Agrimart July 2026 Issue

Agriparts Borders Ltd

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LOWLAND ARCHITECTS

PRESERVE • ENHANCE • CREATE

A conservation and residential focused architecture studio based in the Scottish Borders, pairing modern thinking with traditional craft.

Our expertise includes:

Farmplus Constructions Limited Shay Lane, Longridge Preston PR3 3BT

A talent for timber buildings

Tel: 01772 785252 Fax: 01772 782944

E-mail sales@farmplus.co.uk Web: www.farmplus.co.uk

Here at Glendale Engineering, we are proud to be able to say that we have over 35 years’ experience designing and manufactur ing Agricultural Buildings & Equipment.

• Special offers available on Cattle & Sheep Hurdles, Gates & Water Troughs •

Suppliers of:

Suppliers of:

-Cattle Handling & Feeding Equipment

• Cattle Handling & Feeding Equipment

-Sheep Handling & Feeding Equipment

• Brief development, feasibility studies and design

• Planning Applications and Building Warrants

• Listed building renovation and conversion

• Residential extensions and attic conversions

• Interior alterations and reconfiguration

• Steading conversions and farm diversification

• Rural new build and bespoke homes

• Commercial and residential developments

Mark White

Chartered Architect, Principal

Conservation Accredited ARB • RIAS

START THE CONVERSATION:

07896 369516

mark@lowlandarchitects.co.uk www.lowlandarchitects.co.uk

-Sheep Portarace

• Sheep Handling & Feeding Equipment

- ATV Trailers

• Sheep Portarace

- Agricultural Buildings

• ATV Trailers

• Agricultural Buildings

-Electronic Cattle & Sheep Weigh Systems - Large quantity of box section and pipe, Phone for special offers

• Electronic Cattle & Sheep Weigh Systems

• 9”x3” Timbers & 6”x3” Timbers In Stock

• Big Six Fibre Cement Sheets In Stock

Wooler : 01668 281464

Hexham : 01434 603078

Email : info@glendaleegineering.co.uk

Wooler : 01668 281464

Graeme Wilson : 07971 880275

Web : www.glendaleengineering.co.uk

John Common : 07981 890999 info@glendaleengineering.co.uk www.glendaleengineering.co.uk

Maps are an essential part of all land management from whole farm management plans and environmental focus areas to land registration and IHT planning.

With over 20 years of experience, Landmaps specialises in creating detailed, precise land registration and title deed plans tailored to meet its customers needs.

Other services include:

• GIS Mapping Solutions

• Custom Mapping Services for Farmers & Landowners

• Land Registration Plans

• Single Farm Payment Areas

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LAND DRAINAGE

LAND DRAINAGE

RIVERBANK PROTECTION/REPAIRS

RIVERBANK PROTECTION/REPAIRS

TRACK RESTORATION WORKS

TRACK RESTORATION WORKS

TRACK RESTORATION WORKS

RIDING ARENAS

RIDING ARENAS

RIDING ARENAS

DRAIN JETTING/CCTV

DRAIN JETTING/CCTV

FABRICATION/ENGINEERING WORKS

FABRICATION/ENGINEERING WORKS

DRAIN JETTING/CCTV FABRICATION/ENGINEERING WORKS

SNOW CLEARING SERVICES

SNOW CLEARING SERVICES

SNOW CLEARING SERVICES

PLANT HIRE

PLANT HIRE

PLANT HIRE

360° / 180° TRACKED/ WHEELED EXCAVATORS

360° / 180° TRACKED/ WHEELED EXCAVATORS

360° / 180° TRACKED/ WHEELED EXCAVATORS

D61PXI (GPS) DOZER

D61PXI (GPS) DOZER

D61PXI (GPS) DOZER

REAR TIPPING DUMP TRUCKS

REAR TIPPING DUMP TRUCKS

REAR TIPPING DUMP TRUCKS

TRACTORS & DUMP TRAILERS

TRACTORS & DUMP TRAILERS

TRACTORS & DUMP TRAILERS

CRUSHER, GRADER & COMPACTION EQUIPMENT FOR ROAD RESTORATION WORK

CRUSHER, GRADER & COMPACTION EQUIPMENT FOR ROAD RESTORATION WORK

CRUSHER, GRADER & COMPACTION EQUIPMENT FOR ROAD RESTORATION WORK LAND DRAINAGE RIVERBANK PROTECTION/REPAIRS

CONTRACT WORKS

• Public & private water mains spring supplies

• Septic tanks / pumping stations

• Treatment works

• Deep excavations

• Earthworks / groundworks

• Thrust boring / utility works

• Land drainage / inter-drain trenchless plough

• Riverbank protection/repairs

• Track restoration works

• Riding arenas

• Drain jetting / cctv

• Mole ploughing

• Fabrication / engineering works

• Snow clearing services

• Crusher, grader & compaction equipment

• Cement stabilisation for road restoration works

• Forestry Formation Works

PLANT HIRE

• 360° / 180° tracked / wheeled excavators

• D61PXI (gps) dozer

• Rear tipping dump trucks

• Tractors & dump trailers

We have a wide range of stock including:

