Equipment: field and paddock work
Notes from the field

Equipment notes

The machinery behind the work: compact tractors, flail mowers, collectors and attachments, reviewed from real jobs.

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You manage the land. We handle the contracts, the marketing and the money

You manage the land. We handle the contracts, the marketing and the money

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.

Hay and straw suppliers wanted across the UK: we have orders to fill

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.

Fencing contractor looking for more work? Get local fencing jobs sent to you

Fencing contractor looking for more work? Get local fencing jobs sent to you

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.

We don't wait for work to turn up: how we bring jobs to the network

We don't wait for work to turn up: how we bring jobs to the network

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.

Agricultural contractor’s tractor and implements parked in a farm yard

More than 250 agricultural contractors have joined the network. Here's what it means for you

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.

Agricultural contractor’s tractor and implements parked in a farm yard

Agricultural contractor looking for more work? Join the network

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.

Tractor and flail collector working an overgrown horse paddock

Need paddock work done? How to find a contractor anywhere in the UK

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.

Contractors who cover your area

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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