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    sheep fencing

    Rylock with post up to 8m apart where ground is flat. Will cost less than £1/m erected and far cheaper than eletric when labour and risk are factored in
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    Scotland beef efficiency scheme

    Yes through a set of binoculars lol
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    World Ag' Thousands of angry shepherds storm Romanian parliament

    Sounds so crazy. Sounds like a law the Scottish parliament would go along with!
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    Which Quad?

    Can am great here got 400, 500 and 1000 6x6 never any problem and very comfy to be on all day.
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    All Winter Grazing

    Grazing is the way to go.
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    Weekly Caption Competition

    New marketing campain for lambbaaghini!
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    Weekly Caption Competition

    Who said theirs no money in sheep?
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    Cost of keeping a dry cow over winter

    Cow worth more to kill fat, so split and sell calf to someone who needs one to replace a loss they have had.
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    Cost of keeping a dry cow over winter

    Logic is to maximise profit and reduce labour. Using animals to harvest forage rather than machinery.
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    Cost of keeping a dry cow over winter

    Ewes come off hill in late November for flushing on stubble turnip grass mix. Tupped on that and then back out to hill with feed blocks the month after the tups are out. What are your stocking rates for whole year? Yes I have two acres shut up for cattle at the end of summer but on my good...
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    Cost of keeping a dry cow over winter

    It's still not a cost! Is a loss of production.
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    Cost of keeping a dry cow over winter

    That's not a cost! That's down to management/using ur head! Lol
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    Cost of keeping a dry cow over winter

    That was my point that dairy cows create more income so justify pampering in a shed. Yes I shut that field off in mid July which was too early in retrospect but when the twin ewes go out the hill the start of July we have a massive surplus. We also tend to burn so need cover in late summer to...
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    Dipping Lorry

    No operators lisence if on ag papers it is to be treated like a tractor in the eyes of the law. I keep the papers in glovebox of shearing lorry as police struggle to get their heads round it unless u have the documents with you.
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    Dipping Lorry

    U don't need a lorry lisence, Send them the photos proving it can only be used for dipping and then u will get in on agri papers so just an ordinary b lisence or tractor lisence is legal.
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    Cost of keeping a dry cow over winter

    Cost of inwintering Labour involved Reliance of fossil fuel Loss of nutrients High capital Lots of machinery Animal health Lack of sustainability There are a few reasons to be considered but if there is no alternative to what you are doing then grand, carry on.
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    Bottled it. Hay out

    Just roll it out by hand. Very little waste much less than any feeder I've ever tried. Can feed with quad an trailer or pickup if away from home and it snows. New spot every time so no damage to grass.
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    Cost of keeping a dry cow over winter

    1 - Sell calves once they have got colostrum, more money! 2 - if the calf is not on your farm does it still eat your grass? 3 regular cash flow reduces finance costs. 4 - change your cost of production then! 5 - if you are getting 15 ppl for a 6500 l herd producing premium produce what is...
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    Dipping Lorry

    No limit No mot Free tax disk Red diesel.
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    Cost of keeping a dry cow over winter

    Would like to haha but short season up here so could only milk 7 months of the year. Highland x jersey cows now there's a thought! Outwintered and milk them once a day!
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