Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland
The latest sales figures are confirming a continuing and strong demand for quality, sexed dairy semen in Northern Ireland.
According to AI Services’ Ivan Minford, this reflects the needs of milk producers with year-round calving herds to maintain a...
Written by Brian McDonnell from Agriland
Panning for the breeding season is underway on many dairy farms as we move through the month of March and head towards April.
The days of just using dairy genetics across all cows are very much over, with a significant focus now required on...
Rumen fluke here, and if it's here in the Highlands, it's everywhere 😱. We suspected a missing link, with losing a few healthy lambs last summer. Just suddenly going downhill for no reason, looking flukey but shouldn't be, and in spite of a very effective health plan.
After reading the comments...
I keep looking and currently am drawn toward South America Chile, Argentina and Brazil. but where else should I be looking?
And who has actually done it and how is it going.
My sister married a Kiwi and has farmed out there for the last 20 years but they no longer have the cheap land and are...
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So who dumped the beavers? Cornwall apparently has a pair of beavers secured in a 5 acres enclosure. They haven't had time to breed....but now there are more! Is this the solution to unwanted introduced species? Or are they multiplying by asexual reproduction...
Wanted
1-2 young pedigree Hereford bulls that are ready to work. Would prefer smaller traditional type Herefords as they will be running with our dairy bulling heifers'.
Ideally from somewhere in the South West and from a high health status herd.
Message me if you have anything suitable...
Written by Stella Meehan from Agriland
New analysis by European financial group ING, indicated that an increasing number of large dairy companies have plans to become ‘net zero’ in the future.
In its publication ‘From grass to glass: The future for dairy companies on the path to net zero’...
Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland
A spokesperson for the Food Standards Agency (FSA) has said it is taking hygiene concerns regarding a Welsh Kepak factory “very seriously”.
FSA head of operational delivery in Wales, Chris Jones, said the FSA is aware of an article by Wales...
I’ve just removed a fibre cement roof from a dairy cow shed, fitting a new composite roof for machinery storage / workshop.
Was first installed 2009 so it is definitely not asbestos.
Has anyone come across these sheets? They are 1m wide, rather than 1m cover, I guess they are designed for...
What liners/ cups are people using? Wanting to update my parlour, currently running the old stainless westfalia units quite weighty,keep Hearing good things about these square/triangle liners? We do suffer with slippage and they don’t like short teats which the modern dairy cow usually has.
Victory. Social media and farmer pressure, BFU, etc. we've all come together and pressurised change.
NFU and AHDB originally backed the GFC, but changed their tune after the backlash. Tom Bradshaw and AHDB listened 👍. Thank you.
And Farmers Weekly helped massively with excellent reporting. I...
🐄🐄🐄UK DAIRY FARMERS🐄🐄🐄
As part of my final year at Harper Adams University, I am completing my Honours Research Project on UK dairy farmers’ decision-making on adopting technology, specifically robotics. I want to understand the barriers and incentives influencing adoption.
If you are a UK...
🐄🐄🐄UK DAIRY FARMERS🐄🐄🐄
As part of my final year at Harper Adams University, I am completing my Honours Research Project on UK dairy farmers’ decision-making on adopting technology, specifically robotics. I want to understand the barriers and incentives influencing adoption.
If you are a UK...
Written by Maeve Hennessy from Agriland
Yesterday (Thursday, March 21) The Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) published the agriculture price indices (API) from January 2023 – January 2024.
The price index for agricultural outputs decreased by 5.6% in the 12 months to...
Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland
The president of the National Farmers’ Union of Scotland (NFUS) has said that the recent farm income figures are a “mixed bag”.
The Scottish chief statistician released figures on 2022/23 farm incomes yesterday (Thursday, March 21).
These show...
Good morning, as part of my university dissertation research, I am investigating dairy stakeholders attitudes towards climate mitigation strategies.
So far the results have shown over 35% of UK dairy farmers have engaged with some-form of climate mitigation strategy, with a further 90%...
433: Clover and emissions: Learnings from the organic sector
Written by Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board
Using clover can give your farm an environmental boost, but where do you start?
AHDB's Senior Knowledge Exchange Manager, Stephen West, has been to see dairy farmer Wil...
3 week old Angus and Hereford calves, out of crossbred cows, well reared and will be a decent size for age. How much should we ask? Always do price across the board for bulls and heifers; last year was 120 bulls, 90 heifers. Same buyer for three years, he collects within a couple of days of when...
Written by Brian McDonnell from Agriland
Grazing remains impossible in some areas, while in other areas, although challenging, cows are now returning to grass.
Many dairy farmers are asking themselves ‘when will silage be removed from the diet?’ and ‘when can cows be turned out grazing...
Piece in today's Times:
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/17c78956-926a-4336-82b8-b7d03280abab?shareToken=b7c5cad963ae805bbdbe135f542df425
In case link doesn't work:
FWIW, my thoughts are that farms DO need to cut water pollution. If the water industry finally sort their act out then...
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