Notes from the field
Advice notes
General paddock care advice: spotting problems early, choosing the right treatment, and knowing when to call someone in.
General paddock care advice: spotting problems early, choosing the right treatment, and knowing when to call someone in.
Describe a land job once and get several prices from local contractors, then compare them on rating, distance and what is included, not just the total.
Forage enquiries went from four in September to eleven so far in October, and only three have had a price back. If you have hay, straw or haylage to sell this winter, we have customers waiting. Free to join, you keep the price you quote.
Real tractor hedge cutting prices from seven jobs posted in autumn 2026, why the same hedge gets prices three times apart, and when the law lets you cut.
Once the tree is down you are left with a stump and a pile of timber. What grinding a stump and splitting logs on site involve, what moves the price, and how to get several quotes from one description.
What it looks like to let Emmerdale Agriculture carry the admin side of a contracting business: the adverts, the website, the customer terms, the deposit and the invoice, so you can stay on the land.
Jobs slow down when the grass stops growing. We're spending the quiet months on search, advertising and new kinds of work so that enquiries come back with the spring. Here's what that means for contractors, and the winter work that's still out there.
We take enquiries for hay, straw and haylage from horse owners, smallholders and yards in every county, and we need more suppliers to fill them. Free to join, you keep the price you quote.
Customers describe the fence they need and we send it to fencers who cover the area. Price the jobs that suit you, keep the price you quote, and get paid on one invoice. Free to join.
Describe your fence once and get prices from fencers who cover your area. What to tell them, how to compare quotes like for like, and what to check before the posts go in.
Describe your tree job once and get prices from tree surgeons and contractors who cover your area. What to tell them, how to compare quotes, and the rules to check before felling.
We don't sit back and hope people find us. How our adverts, Google pages and follow-ups brought 68 jobs from 36 counties in four weeks, and what that means for contractors.
The 250th contractor was approved on 30 September, four weeks after we opened to the public. Who they are, where they are, and what a network that size means for a paddock owner or a contractor with a tractor to keep busy.
Real paddock topping prices from September 2026: what small paddocks and bigger fields cost, why prices vary so much, and how to pay less.
What wedding and prom tractor hire really involves: what drives the price, why summer dates go early, passenger safety, and what to tell an operator.
From a five-acre paddock to a 1,000-acre farm: how to find an agricultural contractor with the right machinery for your ground work.
Every day a machine sits in the yard it costs you money. How the Emmerdale Agriculture network fills gaps in the diary, and what we need to know about your kit, your radius and the jobs you want.
Topping, overseeding, subsoiling, full renovation: the machinery matters more than the tractor. What to ask for, what to tell a contractor, and how to find one who actually has the right kit.
One last cut, hedge season opening, the final ragwort window and the autumn overseeding slot: the six-week list that decides what your field looks like in March.
Describe the job in your own words. We sort the details and pass it to contractors who can actually do it.
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