Another question about my Ford 4000. It’s got a front end loader on which I use regularly. With a decent sized bale it can get a bit light on the back end. Someone has suggested putting water / anti-freeze mix in the rear tyres for ballast.
Are there any downsides I need to think about? For...
Exciting times here, as this is the first time that we've had any calves born on the place!
So far our three bucket reared AA/Her x heifers have calved unassisted and all three are very keen on their calves. However, all of them have been fidgety/twitchy about letting the calves suckle and I've...
Hi all,
What do your dry cow diets look like, for final weeks before calving? Looking for tips, note I don't have a mixer wagon!
For us, av. 9000 litre Holsteins, from 4 weeks to calving diet is supposed to be:
- c. 15kg maize
- Ad lib barley straw
- 3kg Translac cake for DCAB
Can I replace...
Hi
I've never needed to start thinking about doing something about moles before, but we are now experiencing some issues with moles making a mess that I think I need to resolve before it gets too bad.
Could anyone with experience in dealing with them help me understand how are mole catchers...
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Saw this on Twitter and has been endorsed by NHS. Developed as vegans don’t drink milk and therefore miss out on some key nutrients.
made with Mango, Sugar, Palm Oil and Soya. And they say milk is not sustainable!
As part of Farm Compare, it has a basic lookup for crop protection products to allow you to lookup products and find equivalents. We get this data from the HSE.
What I didn't realise is how fast this data changes. over the past 17 months we have been monitoring the list, there have been 346...
Anyone got a cure for serious lower leg cramp at night, its driving me to distraction. Doc said drink drinks with Quinine, didn't work. friend said Magnesuim tablets, after 2 months they havn,t worked either. Any suggestions ?
My partner used to raise own pigs for slaughter while growing up and we've been looking at the pros and cons of rearing of own pigs for slaughter vs buying own pork products at the shop.
Here's what I found out! https://oinksandbots.com/pros-and-cons-of-rearing-own-pigs-actually-cheaper/ Full...
Worth catching up on tweets between Barnier and Frost
In event of no deal EU has threatened to ban ag and food exports to them.
Would have effect of making food exports to NI from the rest of the U.K. illegal.
This looks to be part of what’s behind the move to change the treaty.
Went to spray off some barley for a neighbour snapper glyphosate, chaperone wetter. Used that mix for him several times already without problems.
Yesterday started, most of nozzles blocked. Went home took them off unblocked them all and went to start again. Same again, most blocked within...
Our milk buyer is requiring us to remove all chlorine or chlorate based chemicals by 31/12/20
I think others have had to do this previously.
What have people found that works as effectively?
Many thanks lazy.
So this year wasn't bad and didn't really show up loss of CTL. Going forward are there any EAMUs for existing products on the horizon or maybe possibly new products?
AFAIK I know current approved triazoles and strobs have limited effects on Choc spot. My hunch (and a quick google) is that...
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