• Safety Boots & Clothing

• Tools and Accessories

• Chrome North West Cleaning Products

• Drainage Coils, Twinwall, MDPE & Soil Pipe

• Exol Oil, Grease, Brake Fluid Ect

• Viking Johnston Fittings

• Philmac Water Fittings

• Consumables (Sprays, Paints, Nuts & Bolts Ect)

Scottish Borders Council Approved Contractor

Scottish Water Approved Contractor

SGN Approved Contractor

HYDRAULIC HOSE SERVICE

We offer a Hydraulic Hose repair service and hold a wide range of hoses and fittings in stock from ¼” to 1¼” to 2” 4 wire.

• Micro Surfacing is a highly specialised process

• We are the only SME in the UK that owns and operates a truck-mounted Micro Surfacing machine

• Proven for decades internationally on:

• Highways, A roads, B roads and major carriageways

• Car parks, yards and farm roads

• Airfields and airports

• Acts as a high-quality, long-lasting surface treatment and preservation method

• Superior to surface dressing (tar and chip):

• No loose chippings

• Harder wearing and longer lasting

• Dense, tough black finish resembling tarmac

• While other UK contractors may offer surface dressing (including us), Micro Surfacing offers a better quality and longer lasting alternative at a similar price.

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ANYONE STUCK?

Why does nobody ever get stuck nowadays? Every year I have had at least one summer job, pulling a bogged muck spreader, a tipped over sprayer, a washed away pontoon bridge, a lorry recovering a crashed plane, a stuck tanker pumping out septic tanks, even trees fallen across rivers but this year seems eerily quiet. In the past jobs have come in but he is away so I have had to turn them down. Not today, I feel as though others have come in and taken my place. Over the years tyres have got bigger, drainage has been improved and the summers seem to have become drier and with the economics of the industry marginal jobs are not being taken on.

The young man is building an enormous hen shed on this farm. People often ask if I will be pulling it, have you seen the size of it and the amount of concrete securing it to the ground? No way Jose! Which maybe means this is the future and I am the past.

They did move me last week. I refused to start being in that sort of mood so they had to use my necklace which is not the most comfortable experience as I am sure you can imagine.

Pity I was not asked to go to Diddly Squat this week, what fun I would have had pulling stuck vehicles at Cereals, and I might have been on the telly!

Friday 19th - Wednesday 24th June

depth wheel. £12,500 + VAT

2023 Suzuki KingQuad 500 ATV 11,000 miles / 1500 hours, power steering, automatic gearbox, 2/4 wheel drive, independent suspension. £4,950 + VAT

2021 Ford Ranger Wildtrak 4x4 Pickup 58,923

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KVERNELAND SPECIALS

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The Old Smiddy, Graden, Kelso TD5 8BS

Telephone: 01573 430338

Email: info@walkergroundworks.com

The Old Smiddy, Graden, Kelso, TD5 8BS

Telephone : 01573 430338

Email : info@walkergroundworks.com

Walker Groundworks are a long-serving company, established in 1996, covering a working area including but not restricted to the Scottish Borders, Northumberland and the Lothians.

Our highly skilled and dedicated team are here to help with any of the following works:

Walker Groundworks is a well-established company, founded in 1996, with extensive experience operating across the Scottish Borders, Northumberland, and the Lothians.

• Earthworks/Site Preparation/Roads

• Crushing

• Groundworks/Plotworks

• Deep Drainage

• Field Drainage & Ditching

• River Works

• Concrete Flooring for Agricultural/Industrial Shed (Laid with highly accurate Laser Screed, with finish to meet clients' requirements)

• All Timber work undertaken – including Harvesting, Hand Cutting, Thinnings & Clear Fell

• Haulage including Heavy Plant Movement, Timber Haulage & Hiab Hire

• Comprehensive earthworks, site preparation, and road construction

• In house Welding Engineer/Steel Fabricator

• In house setting out engineer/surveyor

• Crushing and material processing services

• Groundworks, plot works, and civil engineering support

• Deep drainage, field drainage, ditching, and river works

• High-precision concrete flooring for agricultural and industrial buildings

• Full timber services, including harvesting, hand cutting, thinning, and clear felling

• Specialist haulage, including heavy plant movement, timber transport, and HIAB hire

