I have quite a few youngsters help me at various times of year. Vet students, 15 year old work experience kids, ag college students, the odd NEET from the county council.
Most are ok, some are very good, some are muppets. However the thread that runs between nearly all the youngsters that are...
Hello there!
I am just reading through a new grasskeep agreement for a piece of ground we've had for several years.
The landowner has gone away from the land agents and is doing the agreement himself.
He's used a basic agreement but has added the price will increase by the cpi inflation for the...
I'm getting a bit twitchy, not spread any yet, has anyone?
I'm getting worried it's getting late but don't want it to tend up in a river! I'm thinking of going Wednesday as its looking dryish during the day and Thursday?
What sort of rates for urea on silage ground and grazing g ground would...
Got a demo unit here just now.
Any current users on here and what's your thoughts on the system?
Pros/cons of collars against eartags or bolus.
Never had any system before.
Bit hazy about how it was left at the end of the series, but I remember wondering how it was going to add up buying the farm as well as starting the dairy and building the processing unit.
But wow, that's a slick bit of work :(...
I farm heavy silty clay with flints. No ditches, no land drains. Good strong wheat land, if unforgiving.
I've been trying to grow cover crops on and off for the last 9 yrs. With one exception, they have all been disastrous.
Summer cover crops in place of a spring crop, on the other hand, can...
Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) will provide chefs and those working in the foodservice with the story of British beef and its journey from field to fork.
The event will take place from 10:00a.m to 4:00p.m on Tuesday...
Written by Agriland Team from Agriland
This week, the Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) celebrated Northern Ireland’s top silage makers of last year (2023).
UFU and sponsor, United Feeds, hosted its annual silage makers’ competition awards ceremony at the Dunsilly Hotel, Co. Antrim.
Robert...
Written by Charles O'Donnell from Agriland
A farmer in Belgium and a number of environmental non-government organisations (NGOs) are attempting to sue a major fossil fuel company, claiming damages as a result of climate change caused by the company’s activities.
In the first case of its kind...
Written by Agriland Team from Agriland
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) in Northern Ireland recently announced that the prefix code on Northern Ireland livestock identification tags (ear tags) is set to change from ‘UK’ to ‘XI’ this year.
In response to...
Written by Aisling O'Brien from Agriland
The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) is to host a series of information meetings for farmers on the Beef Carbon Reduction Scheme (BCR).
The scheme, which was introduced on January 1, 2024, aims to improve the efficiency and...
Hi All.
My name is Jordan Taylor, 29, Based near Market Drayton.
I am self-employed with a wide range of experience looking for some good contacts for work throughout the year.
I have my PA1, Loader, counterbalance forklift, MIG Welding and drone certificates with plans to gain First Aid and...
Nowadays,We use technical and innovative system to manage the breeding and production,but how we should be fast to know if the cows are pregnant successful?use ultrasound?touch pregnancy test?and so on.
I think these ways are all not good,because it needs time and cost to train and find...
Thinking double row of 10ft slats or longer back to back , 90 ft long shed , gables cladded with both sides open feeding down each side to house beef in calf heifers & bulling heifers .
So I’m needing to get a rough value of all my stock for the bank. Only things I’m struggling with as I’ve never sold or bought at that age is the price of my cows and heifers with calves at foot?
they are all blue x dairy cows and heifers with good shapey 2 month old lim calves on them. What...
As a final year undergraduate at Harper Adams, I'm currently completing my Honors Research Project about the sustainability of dairy beef production in the UK.
I would like to understand the factors that influence both the overall sustainability of this sector and its financial viability...
Grants available in 2024
Written by The Team
Credit: David S
In this post, we’ll give you a summary of the grants to look out for this year.
The information published in this post is correct at the time of publication but please note that blog posts do go out of date. For the definitive...
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