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R 2 411 kiloFew cattle of to woodheads this morning what is this lad going to be DW 27 months
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R 2 411 kiloFew cattle of to woodheads this morning what is this lad going to be DW 27 months
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R3, 395kg.Few cattle of to woodheads this morning what is this lad going to be DW 27 months
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R2 390kgFew cattle of to woodheads this morning what is this lad going to be DW 27 months
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colne or spalding? we loaded this afternoon for spalding.Few cattle of to woodheads this morning what is this lad going to be DW 27 months
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I think you mentioned 1000 acres that wasn't moorland.A fair bit what is the payment for the rest and what restrictions does it bring?
I don't think you are allowed to spread fodder beet out in winter?I think you mentioned 1000 acres that wasn't moorland.
well we have about 100 acres,
we put together a SFI plan mostly legumes we already have clover so thats no problem, some low input which won't make any odds where we put it and one little field of herbal ley just to try it [we can add some more if we get on with it], apart from that lots of hedges/trees plus the nutrient and pest management and soil test plus the payment you get for doing the SFI,
It won't make much odds to the way we farm and we end up with a little bit more money than BPS was.
Happy enough on our small patch to be honest
yes you canI don't think you are allowed to spread fodder beet out in winter?
Yes in around 1000. I will need to look into it I don’t think where we are we will recoup anything like the bps payment we are in around a third of that for sfi. Some of the rough grazing that isn’t moorland won’t be much use for the herbal stuff although it is already there. It depends how we all define it I supposeI think you mentioned 1000 acres that wasn't moorland.
well we have about 100 acres,
we put together a SFI plan mostly legumes we already have clover so thats no problem, some low input which won't make any odds where we put it and one little field of herbal ley just to try it [we can add some more if we get on with it], apart from that lots of hedges/trees plus the nutrient and pest management and soil test plus the payment you get for doing the SFI,
It won't make much odds to the way we farm and we end up with a little bit more money than BPS was.
Happy enough on our small patch to be honest
And their is nowt efficient about moving stock , just feeds hauliers and middle men really .There is an efficency from moving store stock to the lowlands for fattening.
That is where the feed is, where the muck is needed but sadly things have changed a lot in 40 years.
I don’t think it says that, it just says you must minimise bare soil and avoid poaching. Fodder beet would probably be OK it’s my ring feeders that may be a problemI don't think you are allowed to spread fodder beet out in winter?
I'm not claiming on my 60 acre of grassland just for converting 9 acre of arable land to herbal ley, which I can afford to pamper. If that works more ewes but homebred so it will be gradual.
Walls at 27p per metre should get me 25% of BPS money which helps plus the herbal ley, mangement plans & buffer zones next to ditches, which I was allready doing & not claiming.
Restoring as many walls as I get time for, laying some new field tracks & restoring a couple of ponds in time.
yep for low input you can't poachI don’t think it says that, it just says you must minimise bare soil and avoid poaching. Fodder beet would probably be OK it’s my ring feeders that may be a problem
Have you set away with sfi? Most folks are waiting I’ve spoken to. There’s supposed to be something better on the cardsI don’t think it says that, it just says you must minimise bare soil and avoid poaching. Fodder beet would probably be OK it’s my ring feeders that may be a problem
Really?! I thought that's why it was always traditionally done? Cheaper to move the cattle to the feed/straw than vice versa!?And their is nowt efficient about moving stock , just feeds hauliers and middle men really .
Just all depends doesn’t it … not all cattle use straw anyway .Really?! I thought that's why it was always traditionally done? Cheaper to move the cattle to the feed/straw than vice versa!?
They used the railways when my grandad was young (pre WW2)And their is nowt efficient about moving stock , just feeds hauliers and middle men really .
Yes, things have changed though , lot of arable men just dont want stock understandably , im now selling some of them sh!t .They used the railways when my grandad was young (pre WW2)
One load of store cattle versus how many loads of straw, grain, roots etc & the muck where it is needed.
There was another reason in those days animal nutriction was not the science it is today & many hills have deficencies, less so on lowland acres. That would be a big factor.
They used the railways when my grandad was young (pre WW2)
One load of store cattle versus how many loads of straw, grain, roots etc & the muck where it is needed.
There was another reason in those days animal nutriction was not the science it is today & many hills have deficencies, less so on lowland acres. That would be a big factor.
Still happens in the US, where are the feedlots? Where the feed is cheap.
They got stocked up at darlo….was a big showCattle are a lump less money in Thirsk today easy 15p some will be more, Very little enthusiasm ringside, Late starting as usual !!!
Sheep are a real trade