• In-house welding engineering and steel fabrication services

USED TRACTORS

John Deere 6120M, 2018 Ha

John Deere 6130M, 2020 Ha

John Deere 6130R, 2017 He

John Deere 6130R, choice Ha

John Deere 6155R, choice A

John Deere 6155R, 2018 J

John Deere 6155R, 2021 Ha

John Deere 6155R, Choice C

John Deere 6R 130, 2022

John Deere 6130R, 2020

John Deere 6R 150, 2023 choice Ha

John Deere 6R 155, 2023

John Deere 6175R, choice Ha

John Deere 6230, 2009 Ha

John Deere 6250R PG+5Q, 2018 Ha

John Deere 6250R PG+5P, 2020 C

John Deere 6250R,2021 J

John Deere 6330, 2008 He

John Deere 6920, 2004 A

John Deere 6R 175, 2023 choice Ha

John Deere 7R 330, 2021 Ha

John Deere 8400R, 2018 Ha

Claas Arion 610, 2023 A

Valtra T234, 2021 Ha

USED TELEHANDLERS/WHEELED LOADERS

Kramer KT276 Telehandler ex-demo

Kramer KT3610 Telehandler ex-demo

Kramer KT407 Telehandler ex-demo

Kramer KT559 Telehandler ex-demo

MACHINE

Kramer KT356 Telehandler, 2018 A

Kramer KT356 Telehandler, 2022 Ha

Kramer KT457 Telehandler,2020 He

Variable Chamber

2.2 M Pick Up

Maxicut 13 Knife Chopper • 500 Tyres • Bale Trak Plus Monitor • 7000 Bales • Bale Density Adjustment • 5 Ft Bale Size

CULTIVATION

Kuhn HR3004D Power Harrow

Kuhn HR4004D Power Harrow

DalBo Ratoon 3 leg Subsoiler

Flexi Coil 7.2m Folding Rollers

Kverneland 3M Combi S-Drill Pro2

CROP CARE

John Deere R732i Trailed Sprayer

John Deere R4140i SP Sprayer 2021

Kuhn 1102 HEMC

Kuhn 40.2 H EMC

Kverneland Exacta CL Fertiliser Spreader

Berthoud 4300 Trailed Sprayer, 2012

Allman front tank 600 Litre capacity

MISCELLANEOUS

Kuhn 3570M Primor Bedder/Feeder

Kuhn 5570M Bedder/Feeder

Kuhn 3570M PRIMOR Trailed Bedder

Kuhn 5570 Bedder

KD 712 Feeder Wagon

TRAILERS Stewart GX15FT, Flat Trailer 28ft long

Stewart GX24SF Stock Trailer

V74 Rolland Livestock Trailer

Marshall Tipping Trailer QM14

NC 12T dump trailer

Warwick 10T flat trailer

IFOR WILLIAMS TRAILERS

TRAILERS AVAILABLE FOR HIRE

DP120S Livestock Trailer

GH106G Plant Trailer

HB610 Horse Trailer

LM166 Flatbed

TA510G Livestock Trailer

TA510GT Livestock Trailer

TA510GT Livestock Trailer

TA510GT Livestock Trailer

TA510T Livestock Trailer

TT3017 Tipper Trailer

GRASSLAND/BALERS

John Deere 12FT Grass Rollers A

John Deere 800SM Topper Ha

Kuhn GA13131 Grass Windrower He

Kuhn BPR280PRO Ha

Claas Volto 670 Tedder A

FENDT 456 Windrower A

KM 3m Grass Topper A

MJ30-560 Grass Topper A

Quicke Flexgrip Bale Squeeze Ha

HARVESTERS

John Deere 2056 combine, 1995 J

John Deere 8500 Self Propelled Forager, 22 C

John Deere S790 combine, 2022 C

John Deere T560 combine, 2021 A

John Deere T5601, 2015 Ha

John Deere T660i, 2015 J

John Deere T670 HM combine, 2017 C

John Deere T670HM combine, Choice Ha

ATV/UTILITY VEHICLES

John Deere TH6x4 Diesel Ha

John Deere XUV855D, choice A

John Deere XUV865M, choice Ha

John Deere XUV865M, Choice A

John Deere XUV865M, 2020 J

John Deere XUV865M, Choice C

Kawasaki 360 Quad Bike, 2010 Ha

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

• REDUCES OR ELIMINATES THE NEED TO IMPORT MATERIALS.

• IMPROVES DRAINAGE TO PREVENT FURTHER DAMAGE.

• QUICK AND EFFECTIVE SOLUTION THAT MINIMISES DISRUPTION TO TRAFFIC MOVEMENTS.

Prentice Agriculture Straw and Baling

Choice of bale size, either; 8’ × 4’ × 3’ or 8’ × 4’ × 2.5’ Also 2 x 32ft bale trailers can be supplied if required to clear fields.

Substantial quantity of barley/wheat straw in the swath required. Cleared by bale chaser where possible. For more info please contact either: Keith on 07703 199 255 Mark on 07774 425 633

Variable Lime Spreading

Soil testing & lime delivery also arranged

Contact Doug Thomson 07967 193438

• Foundations • Sitework • Ponds • Arenas

R. WOOD & SONS ~ STAINRIGG MAINS, LEITHOLM ~ GRASS SILAGE • WHOLECROP ARABLE MIXES USING 2 X SELF PROPELLED FORAGERS

Fitted with WHOLECROP HEADERS & GRAIN PROCESSING MILL PART or WHOLE JOB, AG-BAG or PIT

MOWERS, TEDDER, RAKES TRAILERS, FRONT BUCKRAKES H BIG SQUARE BALING H (Bale Chaser available)

u ALL ARABLE CULTIVATIONS

u DRILLING

u HIGH DENSITY ROUND BALING

u DGPS LIME & FERT SPREADING

u HEDGECUTTING

u SMALL SEEDS DRILLING – Einbock 12m (grass/kale/oilseed rape) CONTACT:

