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HI All, Placing a tender for a 20 yr FBT in Herefordshire. Ex dairy farm, buildings ok (tatty) but need some work doing to bring up to spec for beef unit. 220 acres, mainly down to grass, some average leys, fencing needs some attention. Most ground within easy access of farm. No BPS...

Hi All, Im returning to Cornwall for a weeks holiday from the 6th August, staying at Porth. Used to farm at Bospebo Farm, near Keyhelland, Camborne many years ago. Would like to visit any dairy farms milking Friesians. Got back into farming recently but on beef, but passion is still dairy...

Have a large pedigree Simmental herd close to us used for beef breeding. I would like to use some of them on BB sexed semen to create our own Sim X BB suckler cows for our own use. We would provide AI, semen and scanning etc. Bearing in mind the farmer sells beef at 14 months to make his money...

As above, any recommendation for slaughter houses that cut and pack in Herefordshire. Seems to be vastly varying differences in prices for cattle and sheep. Would want meat returned to us ready for sale. Thanks in advance

I have been looking at hard standings and other areas close to hard lanes on local arable farms with the view to using temporary housing / portable structures for heifer and store rearing. Obviously all the cattle will be registered to me and they will stay on the same location until they are...

Im trying to see how many dairy farmers still only use dairy semen as opposed to beef semen. Are more dairy farmers now running dairy x beef calves to sell at 3-4 weeks or still concentrating on the main herd and using dairy semen? And last, if and when milk prices come back, will these dairy...

Reading tonight I see that buyers at the ring side are asking more and more sellers to be farm assured, as a new calf rearer for dairy heifers and wanting to do some fattening of B&W bulls to sell at the ring I'm assuming I will need to be in a scheme, but any advice on which one? If its not...

As a new entrant and not having capitol to buy land at present I want to rent ground, looking at a grass based system and winter grazing crops for out wintering cattle. (Returning dairy farmers son) As I will mainly be rearing from young stock and selling as first calved heifers and some black...

Im a farmers son returning to farming after a few years out. Background dairy, but really want to utilise grass skills and beef cattle. Have seen a video of a Irish dairy farmer cutting and chopping grass and bring into the cows on a daily basis, wouldn't this suit the indoor black and white...