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    Cattle wind shelter / outside wintering

    Yup, all very well saying plant trees but they take 10yrs to grow, l posted the thread in Buildings and infrastructure section hoping for something to build which will last 10 years while the trees grow. When the wood is harvested it will be clear felled and replanted (and probably fenced off)...
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    Cattle wind shelter / outside wintering

    Bales would work, but only a temporary solution and the advice seems to be to make a wall 20% permiable to reduce down draft. http://www.angusbeefbulletin.com/extra/2014/01jan14/0114hn_windbreaks.html#.V6JrWJB4WrU http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/livestock/beef/news/vbn1109a2.htm It's a...
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    Cattle wind shelter / outside wintering

    Nothing like this on the uk market? https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/FRP-material-Wind-Break-Wall-Wind_60481271282.html
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    Cattle wind shelter / outside wintering

    Could do.. I think the cows chomping around in the wood are killing it and I'd have to look into the rules regarding timescale for replanting. Any young saplings will have to have livestock excluded. I think I'm going to have to stop using the wood for shelter anyway to be honest. I've been...
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    Cattle wind shelter / outside wintering

    so.. I winter approx 80 cows in a stone quarry, the cattle have historically slept in a wood adjacent and has worked well for 20 years. I'm now planning to fell the trees (next year) and thought I should put up some kind of shelter for the poor cows. It is an exposed site. Another problem is...
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    Situation Vacant Scottish Borders house/livestock job

    i have a nice 3 bedroom (2 double, 1 single) house coming up for rent near Jedburgh due to parents retiring off farm. Large conservatory, double glazing, Biomass Boiler (possible free heat?) the house was gutted approx 7 years ago. 5 miles from Jedburgh. Dolphinston farm. TD8 6RL The farm...
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