OFFICE : 01890 840 251 MOBILE : DAVID 07971 409 367 KENNY 07971 409 371

E.MAIL : rwoodandsons@btconnect.com WEBSITE : www.rwoodandsons.co.uk

CONTRACTORS SERVICES

Lime & Alternative Fertilisers

Other Alternative Fertilisers & Organic Products Muck & Slurry Spreading, Silage, Bailing

Articulated & 8 Wheeled Bulk Tippers, Walking Floor & Low Loader Services, Agricultural Bulk Fertiliser, Aggregates, Wood Chip

Tree Shearing, Forwarding, Chipping, Mulching

J

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

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

Film binding instead of net wrap results in more plastic where the bale needs it most on the barrel, only one recycling stream as well. 25 knife bank giving 45mm chop length with bale getting wrapped immediately out the bale chamber. Onboard bale weighing giving average bale weight and total weight of crop baled. Application of inoculants or additives.

Contact:

Connon Construction Ltd.

Construction of shuttered slurry tanks and silos (all built to SEPA requirements)

Christopher07843 208 544

Patrick07701 040 681

Contact:

Christopher07843 208 544

Slurry spreading available with umbilical, dribble bars and ferry tankers. Tractors on floatation tyres

Dung spreader hire or complete service

Complete silage service

All types of digger work undertaken

Patrick07701 040 681

Owengillard@yahoo.co.uk

Multi-disciplined groundworks company covering the Scottish Borders, North Northumberland and the Lothians. We specialise in the following:

• Mobile / on site crushing & screening

• Earth works

• Drainage

• River works

• All types of concreting

• Paving / slabbing

• Foundations

• Roads

Owengillard@yahoo.co.uk

• Machine hire

Multi-disciplined groundworks company, covering the Scottish Borders, North Northumberland and the Lothians. We specialise in the following:

• Mobile/on site crushing & screening

• Earth works

• Drainage

• River works

• All types of concreting

• Paving/slabbing

• Foundations

• Roads

• 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

CONTRACTORS SERVICES

• HEDGE CUTTING • MULCHING • TRIPLE SAWBLADE • DRAINAGE • DITCHING • TRACK/ROAD GRADING

• FOUNDATIONS • PONDS • AGRICULTURAL & COMMERCIAL CONCRETE WORK • FABRICATION WORKS

OFFERING DRAINAGE WITH SOILMAX TILE PLOUGH WITH MINIMAL DISTURBANCE

• FENCING (WITH TRACTOR OR DIGGER OPTION) • SNOW CLEARING FOR HIRE

• TRACTOR HIRES UP TO 360HP, GPS

• DIGGER HIRE 9T, 13T, 14T

• TWIN DRUM VIBRATING ROLLER 80, 120

• D4 DOZER • DUMPER 1T, 3T, 9T

• DUMP TRAILERS UP TO 20T

• GRAIN/SILAGE TRAILERS UP TO 18T

MULCHING & SAWBLADE HEAD TREE / LOG GRAB

• GPS CONTROLLED DEPTH

• DEPTH OF UP TO 1.2 METERS

• BORE OF PIPE UP TO 4 INCHES

• WITH OR WITHOUT GRAVEL

• FLATBED TRAILERS 32FT

• LOWLOADER 32FT TRI AXLE

• TOPPER HIRE, BATWING & FLAIL

• IRRIGATION REELS & PUMPS

• WOODLAND CLEARANCE

• GORSE, WILLOW & BRASH

• TREES UP TO 300MM

• TREE ROOTS & STUMPS

85 SPRINGWOOD RISE, KELSO TD5 8BE 07590 592300 • GBHOGARTH@HOTMAIL.COM

• ESTATE FORESTRY

• THINNINGS AND CLEAR FELLS

• WOODLAND MANAGEMENT AND RESTOCKING

• STANDING TIMBER PURCHASED

• FELLING LICENCE APPLICATIONS

• SUPPLIER OF BIOMASS TIMBER

The Ag-bag is a cost efficient, scalable, storage option for all forage & feedstock types

Efficient Harvesting

High Nutrient Retention

Low dry matter losses

All General Contracting Services provided, including:

