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Community => Coffee Lounge => Topic started by: Backinwellies on April 15, 2015, 02:54:34 pm

Title: Other Farming Forums
Post by: Backinwellies on April 15, 2015, 02:54:34 pm: Hi

I was wondering if anyone follows other farming forums and if so which ones?
Title: Re: Other Farming Forums
Post by: Rosemary on April 15, 2015, 03:47:50 pm: I don't do any other farming forums but follow a couple of selling type pages on FB.
Title: Re: Other Farming Forums
Post by: SallyintNorth on April 15, 2015, 05:02:18 pm: I've tried to join the British Farming Forum a couple of times, but they never accept me!
Title: Re: Other Farming Forums
Post by: kelly58 on April 15, 2015, 05:08:58 pm: :roflanim: Ah Sally ! What reason did they give ?
Title: Re: Other Farming Forums
Post by: Foobar on April 15, 2015, 05:24:22 pm: TFF: http://thefarmingforum.co.uk/ (http://thefarmingforum.co.uk/) . There is the BFF too but most ppl on that have moved over to TFF.
Title: Re: Other Farming Forums
Post by: stufe35 on April 15, 2015, 07:14:37 pm: I have tried joining British farming forum a few months back but their registration process doesn't seem to work. This is evidenced by the fact that their newest member has been robertpattinson for as long as I can remember.

Anyone out there a member already and could start a thread on there telling them ?
Title: Re: Other Farming Forums
Post by: nimbusllama on April 15, 2015, 07:59:43 pm: I used to do River Cottage forum before I found this superior one!.... however it is quite good..
http://community.rivercottage.net/forum/ (http://community.rivercottage.net/forum/)
Title: Re: Other Farming Forums
Post by: devonlady on April 16, 2015, 07:29:52 am: I found the River Cottage one a bit whimsy ::)
Title: Re: Other Farming Forums
Post by: Caroline1 on April 16, 2015, 12:37:31 pm: I also have a number of facebook groups and the beekeeping forum that I pop on every now and again. This one has been my daily read for the past 6 months since I got my smallholding though :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Other Farming Forums
Post by: Penninehillbilly on April 16, 2015, 02:52:25 pm: I used to be on an american one ('backyardherds' i think) before I found TAS, still look in occasionally, they changed it and I seem to struggle with password now.
was quite useful at times.
Title: Re: Other Farming Forums
Post by: devonlad on April 16, 2015, 04:12:05 pm: Like a couple of others I started on rc. Found i got told off rather than helped. Then found TAS and never went back
Title: Re: Other Farming Forums
Post by: doganjo on April 16, 2015, 04:35:20 pm: Why would anyone want to when we have TAS? :innocent: :roflanim:
Title: Re: Other Farming Forums
Post by: SallyintNorth on April 16, 2015, 04:50:54 pm: Quote from: kelly58 on April 15, 2015, 05:08:58 pm
:roflanim: Ah Sally ! What reason did they give ?

Just never approved my membership! D'you think someone tipped them off? :-J

Quote from: Foobar on April 15, 2015, 05:24:22 pm
TFF: http://thefarmingforum.co.uk/ (http://thefarmingforum.co.uk/) . There is the BFF too but most ppl on that have moved over to TFF.

Actually I'm not certain I haven't tried TFF already with the same result as BFF, but I'll have another go...
Title: Re: Other Farming Forums
Post by: Backinwellies on April 16, 2015, 05:45:52 pm: I love TAS but after 2 years am finding the same old questions keep coming up (which I'm happy to answer ) but thought it might be nice to have an alternative, focusing more on farming issues, to check into too.
Title: Re: Other Farming Forums
Post by: stufe35 on April 17, 2015, 12:00:38 am: Quote from: stufe35 on April 15, 2015, 07:14:37 pm
I have tried joining British farming forum a few months back but their registration process doesn't seem to work. This is evidenced by the fact that their newest member has been robertpattinson for as long as I can remember.

Anyone out there a member already and could start a thread on there telling them ?

I have had the same experience as Sally....it appears to me they are simply not administering their web site.
Title: Re: Other Farming Forums
Post by: devonlady on April 17, 2015, 07:39:21 am: I subscribe to the Farmer's Guardian on-line news. That's quite interesting.
Title: Re: Other Farming Forums
Post by: Castle Farm on April 17, 2015, 07:52:59 am: http://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php (http://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php)

This site is good.
Title: Re: Other Farming Forums
Post by: DavidandCollette on April 17, 2015, 08:33:00 am: I have just joined the Norfolk Smallholders Training Group as it is nearer than Scotland :innocent: will let you know how it goes. No aliens in Norfolk unsurprisingly
Title: Re: Other Farming Forums
Post by: Buttermilk on April 17, 2015, 08:35:42 am: I have been in touch with one of the other forum moderators and got this reply.

Quote Originally Posted by Barney
There are grumblings on another forum that no new members are being admitted to this forum. It seems that several people have applied to become members but not been granted with no explanation. It is because of the other forum that I found this one in the first place. Could you please look into it. Thanks.
I'm not entirely surprised, Blue is the only one can approve them and he has always had a tendency to *disappear* for a month or so at times.
As moderators we have often found this quite frustrating - then he will breeze back in and be quite active behind scenes for a while.
He does have a young family are rather demanding at times!
We can't actually see the 'pending' list.
I'll mention it anyway in a way he will see it (by reporting the PM)
Title: Re: Other Farming Forums
Post by: john and helen on April 18, 2015, 07:34:45 pm: apart from this one, i only follow the local smallholding and farming pages on FB