animal feed

  1. banjo

    Is the west agricultural industry being run by an academic led doomsday cult ?

    Personally I think the agricultural industry in the uk and other western countries is being run by an academic led doomsday cult. The brainwashed individuals in positions of power everywhere are being led by anti meat eating and climate change snake oil salesmen that have no business deciding...
    • banjo
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    • animal feed beans beef biodiversity boom brewing carbon cereals cows cultivation dairy death diesel drainage environmental fertiliser fertility fuel gas grass grazing groundswell hedge market methane milk nitrogen parts peat plough pollution potato potatoes repair security seed sfi sheep sodium soya storm sustainable farming technology theft trading variety wheat
    • Replies: 86
    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  2. D

    Small farms are safe

    I was half a sleep this morning but on Farming Today they were saying how bad things were for small farmers. I don't agree. Of course someone who owns 50 acre of land with development potential is very different to someone renting 50 acres of land at a high rent. But if we say perhaps 100...
    • Devil's advocate
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    • Replies: 148
    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  3. A

    Killing Rats - Traps Aren't Working

    I have a rat problem, I've only seen one but I have rat sh!t in 3 buildings and the other day, I heard gnawing under my bedroom floor - lifted a board, rat sh!t there too I don't want to use poison - the last time I did I had a stink and a plague of flies for months in my previous house and I'm...
    • Adamo
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    • animal feed barley cattle disease drilling fire genetic harvest range rover sheep variety
    • Replies: 41
    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  4. G

    ADM share collapse

    • glasshouse
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    • animal feed biofuel establishment forecast market nutrition osr security trading wheat
    • Replies: 32
    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  5. Agriland RSS

    Feed storage cleaning is ‘vital’ to reduce risk of mad cow disease

    Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland Regular cleaning of feed storage is “vital” to maintain the health and welfare of animals and reduce the potential risk of mad cow disease. This is according to the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB), which said that Bovine...
  6. ajd132

    Red tractor stakeholder survey on governance

    https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/RedTractorStakeholder/ I have just had this bought to my attention. Red tractor survey to ‘inform’ the reviewers. first I have heard of it, nothing in the latest member matters, on any email or on social media. feels like they are trying to keep it quiet as usual.
    • ajd132
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    • Replies: 2,241
    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  7. M

    Fifteen acres??

    met a lady who had just retired.She was telling me she her two sisters and parents ran a 15 acres holing in Shropshire,which they still have today.These few acres were used to milk fifteen cows and provided a living for the father throughout his life .Today they tell you a minimum of 200 acres...
    • Mcclelland
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    • Replies: 150
    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  8. Tamar

    Well done AHDB

    Well done to @AHDB for engaging with us all on here. They have answered some fairly tough and agressive questions on why we should pay levies and the need for an increase in the levies. They have certainly gone up in my opinion, as I was beginning to think we would be no worse off if we lost...
    • Tamar
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    • ahdb animal feed application barley beans beef biodiversity carbon carbon sequestration cattle cereals children cows crime dairy defra disinfectant environmental establishment family fertiliser financial futures gas grain store grass grassland grazing horticulture ineos lambs levy maintenance management market methane milk natural capital nitrogen nroso nutrients organic osr paddock parasites parts peat pedestal pig pincer platform pollution potato potatoes premium red tractor registration rpa seed sequester sequestration sfi sheep spraying storage sustainability theft trading training wheat winter wheat
    • Replies: 424
    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  9. Agriland RSS

    GB animal feed production hits 7-year low

    Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The latest figures from the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) have revealed total Great British animal feed produce to be at its lowest level since 2016/17. The figures, which included integrated poultry units (IPUs), were...
  10. Grass And Grain

    GFC disgrace: Here's what NFU, AHDB and RT have signed us up for

    I'm livid about this, and I hope British Farming Union will hold NFU, RT, AHDB and the other farming unions to account over it. Read on.... According to F Weekly article, Red Tractor planned to introduce the GFC to help several supermarkets meet their “WWF basket” commitments to source 50% of...
    • Grass And Grain
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    • Replies: 630
    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  11. C

    Soy Free Sheep Food?

    Hello, I've been scouring the internet looking for winter sheep feed that isn't full of soy and it's proving challenging! I would ideally also like organic feed but that seems impossible combined with soy free. Does anyone have any recommendations?
    • catmaclaren
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    • animal feed beans carbon cows dairy fertilizer flock forage gas grass grazing lambs methane milk nitrogen oats organic parts performance sheep soya sustainability
    • Replies: 36
    • Forum: Livestock & Forage
  12. G

    Pre harvest roundup banned

    Has this been banned by eu?
    • glasshouse
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    • Forum: Cropping
  13. Agriland RSS

    More research needed for insect farming to be profitable – Nuffield report

    Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland Following the publishing of her Nuffield Farming report, Dr Olivia Champion has concluded that more research and and innovation is needed to make insect farming a success. The Devon scientist’s report, entitled ‘Can carbon neutral insects be...
  14. Clive

    Digital Combinable Crop passports

    This seems to have slipped under the radar but if you have anything to say about digital passports then AHDB have consultation open now https://www.farminguk.com/news/consultation-on-plans-for-digital-grain-passport-to-soon-commence_63682.html
    • Clive
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    • Replies: 133
    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  15. Clive

    Red Tractor review ? How ?

    https://www.fwi.co.uk/business/compliance/independence-of-red-tractor-review-under-threat So both AHDB and NFU have promised independent reviews into Red Tractor to dampen the flames caused by the farmer outrage over Greener Farm commitment plans It's easy to promise such things but HOW do you...
    • Clive
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    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  16. Banana Bar

    Agri-Food System and Net Zero workshop

    Has anyone else been asked to attend this on the 21st in London. BB
  17. Agriland RSS

    FAO: Demand for animal protein increasing due to population growth

    Written by Francess McDonnell from Agriland The livestock sector must “transform” along with other elements of global agri-food systems to be more efficient, the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) has warned today (Tuesday, November 14). The FAO, which is hosting a...
  18. M

    Hi, anyone ever grown animals and crops together?

    Hi, I'm a student, and not directly related to farming. You see a lot these days about plant based diets and the like, in common media, so I just wanted to do some fact checking with you guys. Anyone grown animals and crops on the same fields (perhaps in rotation)? Does it produce better...
    • Maxicl
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    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  19. Punch

    Reply to Professor Richard Barker

    Anybody else see this letter in the Telegraph today? it finishes with the numbers do not add up. Well they are certainly misleading :mad:
    • Punch
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    • alliance analysis animal feed antibiotic barley beans beef biodiversity blackgrass brewing carbon carrots cattle children climate myths co2 cows cultivation dairy death distilling electricity environmental family fertility finance financial forage fuel fungicides gas grass grassland grazing harvest health herbicide lambs management meat methane milk nematode nutrition organic organic matter ploughing potato potatoes pulses rapeseed renewable energy sheep soil health soya sustainability urea wheat yields
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    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  20. Grass And Grain

    AIC Conference: Working with Natural Capital

    Posted on another thread, but deserves its own imho. What do we make of this?
    • Grass And Grain
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    • agronomy animal feed cabbage carbon carbon sequestration cattle dairy environmental establishment fertiliser forage gatekeeper gates grass haulage levy market methane natural capital oilseed organic osr red tractor registration sequestration sheep trading wheat
    • Replies: 48
    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
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