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Written by Maeve Hennessy from Agriland AgriSearch is hosting a farm walk on red clover establishment as part of the ZeroNsile project in partnership with Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) and College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE). The farm walk is set to take...

As above really What's the most amount of cake you'd be happy to feed in one go? My feed rep thinks I'm probably there now but I'd like an extra kilo or two into them if possible It's a maize based HDF cake so not particularly hot My cows are just trying really hard to milk so I want to...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland Reduced mineral levels in grass following the severely wet winter could result in livestock deficiencies and production losses, according to Mole Valley Farmers. Technical services manager for Nettex and Rumenco, Dr Alison Bond, said any ground...

Written by Agriland Team from Agriland By Chris McCullough The dairy industry in Hungary has taken a beating in recent years forcing some dairy farmers out of business and others in a dilemma of whether to follow. The Covid-19 era, the war in Ukraine and in 2023, one of Hungary’s worst...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland Well-known EasyCare sheep breeder, Campbell Tweed, has expressed a strong degree of confidence in the future of lamb prices. He bases this assertion on the fact that sheep meat is widely accepted as a source of dietary protein around the world. “It...

Was drying well , a nice shower to wash fert would have been nice , so we've had an inch since lunchtime , the joys of ag

As title. Our forager costs £30 an acre. By the end of the month we will have completed second cut and so have a foraging cost of £60 and acre where the day before he will be finishing a thick first cut and might be charged out a smidge more than my 30 for twice the grass. Wagons straightforward...

Holding political parties to account for their policies is done once every election. We can't sue them in court for mis-selling of goods and services. Nor can we gripe if they lie and cheat to get in and then do FA or play one faction off against another to keep the status quo of doing FA...

It would suit me to plant roots again in the same patch after last winters roots. How naughty is this, is it likely to fail with a carryover of root munching pests etc? It had stubble turnips, was thinking of kale/swede/turnip mix for a bit of an attempt at diversity. So yes or no? Thanks

A farm open day in Gloucestershire on 29 May will offer arable farmers a low cost entry to finishing beef cattle with free on-call advisory support and minimum guaranteed payment terms at the outset. One of the open day organisers is Buitelaar Group, the “bed and breakfast” beef finishing...

Managing a small herd of longhorns here.Lovely quiet cows untill they have a calf, then it's as if a switch has been flicked and they suddenly become possessed by the devil. This of course then becomes exacerbated when you have calves that don't suck; big traffic cone tits to latch onto; tagging...

I've tried searching around and haven't found anything in the TFF annals so here we go! We have about 25 acres of woodland on our patch. Some of it very mature and a small but expanding area of natural regenerative woodland and some acres of steep, gorse and bramble covered ground. After years...

SPARTA FORAGE RAPE 80% GERM Delivered price: £1.90 per kilo Packed in 20-kilo bags Minimum order 40kgs (2 x 20kg bags) Mainland UK only Prices are valid for all orders up to 31st MAY 2024. Prices are subject to revision at any time. All PRODUCTS QUOTED ARE STRICTLY SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY...

Apologies if this has been covered before, but I am interested to know if anybody out there (in the UK that is, sorry not trying to alienate anybody else) is genuinely mob-grazing sheep on tall grass or other covers? It seems that many people are trying it to some degree, but I cannot find...

Is the Livestock sector, especially sheep and beef at a significant crossroads? The present long overdue higher prices for sheep may not mean that there will be an increase in production. Statistically there will be a significantly lower lamb crop this year, so it is likely that prices will...

Put in 5 acres forage rape, plough, rolled, combi drill. Not a big job to roll it but is it worth it?

Hi, Pretty much brand new to farming so please don't rip me to shreds! I grow barley and oats for cattle consumption. Currently have 4 arable fields in either barley or oats. Is it feasible to rotate consistently between these two crops over these fields or should I be putting in another break...

Written by Agriland Team from Agriland By Chris McCullough An ambitious young couple milking 350 sheep in Greece have future plans not only to expand the flock, but to improve their genetics by precision breeding. Situated at the foot of Mount Olympus, close to the town of Elassona, is...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland The 2024 spring planting and grass-cutting season is now well underway in the south Antrim area, according to one agricultural contractor. Darren Russell is part of the Russell Brothers team. The business works out of premises close to the village of...

Hello, i’ve just gotten a 2,40 m wide disc mower without a conditioner. I’ve also gotten an old Orkel baler (the one that has an integrated forage harvester instead of a pickup, GP1202). This means that the baler can’t handle too much grass at once. By collecting the grass after the mower, i...