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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...

Hello- probably a silly question but here goes. We have a big block of upland sheep grazing that’s been pretty neglected the last few years. Always put bagged fert (20-10-10) on every spring but gave up 5 or 6 years ago and it’s really started to show the last couple of years. We are looking at...

1 block of land has a really good spot to film aeroplanes from. Never bothered me until these live streamers turned up. I guess the spotters just did it for there own use. Now almost every day there is someone there filming putting it on YouTube for over a thousand people to see live while I...

As it says, I know you can claim GS15 and GS4 together but can you claim GS15 in CS and LIG1 on sfi, given that LIG1 and GS4 are broadly the same and the same payment rate. THe helpline has given me 3 answers - No you cant, its double funding (doesnt make sense) yes you can because LIG1 and GS4...

Be gentle... ignorant arable farmer asking for a friend on this one... Let's say you had £25k, and wanted to get into livestock. You have access to low imput permanent pasture (heavy land), and occasionally some rotational leys. You have access to a loader, You have an old shed, potential...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The Rare Breeds Survival Trust (RBST) has said it has “increasing concerns” for the UK’s rare native pig and poultry breeds following the release of its new watchlist. The conservation charity said it is calling for targeted government action to...

Webinar follow up: Uplands Written by Becky Briggs On Wednesday 27 March, we held a webinar on the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) and Countryside Stewardship (CS) schemes for upland farmers. In this post, I’ll summarise what we covered and include links for you to learn more. We were...

Webinar follow up: livestock and grassland Written by Becky Briggs We recently held a webinar for livestock and grassland farmers in England. A recording is embedded above. In the webinar, we gave an overview of the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) offer and how the scheme supports both...

Acting on the recommendations of the Dartmoor Review Written by The Team Credit: Stuart Allen Dartmoor is one of England’s most loved landscapes, with wide open moorland framed by steep woodland valleys and rolling hills. People are drawn to Dartmoor to immerse themselves in its nature...

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Written by Agriland Team from Agriland An Australian company has announced the launch of a new product, “Ashgrove Eco-Milk”, which is a climate-friendly milk. Ashgrove Cheese stated that this new eco-milk retains all the nutritional benefits and taste of Ashgrove full cream milk while...

Just read this article in the Washington Post, about how the multinational food companies are encouraging dieticians in the "anti diet movement" to encourage people to stop dieting and just eat whatever they want when they want. I didn't even realise there was an anti diet movement! As...

Written by Louise Hickey from Agriland The United States Department of Agriculture – Wildlife Services (USDA-WS) is evaluating the ability to deliver an oral bovine tuberculosis (TB) vaccine to wild deer by deploying vaccine delivery units through Michigan. The vaccine trial began in late...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland A spokesperson for the Food Standards Agency (FSA) has said it is taking hygiene concerns regarding a Welsh Kepak factory “very seriously”. FSA head of operational delivery in Wales, Chris Jones, said the FSA is aware of an article by Wales...

I've a gimmer which I think has acidosis. They were only on 1/3 lb of nuts per day plus silage, but I was feeding them in boxes and filling 2 ring feeders with silage from the bale by hand as they wernt eating the bales whole that well. What was happening a good few were leaving the nuts and...

I farm heavy silty clay with flints. No ditches, no land drains. Good strong wheat land, if unforgiving. I've been trying to grow cover crops on and off for the last 9 yrs. With one exception, they have all been disastrous. Summer cover crops in place of a spring crop, on the other hand, can...

Welcome to our Biostimulant Supplement, exclusive to Direct Driller magazine. I hope you enjoyed reading our last supplement on Adjuvant Technology and it proves useful as we head into the spring spraying season. In this issue we explore the valuable role of plant biostimulants in helping...

Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF An on-farm trial investigating a two-pronged approach to NUE has now concluded. CPM catches up with the team in Darlington to assess the results and understand if it’s possible to reduce reliance on traditional nitrogen. By Janine...

Written by Brian McDonnell from Agriland Most dairy farms are now well into calving. With a good number of cows calved, an important job to now complete is the calibration of your feeders. Overfeeding or underfeeding cows will have different impacts on your herd, with over feeding a waste...