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Hello. Would anyone be willing to share there true costings for keeping a ewe for a year? We are considering putting on a ewe flock and are just working through numbers at the moment to see if it’s a viable enterprise. We are thinking - 500 Blackface ewes/blueface leister rams Lambing...

What is a average cost per acre for spray contracting? TIA.

How much are people getting charged or charging for self employed tractor drivers. Not just trailer jockeys but a good experienced driver. And how much are people charging/getting charged for a man and a tractor with fuel supplied by farmer? Thanks.

Thinking of becoming a Self employed stock/tractor worker. Iv years of experience. Something iv always wanted to do and thinking of finally taking the plunge. Looking for positives and negatives and just what general thoughts are. Great to hear if anyone else is doing it and how they are getting...

tied houses. People for or against. for stock and arable workers.

The boss is talking about grouping all the beef cows together running them in the summer as one big mob instead of usual groups of 40-50. All bulls will need to be mixed together as well. He hopes to work a rotational grazing system the same as we do with the dairy cows. My worry is that we have...

Hi I'm lambing pedigree texels for the first time at new year. Looking for advice on when to bring inside? Any suggestions would be much appreciated. Thanks.

Can anyone tell me is it a legal requirement for bulls to have nose rings? Cheers

Anyone willing to share. How much do you work out it will cost to keep 1 ewe a year. How much profit do you expect (if any) after you have kept a ewe and she has given you a lamb on what ever system you work weather it be hill sheep or low ground sheep. Ideally to include cost of renting ground...

I'm new to sheep. Iv 10 pedigree texels. I want to sycro them at the end of august. Has anyone got any advise weather this is a good or bad idea. I need them lambing early due to work but I'm just abit wary so any thoughts would be much appreciated. Cheers.

Looking for advise. I'm a young head dairyman in Scotland. Im keen to progress into share farming/contract farming if possible. I'm looking for advise for the best way to go about this. I'd also appreciate if people could give me there personal opinion on weather trying to progress to farm...