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Reports the 970 acre 'Sibleyback farm' on Bodmin has been sold to rewilders....£10 million to turn it into native woodland and bog. Where does this all end?

As a farmers son, almost 40 I do feel stigmatised by my farming friends and family for actually wanting to go home in the evening and weekends to my family. Quite a few of the farmers I know work constantly (12-16) hours a day 7 days a week and do nothing else. Of course they talk they have...

One in two humans get cancer so how come cows don't? Don't think they get alzheimers either cos they remember how to open gates and escape!

For silage bsles Are these any good

Hi, is rape tge best drought hardy summer crop? I only feed dry silage in summer to weaners, its not great pasture at farm (started reno this year). The end of jan till end of April hurts me growth wise as its our dry period here. Margins are tight atm so need economical method of keeping...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The new non-executive commissioner of the Forestry Commission has been appointed for a three-year term. By Royal Warrant, His Majesty King Charles III appointed Arthur “Jo” Bradwell as the new commissioner. Bradwell’s three-year term as forestry...

Had a ewe lamb triplets and mastitis on both sides. Had a big bag but felt soft and normal. Went to check milk and now hard and cold. She’s had a jab of Trymox and metacam and used uddermint. Since then one side has gone down. The other side is very large and firm. The coldness comes and goes...

Written by Maeve Hennessy from Agriland Tesco has launched a ‘Best of British’ page on its groceries website, making it accessible for customers across the UK to shop British-grown and produced food, while supporting British farmers and producers in the process. The site aims to bring...

Webinar follow up: Uplands Written by Becky Briggs On Wednesday 27 March, we held a webinar on the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) and Countryside Stewardship (CS) schemes for upland farmers. In this post, I’ll summarise what we covered and include links for you to learn more. We were...

The lambing jack, I think I've seen it all now...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland A team of vets have been called “heroes” for helping to save 33 cattle from an overturned lorry in Gobowen, Shropshire. The incident saw a double-decker vehicle carrying 40 cattle flip over, prompting an urgent call to the veterinary teams at...

Webinar follow up: livestock and grassland Written by Becky Briggs We recently held a webinar for livestock and grassland farmers in England. A recording is embedded above. In the webinar, we gave an overview of the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) offer and how the scheme supports both...

I have the chance to buy a cattle lorry drag trailer,2 axle Inc dolly. Does anyone have any experience towing one behind a tractor? Tractor has air.

Written by Aisling O'Brien from Agriland An online system allowing farmers in Northern Ireland to opt-in to the Beef Carbon Reduction (BCR) Scheme will open next Monday (April 15). The BCR scheme, which was introduced by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) at...

Bit confused just been listening to the woman from QMS on the fed by farmers podcast and she was talking about halal slaughter being stunned first when I always thought halal slaughter protocol was that it wasn't allowed to be stunned first and had to have it's throat slit and hung to bleed out...

I did't know where to post this - so here goes. Local Knowledge needed. We are going to be in the area and thought it would be a nice day out. We won't know anyone but considering getting a membership so at least we could sit down and watch the main arena events. And - what is the food like...

Just thinking what other industry has to compete with products that are produced using illegal products in this country, but happily produced elsewhere and imported here. Most things manufactured have to have a CE stamp, house builders can’t use a cheap imported materials containing banned...

Is it too late to plant now ..diablo variety , field very different in the fact one end is quite shallow and stoney , other half wet and heavy?

Acting on the recommendations of the Dartmoor Review Written by The Team Credit: Stuart Allen Dartmoor is one of England’s most loved landscapes, with wide open moorland framed by steep woodland valleys and rolling hills. People are drawn to Dartmoor to immerse themselves in its nature...

Been the course of discussion yesterday. If jabbing a ewe post lambing with more "extensive" assistance delving around inside, what routine do folks use? I tend to go one Alamycin LA , one jab of Metacam. Other guy said 3 AB jabs, 2-3 days apart. One Metcam.