Recent content by Long Croft Farming

finding Crovect isn't working as well as it used to

"Animals kept according to Pasture for Life standards are not fed any form of grain or manufactured feeds. These typically include high-energy and high-protein components such as soya, maize, wheat or pulses such as peas and beans. Intensive livestock production relies upon these to accelerate...

Looking for a showering contractor to treat 600 ewes near Sheffield (treating Lice not Scab), would consider plunge dipper but we're a hill farm with poor access and limited places to set up. TIA

Charlie Walker, near Duns, Scottish Borders.........3 bulls with 100plus cows. Seen this on Twitter

didn't send any deadweight so can't comment. We have kept back some of last years gimmer lambs, they're in for clipping this week, will get some photos of them and this years lambs

we use this cross.......no probs lambing singles. Depends what you intend to do with the lambs? if selling live you need to make sure the nz tup has a tight skin (not all do).......out of swale ewes the lambs can be quite wooly. we finished a lot as hoggs this year and they had a bit too much...

Got 5, 24mth Pedigree Traditional Herefords heifers. I bought them for a rare breed stewardship scheme. There not the biggest and we’re near Buxton which is possibly a bit far away. Would be welcome to have a look and pick 3. We’d planned to finish them for private customers but doubt we could...

not that then.........sorry still lambing here!!

joint ill maybe?

Good work (y) we do this quite often with sheep and know it can take a lot of planning to make sure it goes well

I applied in April this year through the Young/New Farmer scheme and they wrote to me about 2 weeks ago to say my application was successful. I will receive payment from them in 2017 BPS. Definitely worth a try

Bought a 2nd hand bale spike for back of the tractor to cart bales between the stack and feed barrier and its struggling to get them to the barrier without the bale drooping to the point where its touching the floor. The bales are well made, heavy, cropped, silage and the spike has a single...

What's the breeding of the cow?

@dazza b yes, sorry

yeah, don't risk it