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Good evening all, I am running 300kg calves to 500kg stores then sell them. I would like to increase my stocking density to 1.5 to 2 per acre. I take a cut of haylage over 4 acres and graze the cattle over the rest etc. I have read an article about sprouting barley hydrophonicaly, which has...

Happy Christmas to all. I have started back to cattle after moving home from England. I have bought a greenfield site. So need planning permission to build a yard. However would a concrete cattle pad with feed rails etc and required 30m x 10m be counted as a permanent building or structure...

Yeah I've a Ltd company for that job!! Own nothing. Thanks for your input.

Profit to me is having extra in my bank account, I work away during the week. So if I can make what I get working away or close too. That is what I am aiming for. So my labour to an extent is a trade off from working 60hrs and being out til Thursday evening. So if I have to spend 20hrs a week...

Delilah, I don't have any figures to show. I haven't done any yet however I know there is a turn in sucking calves. It's the rest I am unsure about. I want to see what other people are doing.

I have recently bought a small holding. I have grazed a few cattle on it too keep the grass down. However I feel I can do a bit better than a few hundred quid profit. I had thought to get 12 sows and harvest the piglets as weaners. (Putting the husbandry element of the piglets and the current...

Hi guys I have recently moved back home from England and have bought a house with ground. There are no agricultural buildings hence its a greenfield site. I am interested in finishing cows on a 90 day system. The site itself is fairly sheltered with high hedges. I have read about PDR's or lack...

Good afternoon all, In Northern Ireland what would be the growing rate to rent out a shed slatted shed. One that would hold 80 cows in cubicles with tank Just a budget rate I am looking. Thanks in advance

What does that do?

I'll try that one must get the baby bottles out.

Wont it's very nervous and goes mad when it sees a human. It came off a cow a normal dropped calf wouldn't do that

Thanks for that unfortunately we dont have a cow with a bag of milk. We dont have the facilities either

Thanks. Like that I thought she was off a cow.

I bought a young heifer calf in the sale yard. It wont take a suck or drink mile its roughly 4 weeks old. I think it may have been sucking a cow as its roared for the past few days. I am tubing it to get the milk in till it calms down hopefully... any tips or tricks on how to get a calf to drink...

Hi there do you have any pictures I'm looking a full set front and back please