cows

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The launch of a strategic dairy farm in Wiltshire is set to focus on grazing infrastructure and how a flexible approach to forage crops has maximised grazing days. Wolfhall Farm in Burbage, Marlborough, Wiltshire, is run by Antony Mitchell and...

66k members. Safe to assume that many hundreds will be lesbian/gay. We know, for sure, that Muslims are members. Important posts made about keeping abattoirs going. Yet there is a constant dribble of homophobic and racist posts. Often presented as humour, or thinly disguised as political...

some pretty generous grants about, all seemingly based on reducing out put. we know from sheep and cattle prices, numbers are short, if they were not, prices wouldn't be where they are. the world is getting more dangerous by the day. And yet, politicians here, from all parties, think we can...

Hi, I was wondering if any has any experience of keeping Freisian/Angus crosses? I was offered some heifers and was wondering how they are generally, do you tend to get a lot of dairy cow problems or do they tend to have the hardiness of the Aberdeen Angus e.g. ability to be outside in most...

Demo of jd 3046 compact today. Disappointed. Gear range A not quite fast enough range B too fast. Cab great, but christ is it bouncy , let tyres down from 25psi to 14 ,it's on standard turfs , a cheap air seat is disappointing on a tractor costing 35-40k. Sore neck, shoulders, aching back...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland Farmers For Action (FFA) has requested a meeting with Northern Ireland’s chief veterinary officer as bovine tuberculosis (bTB) infection among cattle and wildlife reaches “an all time high”. The group wants a meeting with Brian Dooher to discuss...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland 50% of Northern Irish dairy farms inspected were found to be non-compliant with environment regulations aimed at preventing river pollution. The 339 dairy farms were inspected by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA)...

Be gentle... ignorant arable farmer asking for a friend on this one... Let's say you had £25k, and wanted to get into livestock. You have access to low imput permanent pasture (heavy land), and occasionally some rotational leys. You have access to a loader, You have an old shed, potential...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland A Nuffield Farming report has called attention to prioritising body condition as part of the selection process to build beef herds and sheep flocks “fit for the future”. Highlands-based beef and sheep farmer Vic Ballantyne has published her...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland Culling badgers will not deliver the full eradication of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) according to a leading UK cattle vet. Dick Sibley, a veterinarian with 47 years experience, told a meeting hosted by the Northern Ireland’s Pedigree Cattle Trust in...

I could have A right moan on about how hard things are here currently but that won’t change anything and there are plenty of farmers of what ever guise having just or much worse time of it. so my question is this. We are constantly told we need to build resilience into our businesses.to you...

https://agmoos.com/2024/04/17/pregnancy-is-not-a-disease-two-men-jailed-without-bail-for-repro-ultrasounding-of-dairy-cows/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0m2pL9vkkYHfsFSxdzULScAUnfvay-qifbnGZ6DPUX5F3rFCN7ciQ_pkE_aem_ATI7LkMDIoE8MAYRlXK59LxcwZ0-oD8h4O-xmBhdUWO8Z0l2mkCi72L2tAQU8m8Mi9Q3AqkFHfMCRuxAuFvB...

Written by Maeve Hennessy from Agriland Following an accident in which a lorry carrying 40 cows overturned on the A5 in Gobowen, Shropshire in which seven of the cows died, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) sent a letter to Selattyn and Gobowen Parish Council chair...

Just wondering what others lamb numbers wise and how many staff they have on the job.

Need to repair a timber cowshed. Some will be at ground level i.e. close to the muck, although shouldn't be submerged. From what I have read, larch or Douglas fir is what I should be looking for. Is this correct? I guess I'm not going to get this from the local jewsons, in 4'x5' 6m lengths, so...

Does anyone think we need cloud cover as like a kind of insulation?

I re seeded a field last year and there's a lot of thistles growing on it, what's the best spray or way to get rid of them? It's a 10 acre field so might spot spray with knapsack

The Farmdeals team are delighted to announce our latest supplier to join the platform. Neogen. Neogen are a leader in biosecurity, animal safety, genomics, animal welfare and general hygiene. Rigorously testing products and constantly investing in new tech to ever improve their range, Neogen...

The Farmdeals team are delighted to announce our latest supplier to join the platform. Neogen. Neogen are a leader in biosecurity, animal safety, genomics, animal welfare and general hygiene. Rigorously testing products and constantly investing in new tech to ever improve their range, Neogen...

I’m helping out a local contractor over the summer, driving his gear. What would the going rate per hour be now the minimum wage has gone up.