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So I’ve been getting waste bread to feed to my cattle. They love it and are doing really well on it only problem is it comes in whole loafs and I must spend the best part of 1 hour a day ripping up loafs of bread. I’m just wondering what other people use to chop up the bread I’ve tried feeding...

Melton Mowbray prices were poor for natives. Why? Natives do live cheaper and will even outwinter rather than spending on shed room and feed. They eat grass and grass products rather than expensive (now very expensive) grain rations. How do we get this across to the commercial suckler man? WB

Got a sow about to farrow. Chap we got her from said we need to set up a heat lamp for the piglets to sleep under. No mains supply. Colleague has cleverly come up with a dog heat mat that plugs into fag lighter and plans to splice the wires to go on a battery. Will this give them the heat that...

Does anyone know who buys the straw for this .looked online but can’t find anyone.heard they are paying £100 acre fir straw this year but would like to find out for sure. nick…

How much space would I need to turn out of a shed with a tractor and straw chopper? Thank you

'Twas always thus - that 10-14 days in the run up to the start of lambing heralds the onslaught of TLD, prolapses, blown guts, abortions and the 1001 other things that can go wrong with sheep :banghead: Many moons ago, when I was young and keen, an old bloke once told me, "A farm or a piece...

I saw someone using this on their land recently. It’s burnt soft wood sawdust-chips from a large burner. It’s from a sawmill so nothing else is burnt with it. Contains P&K apparently. 4-5tn/ha is spread on the land. It also has a liming effect. Has anyone else used this in the past?

What solutions have folks used? Or do you just not worry about it? Can't get in sheds with spread-a-bale type machine, so stuck to using a blower along feed passage.

I have a small shed for lambing. One side is free range for expectant ewes and the other is pens for when they’ve lambed. It has a concrete floor so I lime it and then straw it out. I pick up what poop I can and restraw over the top as needed. What do you do when you have an empty pen after...

Written by cpm from CPM Magazine Download PDF Operating a truly sustainable farming system can only be achieved when all parts of the farm are playing their part towards the end goal, and for one farmer in Cheshire, this circular approach is key. CPM finds out more. We’ve seen undoubted savings...

Possible to use wire ropes as pen dividers in sheds? Will it work? Anyone tried it? Successful, or not?

Had a 3 or 4 like this lambing this time ,soggy body , pointy head no eyes ,thought it might be ovivac reaction but unvaxed hogg lambed today with one ,all ewes have had a good lamb along with the dodgy one so not a disaster , wondering about schmallenberg ?though i think they both might be...

Just had a price for Nitram. £955/ton for artic load and CF 24-8-8 plus sulphur at £905/ton, again artic loads. If you haven’t yet secured your Spring fertiliser needs, don’t leave too long. Delivery dates now stretch two to three weeks hence and there may not be any to order again soon. Yara...

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Wanting to reduce meal use next winter. Suckler to beef and sheep enterprise. No grain storage facilities. Wanting to grow grain and put in silo along with grass. What are the pro's and cons of wheat versus osts versus rye. Never grew grain before, educate me.

Was at Stirling for iodine, lmbs milk etc and both mccaskies & hasbro have wrap prices, both around 72£, l order some not getn it till last week in June, probably 100 a roll buy then. Told the girl l hope it's not 45 buy then.

The pto drives fine but when you engage it the lever doesn’t stay put and disengages straight away. Held it drives fine as were occasionally bedding with a Teagle straw blower. Any thoughts welcome. And it’s not for sale ! 😂😂😂

Hi, we're looking to buy a sawdust/paper dispenser to fit on skidsteer. Either Sherbourne Reynolds or Ag. Interested to hear from people who have used either machines. Regards Dan

Case Study 4 Example Term Loan: £2,300,000 for expansion capital, Wales, 60% LTV, 1st Charge Background Why did the borrower need the loan? Install a new barn with biomass heating systems and drying floor for local heating of houses, milking parlour and drying 40 tpd of green bedding, as...