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I am looking at buying two houses in Derbyshire. One comes with a barn that can be used for weddings and events, as well as many other out buildings and about an acre of a paddock and other has a 3 acre fields next to it but no out buildings / barns.

I love the idea of being able to make a side income and the weddings would make that an option but I am just wondering if there is anything I can do with the 3 acre field to generate a meaningful side income. I know how difficult farming livestock is and there isn't even a barn with the field so pretty much rules that out but its there anything like alpacas or fruit trees or hatching chickens that could make the field worth doing. Its also too small for PD to put up a barn and it think it would be difficult to put a case together for such a small field.

Just wondering if you have any ideas of what I can do with it or if its worth thinking about.

Hey everyone,

I've been digging into poultry feed lately, trying to actually understand where things go wrong before I build anything not just take it from industry reports.

Would love to hear from anyone running a farm any size, though I'm especially curious to talk to people running bigger operations

1.What's the most frustrating part of your feed situation right now — cost, consistency, availability, nutrition, or something else?

2.Roughly what are you paying per kg (or per bird cycle), and how much has that moved in the last year or two?

3.Ever dealt with inconsistent quality, contamination, or feed that just didn't perform the way it should?

4.Tried any alternative protein sources, like insect meal or algae? What happened?

5.Is there anything that would make you switch suppliers immediately if it existed?

Not selling anything here — genuinely just trying to learn from people who deal with this daily. If you're running something bigger, I'd love to jump on a quick call — feel free to DM me.

Thanks so much, really appreciate any insight!

I've been doing sheep (and a bit of beef) work on-and-off for the last two years and I've really enjoyed it but the job instability with it mostly being seasonal work is stressful. I'm also having some trouble with my elbow joint and I think turning sheep constantly isn't helping. I'm thinking of trying dairy work - ideally a GFW role.

What do you dairy fellows have to say about dairy? Tell me everything - share your wisdom with me.

Got a few paddocks coming out of winter bird food from my mid tier ending the turn of the year.

They are brashy shallow soils over limestone very draught prone.

Ive got a small cow herd (15 cows+ followers)

Would lucerne be an option to make into high protein silage for the cows. Just with thrse drier summers grass isnt as reliable. Im not geared up foe arable.

Uncle used to farm them reckon they did good wheat crops but stopped growing cereals in 2013. Ive got enoigh grass but could turn silage feilds over to grazing if this becomes a reliable forage source

Hi all,

I appreciate this is a random one but are there any dairy farmers in Norfolk that could help me out. I'm looking for a farmer that would be happy to take my family and I for a tour around the farm and maybe let the kids have a go at milking the cows if possible.

I think this would be a great opportunity for my children to see what really happens on a farm.

Any advice or help would be greatly appreciated

Hello all and hope you are well, long story short there is a potential that i may have an opportunity to become a tractor mechanic at some point in the future. ( Engineering background but not in this ).

I know i would have to supply my own hand tools for the job, so if possible is there anyone out there that could give me some pointers, ive been told to be expecting to pay £2-3k to start off.

Was looking at the draper mechanics master set as a start off point. But i would like to know from experienced hands.

All the best!