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THIS IS NOT A JOB ADVERT, ADVICE NEEDED! My brother is set to retire this year so I'm starting to look at taking someone on full-time (50hrs a week). Ideally whom is experienced and competent, for a general mixture of dairy farm work; Alone milking, tractor driving, calf rearing etc. No...

Having done a bit of rotational grazing, I'm going to try a further intensification of grazing for my cattle, ideally once mob on daily moves. Fencing isn't too much of a problem, I have plenty of reels, polywire and posts. Water is the stumbling block. The water infrastructure here isn't...

This is the number someone has come up with for the Welsh government for losses down to the new agriculture policy. Great news. Not.

Well what do others think? It seems to me, while our govt, makes "our " farmers, jump through all the hoops, ( rules, regulations etc etc), right? Meat from wherever? floods into the UK? Why i say this, just phoned my vet, to get some alymycin, for treating some foul of the foots, and been told...

opinions appreciated please, we lost 7 reactors on friday all clear of lesions and no culture required after yesterdays pm. we have only 10 cows to calve before end of feb and then approx 18-25 a month going forward all ic to blue and good calves. not really set up for rearing calves as all sold...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland Three finalists have been shortlisted for this year’s Royal Dairy Innovation Award, the winner of which will be announced at Dairy-Tech on February 7. The finalists were selected by event organisers the Royal Association Of British Dairy Farmers...

Daughter spotted 7 people and 3 dogs running loose in a field behind our house, all yapping and sheep in adjacent fields all huddled up and stressed. Bear in mind we have 1275 pregnant ewes on the farm but not in this field. Gates locked too no footpath. pee'd off I shot round there in gator...

Some scrote nicked our quad bike couple weeks back. Thinking of replacing with a gator this time. Anyone made that switch? Pros & cons? For day to day checks, move mobs & trailering ewes at foot. Usual jobs. Cheers.

Forecasters say 6pm onwards for our area its starting to ramp up the wind and wet now

What design’s and layouts of sheds do people use for new dry cows and in calf heifers through to calving. We’ve been a mixture of straw courts, pens and part of milking cow cubicle’s. Plannings passed for 100ftx50ft build. Any suggestions or pictures would be greatly appreciated. TIA

Any tips or tricks? I've just managed to calve one of my favourite old cows who was on a contract mating with cogent, she presented with a bag out. Put my hand in and just the bum was their, took me 15-20 minutes before I could get the legs back around without breaking them. Got the calf out...

Will lime help along with a clean out pre calving ?

Curious as to how people manage their suckler herds… Does anyone leave their stock bull in with cows, but remove heifer calfs to stop them being jumped on? Or instead separate the bull? Does anyone leave their bull in all year round and just cull the cows that calve late? Feel free to explain...

Written by Brian McDonnell from Agriland The cleaning out of a calf shed is vital in order to maintain growth performance and health in your calves during the rearing period. Although water is used in the cleaning and disinfecting of sheds between calving seasons, it should not be used when...

As above, for various groups of cattle: - Store beef cattle - In calf heifers - Dry cows Diet is any of deferred grazing, baled silage, cover crops, depending on group. No cake fed. - What's the best (and cheapest?) way to provide minerals? - Do I even need to? - Sensible insurance policy...

I thought I’d just start this off as something to think about during cold dark winter days, so please feel to add to the list: Lundell forage harvester Lundell seed drill Bamford Wuffler Cock Pheasant Tedder Kidd Rotaflail Taskers Fertispread

Just a question for anyone that has had this in sheep before. We started lambing on the 1st of jan. It was all going fine untill a week ago and have been hit fairly hard with it. Lost roughly 60 lambs so far to but I’m finding that anything that’s actually managed to live is fairly weak. Might...

Looking for constructive critiques for a general farm design for a renovated site. We are looking at starting a micro dairy of 40 milking Guernseys keeping calf at foot (I know I know eyes will be rolling). We have demolish an existing site as it will cost more to renovate. This what I've come...

Written by Brian McDonnell from Agriland Ensuring that colostrum quality is high among your cows before the start of calving should be a focus on dairy farms. During the dry period, the nutrition of cows needs to be correct in order to ensure that they are capable of producing high quality...

I am looking to buy 10 dairy x heifer calves. Either Angus, Herefords or Belgian blue. 3-4 months. I’m wanting to rear them up to keep as cows. Could a home mix ration be fed to them? Iv plenty barley and beans and oats available on farm. Hay silage and straw. What would be the best for them or...