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Hi all, I'm in the process of fencing fields, previously just arable, and there are rough tracks between them. How wide would people fence the tracks? What factors do I need to consider? (Mob sizes or fence post spacings etc) Uses will be for moving growing/finishing cattle, ewes and lambs or...

I've seen half box strainers used in deer fencing for places where a full box wasn't necessary. Do they have a place in sheep and beef fencing? Or does it just make sense to put a full box strainer in every time or put a strut in instead?

Ground I'm farming with sheep is currently really under stocked as it was took on in September 2020, sheep were over wintered outside and the grass wasn't performing well. So, this spring and summer I'm going to have a huge surplus. A neighbouring farmer is short of silage ground this year and...

I know eid has been talked about in previous posts but I’m ‘weighing up’ which brand to go with. I would like to, going forward, record my sheep flock and make better breeding decisions. I’ve tried to find direct comparisons or differences but not had much luck. All the commercial sheep...

I have a field which was put into grass after linseed (late) last September. It hasn't established very well and the linseed volunteers, as you can imagine, have done very well not being sprayed off. I was told they could be grazed off with sheep before they get too 'stemy' in the spring. But...

Hi all, I've started using a rising plate meter since September this year to make feed budgets and try improve pasture use (outdoor wintering ewes). I've been measuring every week. Since the wetter weather and a couple of frosts I've found the plate meter is reading lower DM/ha in some of the...

Hi there, I am starting a sheep enterprise and want to get the right EID reader and software. I've used Ghallagher before in New Zealand but I'm not sure whether it will be equipped record data needed in the UK for assurance and environmental paperwork or other general data. What are peoples...