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That is a very serious welfare issue and should be reported to the relevant authorities. There is no excuse for having cattle in that condition.

3. All last years crop will be creating a micro climate for the new growth. When you have 6 or 7 inches of regrowth mob graze with 50 cattle to half an acre twice a day. All last years crop will be incorporated with the dung. No need for fert, and a good crop of hay this year.

Phone ScotEID they are really helpful. I discovered 3 beasts ready for slaughter had no passports, they issued temporary paperwork until the results from DNA tests come through and then they can enter the food chain.

NHS have been selling patients data for years, been in hospital twice in last twenty years, both times bombarded with personal injury claims calls within 24 hours of being admitted. My wife had the same happen to her as well.

The above named was on the radio 4 today program this morning to discuss biological net gain in relation to new housing developments. At best this is smoke and mirrors, at worst it is deceiving and lying to the public. What was even worse though, was that he couldn't resist having a pop at...

And methane is 0.00017% !

Nothing can be carbon neutral, I heard some labour politicians on the radio last week saying that if labour's gets in at the next election we will be carbon neutral by 2030. It's rubbish of the highest order, we won't we never will be. Not without going back to the stone age.

Many years ago I worked for Allen Chilton with his sand city AA herd. We only fed hay , with a bit of fodder beet and barley and finished great cattle for Waitrose.

Until we can convince the public that cattle farming has little to no impact on alleged climate change your banging your head against the wall. The terrestrial carbon cycle or short-term carbon cycle if you wish, is made up of CO2 in the atmosphere, plant biomass and soils, animal biomass and...

The single biggest thing you can do to save the planet is die. After that it is have no children, anything else you do after that is just tinkering around the edges.

Know them well. We are neighbors doing the same thing.

Will do, though to be honest I have about given up expecting anything sensible from any official bodies. I try to concentrate on talking at schools and universities to get the message across. There are a surprising number of receptive youngsters out there when you get a chance to talk to them.

Going to throw my hat into the ring now. I am mostly a lurker on here, but also a farmer, geologist and earth scientist. I have messaged channel 4, Ade adatapan and the BBC in the last two days pointing out the flawed science in their arguments for eating less beef. Unsurprisingly no replies so far.

My grandfather ate fat bacon that he cured himself, Every morning he would slice some off the flitch, 4 or 5 inches wide with half an inch of meat in the middle. He died aged 96.

Have to be careful introducing cattle to high clover paddocks, We are mob grazing so can control how much they get. Haven't lost any yet fingers crossed.

Yes, finishing on herbal ley with pretty good results.

We have had the same problem, lambs struck just 3 weeks after treatment, luckily got a good girl who spotted it and all caught without to much damage.

They are all airports though.

Yes, cousins still falling out 35 years later. I'm still in agriculture as livestock manager on a large estate, and working with Swedens main agricultural university on cattle behavior and physiology. So had a good life and no regrets.

Don't, walked away, best thing I ever did.