Contact us to find out more www.billrae.co.uk

Two high capacity grain mills

Direct drilling / Pasture

Rejuvenation

Ploughing / Sowing

Fertiliser Spreading

Agri Haulage

Groundworks / Dump trailers

Topping & Mulching

Tubeline Bale Wrapping

office@billrae.co.uk

Great Flexibility

CONTRACTORS SERVICES

BYREWALLS FENCING

All types of Agricultural Fencing, Garden Fencing and Decking

A & E Brown, Byrewalls, Gordon, Berwickshire TD3 6JU

Contact: Andrew 07725 583737 Euan 07774 004622 Evenings 01573 410260

KENNY HALL & SON

Agricultural Engineer

• Roof & Sheeting Repairs

• Grain Machinery Repairs

• On-site Welding

• Kit Sheds Supplied & Built

• Gates and Feeding Troughs Made to Measure

• Buildings dismantled or rebuilt

• Demolition Mobile: 07740 350461

John Gray Contracting Services

Contracting Services

Our new McHale Fusion Vario Plus is a fully automatic variable chamber baler wrapper which can apply film or net wrap to the barrel of the bale. Delivering optimum bale shape and a high density with a 25 knife chopper unit. The advantages of a chamber film system are:

Covering the Scottish Borders & North Northumberland

~ Acts as a wrapping layer for silage,straw or hay keeping them dry up to 6 foot diameter

~ Results in better shaped bales

~ Delivers high quality silage

~ Makes recycling easier

Perfect to bale your herbal leys

Other jobs include: Topping grass Muck spreading

John Gray Contracting Services

Our McHale Fusion Vario Plus is a fully automatic variable chamber baler wrapper which can apply film or net wrap to the barrel of the bale. Delivering optimum bale shape and a high density with a 25 knife chopper unit. The advantages of a chamber film system are:

Other jobs include:

• Topping grass

• Muck spreading

• Combining

• Acts as a wrapping layer for silage,straw or hay keeping them dry up to 6 foot diameter

• Results in better shaped bales

• Delivers high quality silage

• Makes recycling easier

Should net wrap be required for hay or straw, this can be done with a simple changeover.

Perfect to bale your herbal leys

• Direct drilling

• Grass drilling

• Cultivating

• Subsoiling

• Slurry spreading

• High density round baling

• Tedding

• Buckraking

• Bale wrapping with front mounted Tanco s200 wrapper

• Spraying 12, 24, 36m

On Our Farm

June 10th 2026

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.

Good news, the hatchery has reopened and the pullets for our new shed are in rear and due to arrive in mid-September which is a huge relief. The five-week delay may end up being a bit of a blessing in disguise as the build is currently running behind schedule. I am assured that it will be completed at least two weeks before the ‘bird in’ date to allow time for commissioning, wash down and disinfection.

Crops have been flying through their growth stages helped by a lovely spell of weather at the end of May. Winter Barleys are looking a lot better from a distance and the BYDV is no longer visible from the roadside. The heads are very variable in size due to a combination of the virus, wet winter and cold spring. The aphid pressure has been huge this year with reports of BYDV in spring barley and large aphid populations being found in winter wheat. It will be interesting to see what impact this late infection has on crops - if any.

First cut silage was made during the lovely weather at the end of May. Despite the cold spring yields were very pleasing. The organic fields did 12.5t/ha which is around average and the conventional field 25.6t/ha at around 30% dry matter. I have gone from worrying that we will not have enough winter forage to being concerned that we will have too much. However, with fertiliser prices only going in one direction I would rather have some carry over of forage next season as I can only see the cost of producing it going up.

I consider myself a glass half full person and am always trying to look for the positives in every situation. The current fat cattle situation is really testing me. I feel like we are doing everything possible to make money out of these cattle and we just can’t. For example, a 500kg AAX steer bought in February for £2194, grew at 2kg/day, killed in late May (R4L 53% kill out) for £2146. This animal lost us £48 after taking off transport and abattoir charges but before feed and bedding! This was certainly not the only one. I really hope the market sorts itself out soon as there is absolutely no point doing it if we are going to keep losing money. The show season kicks off next week and I am really looking forward to getting off farm and spending a day at the Highland Show. It will be interesting to gauge farmers and exhibitors’ views on the current situation in Agriculture. We are going through a very difficult period, but I believe opportunities will always arise when times are tough. It would help though if the UK government weren’t quite so anti-business, but that’s for another day.

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BLOCK PAVING OF PATHWAYS, DRIVEWAYS & CAR PARKS

SURFACE DRESSING WITH NATURAL STONE FINISHES

SILAGE PITS, FARM ROADS, DRIVEWAYS, ESTATES

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SCHOOL PLAYGROUNDS, PATHWAYS, CAR PARKS

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TARMACADAM,

TARMACADAM, ASPHALT, PATCHING & POTHOLE REPAIRS

DRAINAGE, KERBING, GROUNDWORKS

PRIVATE & COMMERCIAL WORK UNDERTAKEN

PATCHING & POTHOLE REPAIRS

DRAINAGE,

DRAINAGE, KERBING, GROUNDWORKS

PRIVATE & COMMERCIAL WORK UNDERTAKEN

APPROVED CONTRACTOR

SURFACE DRESSING WITH NATURAL STONE FINISHES

SILAGE PITS, FARM ROADS, DRIVEWAYS, ESTATES

BLOCK PAVING OF PATHWAYS, DRIVEWAYS & CAR PARKS

WITH NATURAL STONE FINISHES

BLOCK PAVING OF PATHWAYS,

YOUR LOCAL INDEPENDENT TYRE SUPPLIER

ALL LEADING BRANDS & SIZES OF TYRES & WHEELS

AGRICULTURAL TYRES

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CARS / VANS / 4X4 TYRES

PURPOSE BUILT DEPOT

FULLY EQUIPPED BREAKDOWN VEHICLES

COMPUTERISED 4 WHEEL ALIGNMENT

For a free quotation or technical advice ring 01573 225454 or e-mail sales@candrtyres.co.uk

