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Modern beef and arable farm in North Staffordshire seeking full time member of staff. Daily responsibilities will include feeding and bedding finishing and store cattle with tmr feeder and straw blower. Regular tasks include rolling grain and preparing premixes. You will be a tidy and...

I’ve seen bare concrete, heard of tiles, paint, resin. What gives the best, smoothest, easy to clean finish alongside a feed barrier for on floor feeding. I’m building a new shed and I want it perfect.

We are looking for a full time employee on an arable and beef finishing unit in North Staffordshire. The job will involve tmr feeding and bedding 400 store and finishing cattle as well as seasonal arable work. PM for further details.

It seems as though all aspects of farming, rural life and culture are under attack in this country these days, is anybody else feeling the same? The hatred directed at farmers on social media is quite staggering.

We are looking for an experienced stockman/ tractor driver who is comfortable looking after both cattle and sheep and completing the daily routines on a 600 acre farm in Staffordshire. You will also need to be a competent tractor driver. Competitive remuneration to meet the individuals...

Would a few of you please share your vaccination strategy for your suckler herds? What you vaccinate for, when you do it. Thanks.

A full time permanent position is available on a 600 acre beef and arable farm in North Staffordshire. The main enterprise is beef finishing as well as store lambs, a small suckler herd and combinable crops. The ideal candidate will be first and foremost an excellent stockman and experienced...

I have grown pure stands of red clover in the past and have made some very good baled silage with zero N. As a result of that success I have put in some red clover ryegrass cutting leys that I intend to chop for the pit this year, in fact I plan to make all my silage from these new leys. As I...

Here’s an interesting article from a US magazine citing a study of the relationship between pre weaning and subsequent feedlot performance and temperament. Hope the link works. http://www.beefmagazine.com/genetics/turns-out-cow-temperament-more-convenience-trait

Bread to cost more dough: Price of a loaf set to rise after a surge in the cost of wheat Millions of families face bigger food bills as the price of bread is set to rise in Britain's High Street supermarkets, according to a new report from food giant Allied Bakeries, citing high prices of...

Browsing the 1883 feb 17th edition of Farm and Home magazine I came across this advert for Prickly Comfrey which claims a yield of 120 tons of fodder. presumably fresh weight, per acre. It can apparently be cut 6 or 7 times a year forever. Anyone heard of it being fed to stock before?

Obviously round bale weights vary enormously according to crop dry matter and whether chopped or not. Those of you who feed bale silage through a mixer wagon and test your silage, what dry matter are you getting into a bale? Do you get more dry matter in a bale of very high dm silage 50%+ or in...

As per title I am interested in any ideas or feed fence designs that prevent or reduce soiling of feed. I seem to waste more than I'm happy with due to cattle crapping or in the case of heifers, urinating in troughs. Intakes are also reduced as a result. I clean troughs daily and wondered what...

I rent some grazing ground on an FBT which still has 2 years to run. The landlord has just gone bump and the receiver has just told me that my tenancy agreement is now void and has asked me to provide him with vacant possession. He has up to this point ignored my requests to pay this years rent...

I was thinking about trying a preservative this time such as safesil instead of my usual inoculant, I get a lot of clamp wastage and heating in the tmr and am looking to reduce this. Would an acid do just as good a job or are preservatives better at keeping the clamp face cool? Any alternatives...

28 April 2017 10:34:01 | Meat Processing,News,Produce,Supermarkets Tesco to stock Argentinian beef in some stores, local farmers disappointed The Tesco Argentinian beef trial has faced criticism from the farming industry Farmers have said they are disappointed with Tesco's decision to stock...

Can anyone recommend a shear bucket? It needs to be able to handle grass silage and hold a decent amount of straights without it spilling all over the yard. Cheers.

Is it too late for spring beans? Earliest I could get them in would be end of next week. Heavy ground North Staffordshire.

I am very interested in hearing pros and cons of these two shedding breeds. Particularly from anyone who has run both. I'm not interested in arguments for and against shedding sheep or woolly ones. Mature ewe weight, prolificacy, maternal attributes, KO% etc

There are a few gaps in the spreader settings chart. I will be spreading Yara Bela Sulfan 26n35so4, has anyone got any settings for it as a starting point? V2 discs. Thanks