Been following them for a while, hoping England sees sense and follows suit. Will transform our outdoor lambing operation. Could ride round assisting and gathering up then tail up after be a breeze.
Not disagreeing with that, but most cases will be bought in. Whereas toxo is pretty much everywhere and so easier to spread even into extensive flocks.
Out of prattley and rappa I'd go rappa. Out of all 3 I'd go landquip. Have one here that replaced and old prattley yard. Built like a brick shithouse. Tows very well. Easy to pay into road mode and hurdles help to stop ewes presurring them/jumping. Only gripes I've got are the gates could do...
It's a while since we had it bad, but I'm sure the vet said most birds can carry it and that too vax was the safest bet as they can be exposed to it anywhere, even if like us we don't lamb in or feed out of bulk bins etc.
We had a run with it and a bit of campylobacter a few years ago. Vet reconed birds can spread toxo as well. We vax all replacement shearlings now. Best thing you could do with the aborted ones is chuck them in with gimmers if you breed your own and there running dry.
Hopefully get cows and calves out in 2 to 3 weeks. They graze some low lying black land. You'd have to have them on it all winter to bugger it as the swards like a thick sponge, very thick. Have hammered with sheep this winter though as had nowhere else to put them and to clear out old thatch...
Put to much emphasis on telling people it's OK to be fat IMO. Sounds very harsh, but unless you have a very specific reason for bring overweight then there no reason to be. Its the biggest cost to the NHS.
It will be a useful addition to conventional ag, particularly in horticulture for ensuring more year round supplies. But it requires to much energy to fully replace conventional ag. Unless nuclear fusion becomes a thing.
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