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Our vet did us a nutrition plan based on our average hay and cake with 18% protein and advised "Triplets 2lb concentrates for 7 weeks - divide into 2 meals if possible particularly in the last few weeks. Twins 1 1/2lb for 6 weeks again dividing into 2 meals for the last 2-3 weeks Singles...

- a limit of 250kg/ha applies to the spreading of organic manure to any field each year Am I missing something here? Isnt that saying I can only spread 1/4 ton of fym per hectare? No mention of its nitrogen content.

I used Anna bridging software for my last return. Free and simple to use

We had a lot of eye problems this year and jabbed three quarters of the flock with alamycin about 10 to 12 weeks before lambing but they've all lambed pretty much on time. We also used a hill ram on some ewes and they have lambed a few days earlier than the ewes served by other rams.

According to the Welsh Lamb &Beef Producer Manual, Appendix 7, it's actually 6 months

What was the name of the camera? Thanks

Does the grazing licence normally get included in the HOT? I'm at the stage of agreeing the HOT and their agent says it's not up to him whether a grazing licence will be available. I can see it may not be worth their while if they have to spend more to make the cabling sheep-proof but it would...

But with the price of electricity going crazy, surely they could afford to pay a bit more?

Ours fledged last Friday. They are still coming back into the garage overnight.

I've seen a couple of reports showing that bracken has some value for carbon capture and since it's also got uses for composting and bedding should I learn to love it and wait for grants to grow it, or should I spend £300 on some asulox?

We've planted just over 1000 on a banky area, with a Glastir grant in December. I'm getting a bit nervous now due to the lack of rain...

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Who pays the business rates on a solar farm? An agent has asked me to sign an Exclusivity Agreement for a small project (20 megawatts or so). They are indicating rent of £700 per acre but there's no mention of who pays the business rates.

Does this look like ringworm? We only keep sheep now and we've not had ringworm for 30 years when dad used to rear calves. We've not bought anything in for a couple of years and t's only on a couple of old sheep that I had planned to take to market. They don't seem bothered by it and their body...

But now they're only selling it in 20l containers which by my reckoning means I'd have to use 2 backpacks worth a day to use it all up before the end of the licence period.

Is this any help?

Is there any way to control bracken in hedges?

Hi Kathryn, I think that there might have been an episode of 'Wartime farm' where they learnt to plough...