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we have just rented some land . soil sampled some of the fields ,all low and very low in potash. what would be the best way to raise them only got a small amount of dung . the previous farmer used to put on fibrophos on his silage ground but soil sample show above average for phos but low in...

only kept sheep for the last 6 years so don't know alot we have 200 ewes . EID with the stick and program seems alot of money for mangement purpose. however start sale of lambs now , have now no idea of the best breeding ewes to the worst . some at 45 kilos others 30 kilos. what does other...

long story but neighbour stuck a bought in cow in a pen in our byre next to our cows we were off on holiday at the time in there for about 7days .we have close herd so worried about any disease that she could have taken with her. we vac. for bvd and lepto. and what should we do now?

weaned the lambs on sunday . ewes have been on little grass since ,some of the older ewes are needing some condition put on them . how long before we can stick them back on good grass.

we are on top of a hill with plenty of wind. with our wrap bales some of them are got mould on them mostly the top ones so don't know if it is the starlings or the wind but thought if I covered them it would help . they have 6 layer of wrap on them. what would be the best cover and what price.

bought a tup at the back end of last year . used him then after tupping mixed all the ram togeather then a farmer told me that the breeder of the ram had tested rams that was positive for CLA so tested his ram and it was positive although showing no lumps outwards . tested our own rams then...

how much is lamlac milk we are paying £ 60 as we give basicly a bag a lamb an a bag of lamb creep at £11 with the lamb price looking grim at the back end it doesnt add up

we are thinking of taken in some ewes in how many ewes could you put in a 60 x 15 foot shed they will be eating in another shed they are texel cross ewes they scanned threes also thin pairs

got 170 ewes and was wanting to know how many ewes do you put to ring feeder they are inside

calving hfrs at 2 . they are calfing in 6 weeks time bcs between 2 and 3 they are on restricted silage with straw at the moment . do we keep them the same until they calf then give adlib with 2-3 kgs of barley. or at what stage can you up the silage with out affecting the size of the calf...