cattle

Just got back from the vet. They had no idea what it was. I did a bunch of research and am positive this is what it is. They said to soak and put furazone one on it plus antibiotics and banamine. But that doesn’t fix the huge growth hanging. It’s on both front feet. Im worried about them...

Avian Influenza in US cattle Written by Defra Press Office Two cows looking at the camera. There have been media reports this week about the discovery of highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1) in dairy cattle in the US. We are monitoring the situation closely but at this time have no...

I get asked all sorts of questions about dogs and Google usually comes up with an answer. So here's a new one on me! (Definitely asking for a 'friend'!). Allegedly, it is legal (or a legal defence) if your dog, on it's own initiative, chases stray livestock off your own property. The courts...

I am finding Gatekeeper so slow to load and carry out tasks that it is almost unusable nowadays. Does anyone else have this problem? My agronomist runs it and he finds the same.

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I'm looking into getting a weigh system on my Manitou. Does anyone have them on their telehandler? good, bad, any better or worse than others? Main use will be for feeding cattle with a mixer bucket and weighing grain.

Got a bit of a conundrum with a new herbal ley. It's got quite a lot of groundsel in it, which I have recently discovered is toxic to cattle. I should have topped it out but (surprise!) it's been too wet until this week. Now the grass / clover is welly height and topping seems wasteful. I would...

Written by Claire Sammon from Agriland A veterinary deal with the European Union could increase UK agricultural and food exports by over a fifth, according to new research. The research team at Aston University’s Centre for Business Prosperity and the University of Bristol, analysed the...

Written by Agriland Team from Agriland With temperatures on the rise and better weather for the past few days, field operations and grazing have begun across the country after being delayed due to the difficult spring weather conditions encountered this year. College of Agriculture, Food and...

Hi just been pricing fert after a wet miserable lambing ... normally buy 25.5.5.... 20.8.11 was mentioned in conversation, never used it and it'd obviosly higher in p an k ....on a mixed livestock farm that makes round baled hay and silage and puts muck on thru winter would a 20,8,11 be a good...

Our company is looking to move production from China to the UK and for stage one I am looking to source approx 1.5 million lbs of millet, however for stage 2 we will need at least 3-4 million lbs per annum I am wondering if anyone can recommend or help me in finding a UK source that could...

Ban non-stun slaughter Please sign and share the petition, I have finally got this through parliament, using new laws and ruling, so it's not like those in the past In modern society, we believe more consideration needs to be given to animal welfare and how livestock is treated and culled. We...

Went out to look at Cows and Calves this morning and was amazed to find a cow with a second calf that was untagged. Must have been born yesterday and previous one was born last Friday. I have heard of this but not so far apart. How do I explain to BCMS?

Written by Aisling O'Brien from Agriland Two men were taken to hospital for treatment following an incident involving slurry gas on a farm in Co. Antrim in recent days. The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) and emergency services, including members of the Northern Ireland Fire and...

Just thought I would share a picture of wild meadow flowers cheers me up. We used to spread bagged nitrogen on the farm until 20 years ago and had no wild flowers in meadows I remember my dad saying how when he was young the meadows were full of flowers. Now I know what he meant . Over 20...

I have got two pasture pumps to put in as part of a capital grant. Just looking for some ideas of what people have done regards a hard-standing area to meet requirements. On a side note has anyone had success with pasture pumps? The cattle will have access to a proper trough further up the...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland Securing optimal levels of carbon reduction within a robotic milking enterprise was the focus of a recent farm walk. The event was hosted by William and Alan McConnell from Drumgaw in Co. Armagh, in association with the College of Agriculture, Food...

Interesting To know what inventions people have turned their plastic drums into. we just have a sledge for moving a fresh calve but I bet theres more creative things to do with them

Having calved the first 20 cows to a new bull 3 have been the wrong way round. I cannot remember the last time we had one the wrong way round let alone 3. 2 have had to be out via ceaser as they were too large to jack out and I’ve just calved another the wrong way round tonight but the calf was...