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Never known a year like here in bone dry South East . How many is too many ? Nothing seems to be suffering but can find at least 10-15 on most April born lambs and a few less on Ewes in wool.

After the recent Oxford farming conferences, the perceived preference of U.K. Farmers to exit the EU , the proliferation of farmers now on social media ( not to mention this place ) and the often veciforuos anti establishment 'Trumplike' and 'Faragesque' posts in this post truth age on TFF ...

So France is our major export destination by a good margin . French sheep farmers expect tariffs on imports or at least 'extra administrative controls' even if we manage to negotiate tariff free access. There are a host of other markets but France underpins our trade. Yet the National Flock...

Absolutely no connection but noticed this for sale by Hobbs Parker at Ashford Market .

Anyone ever had this?. I run several single sired rides . Most are working well. One ram , a shearling who is working but only making the sheep very lightly , barely visible. He seems to rather delicately lift himself off rather than slide off giving little chance to mark? I changed crayon...

So Phacelia. How hungry do sheep have to be before they tuck in? Not the best addition to a grazing cover mix I would suggest. Note -Need to discuss with my arable neighbour for next year .

Anyone got any info of acceptable shearling ewe weight as a percentage of mature ewe weight. Thinking that some of my replacements a tad light but it has been dry in these parts. Introduced genes working their way through flock perhaps? , with ewes getting a bit smaller

http://www.fwi.co.uk/livestock/farmers-weekly-awards-2016-sheep-farmer-of-the-year.htm Hats off to Gordon Wyeth . Don't know the man but that's some business. But as with all journalism do his 5000 lambs really average R4L ? and if that is a typo how accurate is the rest of the piece. ?

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A mode of management so often used to describe sheep farming. But does the definition now need changing to include, Prattley, Rappa machine , Handler ( take your pick ) , Quad bike , Ifor Williams trailer EID logger , wand , panel readers, 12v clipper .The list goes on and on of things we...

Apparently there is an 80 % chance, or thereabouts , that Blue Tongue Virus will once again get to UK in September this year. Last time a campaign in the South was made to stop it in its tracks by vaccination and it worked. Will this work second time around ?

Anyone growing a ley of this stuff down in South Uk that I could have a look at ?

Got a 8 ha field heavish grade 2 , high clay content, field drained Was arable +20 years heavy tillage didn't help structure. Grass down 5 years ago due to black grass building. Attempted forage mix over winter DD last summer did not come well. Aim is to get back into forage production by...

Needing a more powerful energiser going up from a Gallagher M800 to an 1800i OR a Speedrite 15000 anyone got an opinion? Prices similar . ( Sheep multi wire. )

Selling lambs spot at market is depressing in a flat or declining market, especially when our Southern Hemisphere competitor can quote a delivered price to retailers months in advance. We all value our live auction system but should we be expecting the auctioneers to evolve with the times and...

Anyone experience problems with weighing through the Combi ? I've got the frame and the new anti bounce frame attachment sent me FOC by Ritchy after a phone conversation . I seem to get a variable 'zero'. I zero with clamp shut ie. Me standing on clamp plate but if I'm standing on the...

10, 100, 1000 ha/ acres. You choose.

What's best before slot seeding forage rape into grass. Heavyish land so thinking it wouldn't be a bad thing for grass to come again under rape but would it give it a long enough window to establish.

Ok so you are given a Magic wand . How would you like to see the industry change ( or not) and develop over the next ten years. ? AND Looking forward what do you think are the main threats to the industry. ? From production right through to the plate ( acknowledging current issues around...

Want to establish a winter forage crop after haylage to be cut in ten days . Was thinking spraying off waiting a while ? Slot seeding with mates Atchison . Will depend on soil moisture if we go straight in or wait till August . What are timings with round up and slot seeding?