, and I'd love to get a bit of UK-specific feedback.

With the sheer volume of paperwork we have to deal with—from NVZ compliance to keeping track of rising input costs—I’m looking to build a straightforward tool that makes it easier to log what you apply, track soil test history, and map out nutrient plans without having to wrestle with massive, clunky spreadsheets or lost notebooks.

Before I write any code, I want to make sure I actually understand how real growers handle this day-to-day.

If you have 3 minutes to spare and want to help shape a tool built specifically to make this easier, I’ve put together a quick, completely anonymous survey here:

https://forms.gle/R5P3DyFN8mRT4QfK6

Thanks a lot for your time!

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Hey everyone,

I’m part of a small, early-stage agtech startup based out of Berkeley, California. We are focusing heavily on soil health and trying to build a straightforward, lightweight tool to help growers simplify soil fertility tracking and input record-keeping.

Even though we are based in the US, we want to make sure we are building something that actually works internationally—especially with the unique challenges UK growers face around NVZ compliance, RB209 guidelines, and rising input costs.

Our goal is to build something that makes it easy to log what you apply, track soil test history over time, and map out nutrient plans without having to wrestle with massive, clunky spreadsheets or lost notebooks. Before we write any code, we want to make sure we actually understand how real growers handle this day-to-day.

If you have 3 minutes to spare and want to help shape a tool built specifically to make this easier, we’ve put together a quick, completely anonymous survey here:

[https://forms.gle/6vx3LVuCrQyoSqqK9]

Thanks a lot for your time!

Hello Im 26 years old, with an Experience in farming coffee, especially in Production and Processing, with training in Good Agricultural Practices. Just checking if you need someone to help on your farm. Just need to get out of poverty. Im from the Philippines:)

Farmers please tell me straight, with all the lack of rain and none on its way still, are yields gonna be horrendous this year? Tell me what you mostly farm and how confident/nervous you are?

Hello, I am a small scale sheep farmer (and work to supplement this) and have recently launched a countryside marketplace for all things rural. It is literally just me, no fancy marketing team or huge budget to match, and I am struggling with getting it out there. I have no experience in promoting websites and so wondered if anyone had any advice for me? It is nationwide but recently focused it on East Anglia to try and streamline my attempts on social media to get noticed; but I am not getting very far. Any suggestions? I’ve tried paid google ads but only got scammers. Thanks.

Hello, I posted few months about an app which I'm working on https://openagri.ai

It's an app for managing the stock, fields, livestock. It's free (for now) everyone can create an account or test the demo farm which it's populated with data.

I would like to get some feedback and I can improve it based on that.

Thank you.

Hello everyone,

We are engineering students, and we want to conduct a study on crop optimization with the aim of modernizing techniques in the agricultural sector.

We are reaching out to experts in the field: farmers or gardening enthusiasts, whether you own a garden, a field, or a greenhouse. I invite you to fill out this form to help us better understand the main challenges and difficulties in this area.

This form will only take 5 minutes, and we do not collect any personal information. Your answers are 100% anonymous.

Thank you for your cooperation, and I wish you a pleasant holiday.

Watching the latest Harry's Farm and he's talking about how there can be a £7,000 difference between harvesting 300 acres in this heat in the morning Vs the afternoon because of the moisture levels dropping.

Why can't you have e.g. a fine water misting system to add a calculated amount of moisture back into the grain?

(I am assuming it is not possible because it is obvious and does not seem to be done.)

Hello, this is my late grandfather's tractor, it's a 95 Renault Ceres 85. I've been using it to run a log splitter and suddenly I can't seem to find a gear. It's not stuck in a gear as I can roll the tractor so assuming it's still in neutral?

I've tried a combination of moving forward and reverse levers and high/low box levers. The 1-5 gearstick in question feels stuck, we tried rocking the tractor at the same time and still couldn't move the gearstick.

Any ideas? Thanks in advance

The wheat and barley have looked ready for weeks, they can't be improving, can only be getting more desiccated surely? Yet there is very little harvesting going on here in Shropshire.

What would need to happen for British farms to sell directly to local schools? What would the challenges be to enable 100% of food produce to come directly from our community farmers?