C & R TYRES LTD

STATION YARD, SPROUSTON ROAD KELSO TD5 8EU www.candrtyres.co.uk

BLINKBONNY QUARRY

• ALL GRADES OF AGGREGATE PRODUCED

• DELIVERY

• COLLECTION

• READY-MIX CONCRETE

• AGRICULTURAL MIXES FOR ALL PURPOSES

• DELIVERY AND COLLECTION

FOR SALES AND ORDERS CALL BLINKBONNY WEIGHBRIDGE: 01573 460200 or 07974 968148

PART OF BREEDON GROUP– FOR OTHER LOCATIONS PLEASE VISIT: https://www.breedongroup.com/location-finder

Talking......North of the Forth June 8th 2026

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.

The end of May and the beginning of June has seen a mixed bag of weather. Frequent showers and gusty wind have made hitting spray timings tricky. Weather forecasts have been unreliable and haven’t helped the decision-making process of whether to go or hold off. A move to angled BFS nozzle caps has helped spray in blustery conditions. This allows existing nozzles to be angled at 30° alternately facing forward and backward not only allowing better coverage of target but also creates far less drift. Coupled with low drift nozzles it allows spraying in less-than-ideal conditions. When I started spraying over 20 years ago the early mornings and evenings almost always meant lower wind speeds and allowed a chance to catch up. This doesn’t seem to be the case anymore with wind all day and night. There seems to be more energy in the atmosphere these days and windless spells seem few and far between and certainly more easterly winds. This is maybe me imagining things but perhaps there is data out there to support/dismiss my hypothesis?!

The mixed weather has however been good for crops and all going into grain/seed filling period in good order. Down South, where conditions have been once again dry, the talk is of an early harvest, but I think Scotland is on for an average start date to harvest (is this a stupid thing to say at the start of June?).

In an idle moment in the office, I tried to do some analysis on what average dates for this farm are. Using data since 2017 I have plugged in the dates of operations (sowing, T0s, T2s, harvest etc) into an online tool. This gave me various statistics on the dates of these jobs including the most likely average date. Some operations have a very wide range of dates, but some are within a few days of each other year in, year out. Fairly pointless data perhaps but maybe with further analysis going forward I can track how a season progresses and accurately predict future operations helping with diary planning. Juggling farming, family and off farm commitments I need all the diary foresight I can get. Maybe in the future AI will be able to crunch the data linking crop progress to live weather data and let me know weeks in advance if I can take the weekend off or I need to be getting the sprayer filled up?

The start of June saw a burst of deer calves born. We were lucky enough to watch a few of these births at reasonably close quarters (binoculars still required). The hinds calve with apparent ease with little fuss and the calves are up and about in double quick time. The gangly and wobbly newborns are remarkably difficult to spot for the first few days as their natural colourings and markings make them blend in with the long grass. Turkey chicks arrive on the 15th of June this year. The countdown to Christmas begins…

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June 7th 2026

Ian Mackenzie is an arable and dairy farmer from the Canterbury Plain in the South Island of New Zealand. He runs a number of fully irrigated intensive cropping farms, producing grain, vegetable and grass seeds with some stock finishing.

The cows are all away on their annual holiday which is a good time to reflect on opportunities and challenges.

The 2 most confronting issues we face on the dairy farm are mastitis and conception.

We are being paid a small premium for low SCC milk which justifies better management of mastitis, but the latter is where we can make the most efficiency gains and add the most value.

We spring calve the whole herd which means we want all the cows to conceive in the 1st mating cycle so that as many cows have calves and are in milk production as possible by the end of August.

In addition we want to take all the calves that are not replacement heifers forward for beef production. The cows are Friesian/Jersey (Kiwi X). Kiwi X bull calves have limited value for beef production. Using Charolais or Angus genetics adds considerable value to the resulting calves.

Greater efficiency in identifying in-oestrus cows at mating should enable better success rates with AI and the use of sexed semen, both for heifer replacements and for beef X calves.

To this end we have invested in “cow manager” technology that identifies cows that are ready for breeding, showing early signs of mastitis, about to calve and other helpful things. We’ve added automatic drafting gates to the exit point from the dairy which, combined with the automatic cup removers we installed 2 years ago, means that milking the 400 cows is an easy 1 man job.

That is important for other reasons. The boys are looking to convert at least one of the cropping farms to dairy. A herringbone shed (like the one we have) can now be set up to be a 1 man operation, and cost under $1m to build. A new rotary dairy with the same capability as our herringbone shed will cost over $2m and wear out faster

That is a large depreciation difference to factor in and finance.

