Contractor comment CONTRACTOR COMMENTContractor Comment: Lots of plans but not enough staffThe final members of our 2024 Contractor Comment cohort are Suffolk-based Derek and Linda Keeble. See also: Contractor Comment: Infuriating weather sees new kit sit idle About the contractor Straw is… CONTRACTOR COMMENTContractor Comment: Infuriating weather sees new kit idleThird in this year's Contractor Comment hotseat is James Townley, who runs JD Townley & Son with his father Roy. See also: Contractor Comment: Interest rates a threat for Cropmech About… CONTRACTOR COMMENTContractor Comment: Interest rates a threat for CropmechFor this year’s Contractor Comment it’s all change, as we visit a fresh batch of four contracting firms located in different regions of the UK. Second up is our new… CONTRACTOR COMMENTContractor Comment: Beet lifting headaches in the BordersOur second season of Contractor Comment kicks off with the first of four new contributors – Daniel Freeland-Cook of Yetholm in the Scottish Borders. See also: High kit prices and… CONTRACTOR COMMENTHigh kit prices and falling profits pinch contractor marginsThe rains and winds of Atlantic depressions Isha and Jocelyn may have wreaked short-term havoc, but two metaphorical storms are causing South Lanarkshire contractor Jim Watt greater angst. Squeezed on… CONTRACTOR COMMENTWorkshop and building projects maintain contractor's cashflowMost agricultural contractors need a strategy for keeping the workforce busy and the bank account ticking over during the leaner winter months. And for Graham Hayllar, this is involves running… CONTRACTOR COMMENTContractor Comment: Foragers parked as Lexion finishes maizeRank autumn weather has made for a rotten maize harvest, but with a tracked combine and Conspeed header at his disposal, all was not lost for Tim Russon. Rather than… CONTRACTOR COMMENTA&B Contractors' tractor replacement policy under scrutinyThere’s a shortage of cash in the entire farming system, according to Richard Barrow, who co-owns and manages A&B Contractors, based at Porte Farm, Kentisbury, north of Barnstaple. “Ten years… CONTRACTOR COMMENTJag 980 a success but silage lurches from perfect to painfulIt has been a harvest season of extremes for East Kilbride contractor Jim Watt, with a stonking first cut of silage preceding a stinking second. But the decision to replace… MACHINERYExpense of wholecrop header softened by buying ex-demo modelSplurging £50,000 on an ex-demo wholecrop header might have put an end to time-consuming breakdowns, but it’s been a difficult expense for Graham Hayllar to justify. For the past few… MACHINERYNew Fastrac and trailer investment lifts contractor's fleetLast year’s sub-par maize yields have forced anaerobic digester (AD) plants to expand their acreages to shore up dwindling feedstock supplies, and that has meant more work for P Russon… MACHINERYNew Jag 980 arrives as contractor rues cashflow challengesJim Watt of East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire runs a busy contracting firm focusing on baling and forage harvesting. Cashflow is one of the biggest challenges facing his business as farmers'… More articles