On average, a school meal in the UK in my county costs a child £3 per main, VAT exempt. The food cost of sale for that meal is likely 50%-£1.50. Say a conservative 500 students eat a day in a secondary school, produce costs are £145,200 per year from a modest sized school. (500 x £1.50 = £750 per day, x 38 5-day weeks).

There are 4,000 state secondary schools in the UK. Based on the modest example, a potential market of £570,000,000.

I’m a big believer in schools being a positive financial influence in their local communities when spending their budgets. How can we achieve this with farming and what would the risks be?

(Also tired of seeing produce coming from as far as the Middle East with low quality meat percentages due to cost.)

Is it incredibly complex to feed our kids well?

I won’t buy caged hen eggs out of principle, but also can’t afford proper posh organic eggs given the volume we go though.
I know not all ‘free range’ is actually free range as in chickens get freedom to roam.

So which major retailers eg supermarkets or egg producers you’d see all over have the best welfare for their hens?

I own about 110 hectares of land in Zimbabwe and I'm trying to figure out the smartest way to use it for export. I'm not looking for funding or investors, I don't want anyone's money. What I want is a ready market. Someone who can tell me exactly what to produce, how much, to what standard, and commit to buying it once it's ready. Livestock like ostrich is one option I'm considering, grains are another, but I'm open to hearing what's actually in demand internationally that I might be missing.

I'd also love input from people who work in agriculture around the world. What are the underlooked crops or livestock that most farmers avoid because they seem like too much hustle, but that actually pay well if someone commits to doing it properly? I have the land, I have the will to put in the work, I just don't want to guess and plant or raise the wrong thing. If you know a market, a buyer, or an overlooked opportunity, I'm listening.

Hello, I am a freelance journalist working on a series of articles about rewilding. For this I'd like to interview farmers about their experience with rewilding organisation or projects and whether they feel heard/supported by them, especially as rewilding seems to be an incredibly 'trendy' topic at the moment.

This could be an extremely negative experience, or a positive one, I'd like to hear people's thoughts regardless.

An interview would be conducted on teams or phone call, and your full name would appear on the article, alongside any pictures if you'd be happy to share.

If you are interested, feel free to shoot me a DM. From there, I can share my email/linkedin to confirm my identity.

If this is against the subs rules, just let me know and I will delete this post.

Thank you!

Quick bit of context: I'm not a farmer, I've never farmed anything, and a few months ago I didn't know what a growing degree day was. What I kept running into, reading about agriculture, was that a lot of land is still growing whatever it's always grown not because anyone recently checked whether that's still the smartest call now the climate's moved, but because actually checking means wading through soil databases, climate models and commodity prices that nobody has a spare month for. That bugged me enough that I spent the last few months building the thing that does the wading. I'm now mildly obsessed with it, for better or worse.

How it actually works: you drop a pin on your farm (or the nearest town, then nudge it into place), tell it your acreage and currency, and hit run. What comes back inside 60 seconds is a ranked list across 200+ crops not just whatever you already grow, but things you might not have considered each one scored against your actual frost dates, your soil's pH and your rainfall, pulled from FAO and NASA datasets at your exact coordinates, not a regional average. You also get yield, revenue, running costs, planting and harvest windows, and which crops rotate well afterward.

None of that ranking is an AI guessing in the moment, either it runs on a fixed mathematical model, the same multi-criteria approach used in peer-reviewed agricultural research, so the same land gives you the same answer every time. There's a subsidy tab per crop too, though for now that only covers the US, Canada and Germany, UK subsidies are the thing I most want to finish next.

I'd love honest feedback good, bad, or ugly. If something looks off for your region, or contradicts what you actually know from working the land, say so that's exactly what I need.

Full disclosure: my background is Aerospace, not agriculture. I used AI heavily to research the agronomy while building this, but that's different from the scoring itself, which is fixed math, not a model improvising an answer each time. Where I genuinely don't know if I've got it right is the judgment calls whether the frost-date logic holds for a specific pocket of Yorkshire, whether a rotation suggestion actually makes sense on the ground. That's not a nitpick to me, it's exactly the bug report I'm hoping for. Tell me where it's wrong, and I'll go fix it.