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    Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker

    Dunbia dropped the quote to 6.15 for last Monday but they paid £6.20. Trade may have bottomed/picking up?
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    Good quality jeans/ trousers

    Bought a pair of Bisley work trousers earlier in the year after reading some previous threads on here. Very happy with them, comfortable with a little stretch in them. Will be buying another pair shortly.
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    Housing ewes

    If they have been fed before should be no.issue. If they have lived their life entirely on forage then you may have problems. If they have been bought from NEMSA sale they'll know what feed is.
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    The Beef Tracker thread (no Sheep)

    They look good, how many head per trough ?
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    Confessions of the Sheep/Beef Cattle/Pig Addicts

    Yes, we toyed with the idea of going but glad we stayed at home now.
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    Confessions of the Sheep/Beef Cattle/Pig Addicts

    Watched it online, 2 made £900, rest grand plus.
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    Iodine supplement for sheep

    It was last year when I bought some.
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    Drilling winter barley into grass ley with Sumo DTS

    Sheep and cattle, not heavy land. From comments so far perhaps we would be better ploughing this year and then trying the DTS next year. Don't want to dampen son's enthusiasm though.
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    Drilling winter barley into grass ley with Sumo DTS

    Yes, we would use a local contractor.
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    Drilling winter barley into grass ley with Sumo DTS

    Thanks. Never thought of cross drilling. Son is keen so likely will give it a go.
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    Drilling winter barley into grass ley with Sumo DTS

    We are a mainly livestock mixed farm growing 30 acre of winter barley for stock feed. Establishment has always been plough power harrow based. Son who is keen on regen ways, wants to drill this year's barley with a Sumo DTS. I am happy to do this in theory, but wondered what the more...
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    • barley cattle combi drilling establishment grass harrow mzuri plough ploughing seed sheep sprayer stock feed wheat
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    Barley seed prices

    £500 per ton for 2 ton order.
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    Fencing grants ??

    We are about to start a scheme and farm in Durham. Just wondered what posts you are using as you can't be too far away relatively speaking. Priced fence and forget but carriage makes them expensive.
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    Confessions of the Sheep/Beef Cattle/Pig Addicts

    Well, I only said we are thinking of it and interested to see what the lambs look like hence one of the reasons we are going to the NSA farm walk. We are going to buy a Southie Cheviot this year and if that works fine. That £30 less may be worth taking if it eliminates hung lambs etc...
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    Confessions of the Sheep/Beef Cattle/Pig Addicts

    We are going to buy a Cheviot for ewe lambs this year. Had problems with both Beltex and Rousin lambing outside last couple of years. Keep thinking of a Shetland perhaps for second cycle. Interestingly the NSA Northern farm walk at Rothbury next week is on a farm that lambs ewe lambs to...
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