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Life expectancy was early 60s then so a big jump. Better housing and diet has helped but the expectancy was lowered by children dying of infections. Some of those would have lived to 100 if they avoided all the diseases which are now preventable by vaccination. Longevity is strongly influenced...

New take on eating on the go.

That's nothing, I have done 15 hours a day while living in a shoe

Had a disastrous scanning in November due to 2 sub-fertile bulls with 24 empty out of 64. Kept 17 to immediately drop into the autumn block and today 15 were scanned in calf so quite relieved as one bull was lame for a couple of weeks. 4 sets of twins, 12 empty of 91 scanned, a bit higher than...

While Drax is paid megabucks to burn foreign timber, the Scottish government has banned me from putting a piddling wood burner in my new house.

Scanned quads, lambed herself overnight and no extra milk needed except colostrum day 1. Now outside with 3 of them at a week old. We took some triplets off but the pet pen was heading to 20 with that strategy so 10 are out on plenty grass and cake. Some say they never thrive but maybe those...

That has been cut. Also looking like a path on the other side unless you made that.

Once it builds up in a shed very difficult to stop. Get them outside as the worst weather is past. We have just lambed 180 outside in 17 days of rain so it can be done.

Sell it for as much as you can then buy something you don't need to save paying tax. And repeat. Then retire and wonder why you have no savings.

Terrible company. When we bought the farm we got paid the final planting grant after 15 years but had to replant 3000 trees to get it, about 200 per acre. Lot of rabbit damage then.

We had 2 sub-fertile bulls out of 3 last year, only discovered at a poor scanning. Thankfully we were able to put the best cows straight back into the Autumn block so only losing 4 months. I am not a vet but have some knowledge of human anatomy and there is a condition called superior vena...

A mixture of grunting, off food and now swelling of the eyes makes me think there is some swelling or obstruction in his upper chest. The photo would fit with a severe allergy but all the other symptoms are much more complicated

I don't think your brand new spreader is going to rust much if you spend a week spreading and ploughing before washing out if it has a coat of oil. Or tell your Dad to go a bit faster

You will get 20 ewes in a 14 foot trailer so call it 10m2. 40 ewes will be 20m2 plus same area for lambs. However to get them in you need a bigger area or they start turning back on you as the lambs are usually at the back. Start with a funnel of some wire netting then entry gate of 8 feet...

Send her here as had my hand in too many ewes this year.