beef cattle

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...

Anyone been listening? https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0glvxc3

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...

What would trade be like for proper beef bred suckler cows be either with calf at foot or in calf heifer . Angus’s spring Calvers. I might need 10

I had a bad run of mastitis this summer and was thinking of getting out of cows and buying in weanlings instead, but someone said that something about breeds that are less likely to get it that others. I never heard it before, is it true.

What would be a realistic margin on a finished animal? £200 after all costs fair or too salty?

Written by Aisling O'Brien from Agriland A former sharemilker from Waikato in New Zealand found responsible for tail injuries to 84 cows, leading to some tails being amputated, has been placed on home detention for 7 months and banned from being in sole charge of animals for two years. Mark...

Collection of cattle properties the size of Belgium for sale in Western Australia Written by Eliza Spencer from the Guardian The 2.9 million hectare property portfolio includes a herd of 50,000 beef cattle bred for the Australian and export markets Sign up for the Rural Network email...

Written by Agriland Team from Agriland Over 120 farmers were in attendance at Foyle Food Group’s annual Autumn Nutrition Event which was held at the Foyle ‘Farm of Excellence’ in Co. Tyrone on Friday, October 6. Foyle suppliers from across Ulster were in attendance at the event which featured...

Written by Agriland Team from Agriland Based near Newtownards, Co. Down, is Gareth Corrie, who is well known amongst commercial show cattle enthusiasts across both Ireland and the UK. Agriland paid a visit to Corrie’s farm, Drumhilla Farm in Co. Down, ahead of the its special sale of 85...

Hi , how much should a milker get paid ? 240 cows and takes 3.5/4 hours . This includes milking , bedding cubicles , scrapping, washing , gathering cows aswell and pushing up silage at the end of the night ! This is in Northern Ireland . On average mills about 3 times a week . Sunday morning...

Has anyone read this next load of £hit coming at us from Red Tractor, Way beyond their remit . Cant find the link can someone help ?

A thread for grassland/livestock farmers. There's lots of discussion threads covering arable too but seeing as SfI seems to want to see the back of livestock farmers I was hoping we could share what we're doing to recoup some lost subsidies. the options seem few and some very negative opinions...

Can I mix some urea fertiliser in with my wheat to bring protein up slightly? Would be 30-40g per kg with max intake of 120-160g per cow per day obviously not strictly feed grade but have heard of people doing it and it being ok? Would be done with a proper mill and mix lorry so would be mixed...