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At the start of the New Year we undertake a review of the production year as the breeding ewe enterprise is now restarting its production cycle after weaning the lambs. The intention of the review is to analyse how we might return better profitability from this enterprise as there is always...

With outdoor lambing having started or about to – What is your pasture cover / height now? For ease of comparison between farms measure it using a ruler and record using centimeters (cm), take an A4 or larger size magazine or similar and place it on the grass and measure the height of the...

I write to congratulate Mr Will Case of Cumbria who has recently been profiled in the UK Farmers Weekly. It appears this young sheep farmer has a good grasp of the practicalities, opportunities and limitations of sheep farming as pertains to his locale. Having visited NZ Mr Case has observed...

There is always someone commenting about the on-farm lamb price. All farmers will agree that it is never consistently high enough relative to cost of production to maintain a decent level of profitability. We also know that the price is established firstly at the retail end of the supply chain...

Do Producer Groups particularly those setup by the supermarkets provide you as a farmer an opportunity to enjoy better farm business profitability? Most supermarkets nowadays want a direct relationship with their farm suppliers rather than rely upon a multitude of third parties and by doing so...

Hello, I have a MF6465 Dyna4 and the PTO will not engage. I think it is an electrical - computer type problem far beyond my level of expertise! I have replaced both inside cab switches (the rocker switch and on/off switch), checked the fuses and checked for damage to wires (mice chewing or...