Let’s hope “cow manager” delivers.

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June 10th 2026

Simon Bainbridge farms in partnership with his wife Claire and his mother Elisabeth in Northumberland. They run suckler beef, sheep and laying hen enterprises across 650 ha of mainly SDA and moorlandorganically.

Drumroll please… we have finally got planning for our muck store. We originally applied for it in November 2024. Several applications, numerous visits, endless discussions, a legal obligation for 30 years with the Council for BNG and we have planning. Our planning advisor has sent us a message this morning stipulating that we can’t start just yet as there’s some planning obligations to sort first. Once we’re allowed to get going it will be made of British steel, British roof sheets, British side cladding, British hardcore and concrete and erected by a team of Northumbrians. The planning system is really holding back the rural economy. Amazingly we have also managed to get our Ewe hoggs clipped – in May! We have never managed to clip in May before, so we are feeling very pleased. The team are getting ahead and on with all the routine jobs including treating lambs due their second Heptavac and nemotadirus treatment and the calves treated for Cocci. We have plenty of grass for once – we’re definitely having the better of the weather at the moment. Warmish days, some rain and away grows the grass. I suspect I’ll come to regret this sentence in a few weeks time when we’re trying to get the silage done! It’s nearly ready to go. The under sown whole crop is growing well too in near perfect conditions, which is very different to 12 months previous. The new roof is now on the smaller silage pit, where the whole crop is stored, another project completed. The new hedges also look well after the rain and this incredible growy weather.

We’ve had some high health status bulling heifers away and also some store bullocks. This has been very helpful for the cashflow, especially as May is when the mortgage and the rent come out. We have made some investments in machinery and buildings this spring and summer to aid efficiency and make life easier for the team even if it does not necessarily boost our bottom line. The show season has started with Scot Sheep today. Hopefully it’s not as wet there as what Cereals looks like it might be. We have watched a bit of the new Clarkson’s Farm series and whether its intended or not, I think the take home message from this series is for us to prioritise our health more, both physical and mental. Both Claire and I are off to do the Great North Swim on Saturday with George, which raises money for hundreds of different causes including national charities and local organisations. Only half a mile, but that’s far enough!!! We have been practising in our lake, and I think we’re ready. I also took part in the annual Distinguished Gentlemen’s Ride that has raised £5.3M globally this year for men’s mental health and prostate cancer initiatives. We had a CLA meeting with our MP Joe Morris this month. If I’m honest, I think it has finally dawned on him that National politics don’t consider England’s most rural and sparsely populated county, Northumberland. We need to sit round the table with our MP’s even if we do disagree with most of their anti-business, anti-rural policy agenda. He had come from an earlier meeting which Wes Streeting attended and it’s very evident that Joe has pinned his support to Wes.

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Talking......Business with Bell Rural Solutions

June 2026

Michael Bell is Managing Director of Bell Rural Solutions, based in their office in Earlston. Michael provides professional advice to clients on a variety of issues throughout Scotland and Northern England, is a Member of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, an RICS Registered Valuer and Agent for the AMC & Oxbury Bank. Agriculture Update: Mixed Outlook for Farmers Across Scotland and Northern England

Farmers across Scotland and Northern England are navigating a season of both opportunity and challenge as weather patterns, market conditions and policy developments continue to shape the agricultural landscape.

Following a relatively mild spring, many arable producers have reported good establishment of cereal crops, particularly winter wheat and barley. However, rainfall levels have varied significantly across regions. Parts of eastern Scotland and Northumberland experienced drier-than-average conditions during key growth stages, prompting concerns over potential yield impacts if wetter weather does not arrive during the summer months.

Livestock farmers have generally welcomed favourable grass growth rates, which have supported grazing and reduced reliance on supplementary feed. Beef and sheep producers in upland areas of Cumbria, the Scottish Borders and the Highlands have benefited from strong pasture conditions, although some producers remain cautious about rising input costs, particularly veterinary products, machinery maintenance and energy prices. Market conditions remain mixed. Lamb prices have shown resilience, supported by steady domestic demand and export opportunities. Beef markets have also remained relatively firm, helping to offset ongoing cost pressures. In contrast, some dairy farmers continue to face margin challenges despite stable milk prices, with concerns over labour availability and increasing environmental compliance requirements.

Environmental schemes continue to play an increasingly important role in farm business planning. In Scotland, preparations for the evolving agricultural support framework are encouraging farmers to focus on climate resilience, biodiversity enhancement and sustainable land management practices. Across England, the transition towards Environmental Land Management schemes is ongoing, with many producers seeking clarity on future funding arrangements and practical implementation requirements.

The renewable energy sector continues to provide diversification opportunities. Interest in solar installations, on-farm battery storage and small-scale wind projects remains strong, particularly among larger mixed enterprises seeking additional revenue streams. Meanwhile, discussions around carbon markets and natural capital projects are attracting growing attention, although uncertainty remains regarding long-term returns and regulatory frameworks.

