Weve calved 55 cows since xmas and had 8 sets of twins. This is very unusual to us as we’ve not had a twin in the last 5 years and we generally would only get one set per season. Has anyone else had this this year or an unusual amount of twins for their herd?
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...
Thinking of using feed blocks to feed ewes with lambs on turn out usually feed concentrates for month after lambing but land is so wet has anyone done this will ewes still milk ok they will be on good grass.
Hi,
I am renting land this year off a farm that had carrots just harvested.
I would like to put Beet in after carrots but not sure if there can be problems?
Does anyone know of disease problems or pest problems that stops beet and carrots being grown too close together?
Thanks
like the title says is axial hard on winter barley? wondering if it slows it down or causes phyto like dff
once i sprayed puma on a section and it killed the barley completely roundup styles lol
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