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Did I hear right!!!? Millions coming our way to improve our IT etc so that we have less reliance on foreign workers? and better outlets for food we can't sell? Apart from installing robots, I can't see, on the face of it, what impact this would have on the dairy industry. What about other sectors?

Someone told me today that they had seen on some news channel that the Gov were going to import dried milk from Australia, reconstitute it and sell it as 'fresh' milk. False news? Please!!

Looking for a cheque book cover on a well known online site, I found several described as 'vegan leather". Can someone please explain to me how's that possible! I can't imagine that even a grass fed bullock could be classed as vegan? I have seen vegetarian free range eggs in supermarkets. Now...

Anyone on here know how bird flu effects wild birds? We've found it so very noticeable the lack of birds and bird song for quite some time .. although not in geese!! .. but over the last few days we have found two dead birds .. a chaffinch and a blackbird .. different days, different locations...

There is plenty of coverage of the horrendous devastation following the tornado in America but once again, I have not seen any comment at all about the farming community / livestock. Anybody got any news how they've fared? It doesn't bare thinking about any cattle feed lots in the tornadoes path.

Spring is tantalisingly close and we'll soon be able to record our Ist ChiffChaff etc. Lets hope that the Swallow situation is better than last year. A disaster as far as we were concerned. Not one House Martin .. had 14 pairs the previous year .. only 3 pairs of Swallows instead of 8+ .. Willow...

Like many, we went on the march through London .. how many years ago?! .. and duly joined FFA but I haven't really heard anything from or about them for years. In an age where every penny counts, I wondered how many of you are still members or just keep forgetting to cancel the subscription?

Only used calf jackets on problem calves but considering using them on winter hutch reared calves destined for market around 6 - 8 weeks old as noticing that indoor reared calves frequently doing better than outdoor ones. My question is to other users .. is there a big growth check when taken...

Why oh why do dairy farmers .. and not just UK ones .. fall for the temptation of producing more and more milk as soon as the milk price is the best it's ever been? Is it not obvious that less is best and a level profile gives the processors less reason to reduce the price per litre? So often...

I should imagine that most dairy farmers have, at some time, had a downer cow. There can be several causes and level of damage but the end result is usually a cow housed on straw or sometimes outside, who can't get up. I would also imagine that in many cases we know what the outcome is going to...

Its ben talked about before BUT I am shattered! Not by milking, feeding calves, endless paperwork, as well as all the usual domestic stuff, etc etc but trying to contact various firms for either a copy invoice or a simple answer. Most of yesterday afternoon on the help chat line / phone with...

Does anyone here use Adaptarap? Its a biodegradable foot bandage that looks as though it could be ideal for treating a cow at drying off as it dissolves between 2 hrs to 5 days after applying. Its far too easy to leave a conventional bandage on too long once they have been dried off. These...

I hope somebody more eloquent and with more time than me will respond to the bit he's going to do about farmers being being able to spread FYM again on the land. Pretty clear even in the intro more farmer bashing coming up with not 100% true facts.

When it arrived today, I assumed it was the usual census, until I opened it! As a farmer, with a deep love for the land and stock that we have cared for over many years, with the world teetering on the brink of war, with other countries ie Germany, going to suspend some of the environmental...

A rant! Pure and simple! Got to let off steam but I need a new vaguely polite swear word! been onto a firm for the 5th time over several weeks today to sort out the same problem. 30 minutes minimum wait time for each call listening to GASTLY music. Cut off 3 times after 20 minutes. Today been...

apologies if this has already been covered in another thread, but in all the news coverage of the terrible, mindless war in Ukraine and the various pleas for financial or practical help, apart from one story of Russians invading a large farm and taking over, I have seen very little coverage of...

Found out last week that the farmers friend, in a great many farmhouses, the solid fuel Rayburn, as from end December 2021, is no longer being made as they couldnt comply with government emmisions regulations. Its great as the glossy brochures everywhere wax lyrical about the benefits of...

I know its like asking 'how long is a piece of string' but what is the average that everyone is paying now for relief milkers? Per milking ... per hour .. per cow . per time of day... depending on responsibilities ..the options are endless but just want to get a feel of it.

With parts of Devon & Cornwall currently having the highest cases of Covid in the Country ( according to the BBC news) what does everyone think on whether or not mask wearing should continue to be encouraged? With nearly all our local shops / businesses still asking for people to wear masks...

All the worlds environmental woes are apparently caused by everyone eating too much meat, consuming too much dairy and cows farting too much. Somebody please explain to this thick farmer why during Covid lockdown the pollution levels were the lowest for years despite the fact that we were all...