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This is an interesting one as basically a crowdfunded group have purchased about 70 acres of SDA land at over 1000ft in Cressbrook Dale in the Peak District. They intend to cultivate the land and grow vegetables to nourish the local village, who are naturally up in arms about the prospect. They...

I am sad to say that Sue Martyn of Hornacott Roussins will be dispersing her flock at Exeter on 17th August. I am just helping her with the catalogue. Many of the older ewes and commercials have been sold but she is presenting her best sheep up to 2 shear at the Sale. It is a great opportunity...

Roussin Sheep will be for sale at the following sales: Wednesday 17th August - NSA ram sale at Exeter. Includes the dispersal of the Hornacott Flock of Sue Martyn. Monday 19th September - Builth Wells Ram sale Saturday 24th September - Carlisle Premier Sale

I was asked to give this a push. I have been involved in the past and can honestly say it is well worth it. The new plan for Autumn is set out https://www.rabdf.co.uk/entrepreneurs-in-dairying

I have partridge pens and badgers/foxes. I want to keep them separate. I have run a wire at snuffling height around the perimeter of the pens. What energiser (battery) is best for fox/badgers or are most sheep type energisers ok? It is a fair investment, the birds I have in there so I'd happily...

Worth watching on catchup the food unwrapped. There was a section on environmental footprint and they looked at beef. It came across quite well but perhaps made it look a bit too much like a 'new and shiny' idea. I thought David Barton came across well.

We have rain forecast for the next couple of weeks here. I have some hill ground that is riddled with nettles and I have been carefully spraying with a knapsack on dry days in between other jobs. How late in the year would you spray? I feel like some of the more mature plants aren't really...

Just a note to say that there are a small group of males and females available from 3 breeders in Exeter on 18th August. All breeders will have excellent sheep. If interested, let me know. It is a new sale for the breed so a good opportunity for folks to go and have a look

There will be male and female Roussin sheep available at Exeter NSA sale on 18th August. Please do come along if interested,

The Roussin Sale calendar will include Exeter - 18th August - Commercial Roussin sale Builth - 20th Sept - Society rules sale Carlisle - 25th Sept - Society Premier Sale. Online bidding will be available at all sales. Lots will be photographed and publicised via the Roussin Facebook site...

Does anybody recommend a good Woodland Management course? Alternatively, advice would be gratefully received. This isn't really for any gain other than my own personal enjoyment. My house sits right in an acre of woodland and I'm not convinced I manage it properly for the benefit of nature. I...

Earliest I’ve seen is 11th April. Just wondering if anyone has done any better than that? Probably wrong week to ask

I have a steep paddock that is inundated with nettles. They are all just starting now. I’m starting to think I need to get someone to whizz across the flat bits with a quad sprayer and I can do the steep bits with a napsack. I’d rather not spray off all my herbs in the grass so would be great to...

I have a sloped paddock where I keep some partridge pens and I was thinking about fencing an area off for some hens (I have some Orpingtons that are running totally free in some woodland so it’s just a matter of time 🦊). My plan was to put in some extra long posts with godfathers on the corner...

I'm on an AHDB discussion session with Owen Atkinson on this on Wednesday. I think there are spaces left so message me if you are interested I can get James to send you a link.

I’m after a trio or quartet of something purebred and pretty. Something like OEG, Barnvelder, Wyandotte, Rhode Islands, Belgians, Perkins etc. Near Buxton, Derbyshire

This one is 'Live Only' like the Neil Chesterton one was. Definitely worth watching, Joep is really interesting! https://ahdb.org.uk/events/cattle-handling-keep-calm-keep-moo-ving-with-joep-driessen

Thought this was worth flagging. He is the nicest bloke you could ever meet. Expect it may get fully booked. https://ahdb.org.uk/events/cattle-handling-keep-calm-keep-moo-ving-with-neil-chesterton

I am busily setting up breeding pens for my gamebirds. I have always used old sheep battery energisers to keep foxes and cats out but I had a disaster last year (they are on very uneven ground and a fox got into a large pen) and with one of them now knackered - I’m ready to consider something...

I have some ground (grassland) that is badly infested with creeping buttercup. It needs to be organic as it is rented and there's an agreement for sharing fodder so no money will change hands. Are there any good ways to weaken the buttercup and allow the grass to outcompete it? I can spread...