Looking ahead, weather conditions during the summer will be critical in determining crop yields and forage supplies. Farmers across Scotland and Northern England are closely monitoring forecasts while balancing economic pressures and environmental responsibilities. Despite ongoing challenges, the sector continues to demonstrate resilience and adaptability.

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Talking......from Lincolnshire

June 8th 2026

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.

The glorious weather over half term pushed crops on at a ridiculous pace. Spring barley standing barely 12 inches tall already had awns emerging, while wheat completed ear emergence in May – never a particularly comforting sight. In fact, it reached the same stage on exactly the same date as last year. More concerning, however, has been the influx of aphids. Numbers in the wheat ears were bordering on biblical, forcing me to include an insecticide in the tank mix. In more exciting news, the new combine has finally arrived.

Buying a combine used to be a fairly straightforward affair. You struck a deal with a nice man in a branded gilet over a coffee, the machine appeared shortly afterwards, and you received a ten-minute tutorial on the updated controls followed by a five-minute tour of the grease points.

Today, things are rather different.

It took six meetings with the nice man in the branded gilet to get a deal over the line, consuming twelve Nespresso pods in the process. This was followed by a meeting with the finance man, also sporting a branded gilet, who kindly listened to my sob story and agreed a package that allowed me to keep both kidneys, but no cash.

My old combine disappeared, yet the new one was nowhere to be seen. Being naturally tight-fisted, I run a generic GPS system, meaning I needed the machine on farm so a clever man wearing a jumper could install it and enable me to continue driving in a straight line.

Eventually the combine arrived, but before I could enjoy it, I had paperwork to sign so that a link could be sent to me. Apparently, I now need to complete a “digital handover”, which seems suspiciously similar to the paperwork I had already completed, but presumably proves to government that farmers are no longer technologically illiterate. Then a full day’s operator training for which there is no date set, and harvest is 4 weeks away...

This shiny new bit of tin comes with yield mapping. Or at least it might. Apparently, that requires a subscription. It also works much better with the manufacturer’s own GPS system, which can be mine for the bargain price of another £12,000, according to an eager, branded gilet wearing youth.

Then came the suggestion that I upload every conceivable piece of farm data into a digital platform so I could overlay maps. This apparently reveals where the good bits of the farm are and where the bad bits are. Revolutionary stuff. We can then place the poorer areas into environmental schemes and convince ourselves we are making real money.

But we don’t need maps as we have Trevor, the 90-year-old in the crumbling cottage at the end of the village, who lost his teeth before Thatcherism, uses the internet for its intended purpose; girls in bikinis and watching 1980’s sitcom reruns, and can tell you more about this farm than any map ever will—and he doesn’t require a branded gilet. In fact you are doing well to find him in more than his strangely yellow Y fronts and vest.

All of this is unfolding against the backdrop of an agricultural depression. I’ve already been approached twice this month about taking on additional land next season. The great reset appears to be underway.

The question is: do I need to become more corporate, upload and download endless maps, take on more debt and finally invest in a branded gilet?

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There is an old idiom that is as true today as it ever has been - there are three ways to lose money - fast women, slow horses and fattening cattle. The first is supposedly the most fun, the second the most expensive and the third the most certain. I can happily report that I have no experience of the first, I could not be luckier with my wife, she does not enjoy spending large sums of money. My gambling on horses is limited to the £100 in my Ladbrokes’ account that is sometimes up, most times down but never needs replenishing, so this brings me to cattle. As buyers of store cattle we are only ever living on the margin of what we paid net for a beast less the daily costs of feed, overheads and of course the purchase price. There are often periods when we struggle to cover the full cost of feed but overall the enterprise in our accounts returns a respectable gross margin on an annual basis. 2025 was a good year when we were selling cattle on a rising market, particularly last spring. This year could not be more opposite, of 48 cattle we sent to the abattoir last week, 30%, ie 14 animals, did not even recover their purchase price, let alone the cost of feed, labour etc. Any predictions made on the future of beef prices seem to be at best a guess. We are completely committed to the beef side of our business, it fits in very well with all the other activities on the farm and we are determined to ride out bumps in the cycle. To make it work we need a healthy return for the suckler cow breeder, and a strong demand on the retail side. The former have had much better returns recently and the decline in cow numbers has halted, but there is no doubt the price of store cattle will fall given the current fat price which will again take the confidence out of those committed to keeping cows.

The real problem lies in the demand for beef, it is an expensive commodity on the shelf, especially compared with chicken. This week a large British ‘high welfare’ chicken (whatever that means!) cost £5.25. With all the bones and skin removed the weight of meat was 44% of the total. This worked out at £6.56/kg. We are being paid not much less than that for an animal in the abattoir with bones included, before it is chilled, butchered and processed. I am not suggesting for eating pleasure that chicken and beef are comparable – one is a staple and the other is a possibly a luxury. We do not see ourselves as sellers of high end cars, maybe we should.

We have 12 friends staying for three days of biking around the Borders and each evening going to the Borders Book Festival. Guess what we are giving them for dinner tonight – chicken! I should be too ashamed to admit it.

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