beef cattle

Written by Louise Hickey from Agriland The government of Canada has announced a methane reduction incentive published by Environment and Climate Change Canada. The initiative was introduced following the backdrop of the food and agriculture day at COP28, and comes under Canada’s Greenhouse...

Written by janineadamson from CPM Magazine A new early maturing maize variety is showing promise for growers looking to offset the challenges of inclement weather. Mojito (MAS Seeds) is available in the UK from Elsoms Seeds and according to Toby Reich, it displays all of the ‘right’ agronomic...

The budget for SFI is the same as when SPS first started. It was about £100/ acre then, which would be worth about £55/ acre now. So if everybody that claimed BPS, claimed SFI on the same area as before, and on similar value options, that is what we would all get paid. This would probably not...

hello, is anybody using an electric motor to power mixer wagon, sense electricity is 3 times cheaper than diesel. Here is a picture of the sistem around 10kW motor with reductor.

Top questions from people considering SFI Who can apply for SFI and when can they apply? At the moment, we’re only allowing BPS eligible farmers to apply for an SFI agreement. This is because their details are already registered with the RPA. In future, we’ll allow a wider range of farmers to...

Livestock and grassland webinar follow up Written by Becky Briggs Credit: Judy Dean On Monday 20 November, we held a webinar for livestock and grassland farmers. Our aim was to go through the 2023 offer for those farm types and answer your questions. You can watch a recording of the...

Written by Rubina Freiberg from Agriland Dawn Meats sources 96% and 81% of Irish cattle and lamb from Bord Bia quality assured farms respectively, according to its latest sustainability update. The meat processer aims to source 100% of cattle and 100% of lambs from Bord Bia or Red Tractor...

Written by Francess McDonnell from Agriland Farmers in the southeast of England have been contacted by the UK’s Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) to notify them that a surveillance zone in place because of a case of bluetongue virus (BTV) is to be extended. A single case of bluetongue...

Hi, I normally just use straw for bedding down the cattle sheds but have access to a good amount of woodchip from neighbour who is a tree surgeon. could I use some woodchip as well as straw for bedding down the cattle? just to make the straw go a bit further?

Farmers, vets, organisations and industry professionals from across the whole sheep industry have joined forces, through Ruminant Health & Welfare (RH&W), to launch the new UK Sheep Welfare Strategy for 2023-2028. The strategy, which is the first of its kind for the sector, is designed to help...

Would have put this in the Arla thread but have been told i'm not welcome there. https://petersweden.substack.com/p/they-are-poisoning-our-milk-now Ignore the fact that it's some internet chancer trying to get people to pay for access to further detail. That's not the point. The point is...

Inspired in some way by the gatecrash of the Fendt gearbox thread, just thought I'd see what folks did. 20 years ago we managed with two 6290's and a 3075, and up to three hire tractors at peak times and contractor help for beet drilling and harvesting, hedge cutting, square baling, destoning...

What's everyone's policy on allocating freeze branding number to a heifer? Do you just put the last 4 digits of eartag or another policy. We have in the past just reused numbers from cows sold which keeps the numbers compact between 0 - 450

I am getting some waste gluten free bread products at the minute. I'm feeding them to a few beef cattle I'm finishing. Is there a maximum amount I can give them, they are getting about 3kg of beef meal, 3kg of the bread and adlib silage. What would that mix sound like? I hope to have them...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The Welsh branch of the National Farmers’ Union (NFU Cymru) has announced Clive Swan and his family as the winners of its 2023 Sustainable Agriculture Award. Swan and his family farm on Ffrith Farm in Mold, and they were presented with the award...

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Had the attached email from Red Tractor today: Red Tractor Member Mailing Dear Red Tractor Crops Member, We are getting in touch to notify you of changes to the Combinable Crops Passports service. What is...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The latest 2023 agricultural figures released by the Scottish government have shown a decline of 3% in cattle numbers compared to the five-year average. Cattle numbers now stand at 1.68 million. Over this period, dairy cattle breeding herds...

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She's clearly biased towards the coporate members of the NFU compared to the farmer members. She's finishing naturally in February apparently but should she still be there today? When she first took over she was on the Red Tractor board and wanted to remain on it whilst being NFU president...