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CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE:

Made it Myself items:

Livestock: Tullow root bucket converted to mix and feed meal / Easy-to-use halter made from 12ft rope / Third ear tag give at a glance breeding info / Filling feed bags quickly / Farm built slurry dribble bar fits on tanker and has break-back and non-drip cut-off / ATV trailer adapted for calf work / Mobile mineral lick dispenser / Sheep silage feeder has minimal wastage /

Pigs: 2,400 sow weaner enterprise on 800ac has high welfare / Home designed and built pig arks are top performers / Pig feed hoppers are weather, rodent, bird protected / Internal roads built with home built stone laying machine / Weaner loading box hooks onto back of trailer for fast transfer / Fridge with heater makes ideal revival box for weaners, lambs etc / Rolland drop axle trailer modified with decks, vents etc / Kubota RTV adapted to carry bales, feed and pigs

Arable: Push-off bale spike makes stacking easier / On floor grain drying with perf drain pipe / Blast cleaner for baler knotters made for £150 /

FarmWalk with Mark and Sue Wills: SHEEP and BEEF / Ivor Williams deck ramp made easy to use / Ewe and lamb trailer carries five behind ATV / Auto-yoke on sheep dagging crush / Creep feeder has lift up axle, is towed not carried / Skid steer quick attachment lock - FARM SAFETY / Motorway bridge railings used as feed barrier / Flat trailer, 26ft, easy conversion from step frame artic / Rear tractor weight uses quarry cast-off / Sheep silage feeders have covers to keep silage fresh

Workshop: Hydraulic lift for disabled driver lifts him into John Deere 6910 /

General Farming: Detachable tractor TOOLBOX / Dog kennel design keeps them clean and warm /

Farm World: Agriculture absent from top science list / Trantor tractor - forward thinking British design / Grain market finely balanced / Safer ladders have big safety payback / Corn dollies and 'spirint of fertility' / Oxford Conference 2011 looks interesting / Cow management on the mobile phone / Foot washer for cows is big step forward

Financial Focus: Are the Spending Review cuts a cause for farmers' concern?