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  1. F

    Lorry Wash Costs

    We do livestock transport to a number of markets and abattoirs around the south and east and occasionally to the Scottish Borders, Longtown and Carlisle. Most markets and abattoirs charge nominal amount for washing or are on a token system and some are still free. For a lorry and drag the...
    • Frank-the-Wool
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    • Replies: 169
    • Forum: Livestock & Forage
  2. Wood field

    Woolshedders for dummy’s

    Just had our first bunch sheared, it was hot unpleasant, dirty and not only hard work but another expense that a small farm can ill afford. So to all of you running shedders .. where do I start , I quite literally know nothing about them Can I breed my chev welsh cross ewes to become shedders...
    • Wood field
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    • Replies: 169
    • Forum: Livestock & Forage
  3. jackrussell101

    Will current interest rates now affect your spending decisions over the next 12 months?

    As above, with the Bank of England now looking like they've got the bit between their teeth with wanting to control inflation, will any of your spending or investment decisions get postponed due to bank rate increasing?
    • jackrussell101
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    • amc banking beef cattle cows deadweight drainage family finance financial glamping interest rate lambs market milk mower overdraft oxbury quad renewal rpa savings sfi sheep stress training transport utv variable rate wheat
    • Replies: 121
    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  4. Janet Hughes Defra

    Sustainable farming incentive - handbook for 2023 has been published

    Afternoon all, Today we've published a handbook containing all the detailed information about the sustainable farming incentive offer for this year. The handbook is here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sfi-handbook-for-the-sfi-2023-offer An overview blogpost is here...
    • Janet Hughes Defra
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    • Replies: 3,112
    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  5. H

    Fattening cattle for beginners

    We are arable farmers traditionally, but have taken on a lot of grass recently. We have a small herd of pedigree herfords that we love, although will take forever and a fortune to build them up to get all of our grass eaten off. Keen on not calving and maybe buying young and fattening. I see...
    • hollysmith
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    • Replies: 24
    • Forum: Livestock & Forage
  6. J

    BCS scores

    With my new vets as part of a package I have monthly body condition scoring + mobility scoring done by a vet tech. I had the first visit last week and am just trying to work out what to do with the data. Mobility scoring is easy, anything 3 pick up asap in one big session, score 2 is easy again...
    • Jdunn55
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    • accident antibiotics barley boots calcium calf calves calving cattle cows dairy deadweight dressing drought fertility footbath forage grass grazing health kexxtone management milk milking nutrition performance rolled barley ryegrass silage supplement udder urea weather
    • Replies: 84
    • Forum: Dairy Farming
  7. Steevo

    Plan to limit food prices

    Main front page headline in the Telegraph today. See all News Rishi Sunak will ask stores to cap basic food prices No 10 in discussions with supermarkets over French-style approach to cost of living crisis ByEdward Malnick, SUNDAY POLITICAL EDITOR andWill Hazell27 May 2023 • 9:16pm...
    • Steevo
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    • Replies: 820
    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  8. Z

    What brushcutter?

    So many out there to choose from. Must be a ride-on. Already have a walk behind brush cutter. 18 acres. Some fields on an incline 20 degrees. Horses on the wet fields make dips and ruts and then ground dries lumpy and rock hard. Fields have scrubby edges, brambles, nettles etc. Q1 4...
    • zaffy
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    • carbon cattle deadweight deutz diesel docks ewes flail flock grass grazing handling hilux honda kawasaki kubota lambs management mower nettles paddock parts premium pto quad ryegrass sequester sheep stihl variety
    • Replies: 61
    • Forum: Machinery
  9. unlacedgecko

    B&B Lamb Finishing Shed

    From Sep I'll have a 3,000hd capacity slatted lamb finishing shed avail to a B&B customer. Includes automated feed system and skilled labour on site. I envisage lambs being sheared into the shed, and weighed weekly while on feed. Location will have its own CPH so movements are no issue...
    • unlacedgecko
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    • Replies: 184
    • Forum: Livestock & Forage
  10. Agriland RSS

    GB pig prices ‘continue to gain momentum’ – AHDB

    Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland Great Britain’s deadweight pig prices continue to gain momentum, according to the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB). The deadweight pig prices continued to ascend through April, AHDB said, and the EU-spec standard pig price...
  11. Bossfarmer

    BPS removal, HOW will you replace yours??

    Its time for farmers to now accept their future and prepare, Just watched another video on youtube about the impact the goverments sub removal is having on small farms, given the fact bps goes straight to the net profit and requires no turnover to get im just curious as to how people will...
    • Bossfarmer
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    • Replies: 435
    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  12. Bobthebuilder

    scott beef closed

    anyone any more news on the rumor i heard last week that scott beef were closed after losing 2 contracts to supply Aldi and M&S, huge hole in the market if true
    • Bobthebuilder
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    • Replies: 467
    • Forum: Livestock & Forage
  13. A

    Are cattle selling well?

    Earlier this week on S4C farming a farmer was very happy with his cattle prices Not that long ago on country file a farmer was making hardly any profit on his cattle So who is correct?? Also a local auctioneer can’t see these high prices continuing I am no longer farming but still like to...
    • AlCapone
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    • beef beef cattle beet boom calf calves calving cattle colostrum cows dairy deadweight first cut fodder grass health holstein limousin management market mart merlo milk mongrel parasite parasites pig red tractor sheep trading
    • Replies: 78
    • Forum: Livestock & Forage
  14. G

    Price per head for Hoggets

    Just had some ungelded swaledale rams dropped off at the farm this week, they're at 30-35kg currently. What rough price per head would they be worth? Thanks
  15. T

    Red tractor Sai global

    Given I’m a farmer in England currently feeling like a Turkey 2 weeks before Christmas I took a look at online jobs, nothing in particular just jobs available and after afew pages a job for people with a background in agricultural came up , sooo I took a look , Sai global - red tractor ( good...
    • The Seeker
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    • beef cattle cows dairy deadweight grass malting management market mart milk premium red tractor varieties
    • Replies: 24
    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  16. harperfarmer

    British Blue Breeders

    I'm looking for a Blue bull this time to go across black lim x cows. I've spoken to Twyning Ash and hoping to get across and look at their bulls in the next couple of weeks but didn't know if anyone on here would recommend any other Midlands based breeders?! I have looked at the Almley herds...
    • harperfarmer
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    • beef calf calves calving cows dairy deadweight grass holstein liveweight silage
    • Replies: 49
    • Forum: Livestock & Forage
  17. willowwarbler

    AA x bull calves - better as steers at 9 months than entire?

    We are about to calve our sucklers to an AA bull for the first time. Previously , we have used mainly Limmies as sires , and sold weaned at around 9 months, entire . It occurs to me that AA x will take longer to finish and therefore would buyers prefer them to be castrated? I read on here most...
    • willowwarbler
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    • beef calves cattle continental cows dairy deadweight ear tags gate grass jersey milk
    • Replies: 29
    • Forum: Livestock & Forage
  18. Clive

    Red Tractor lies again

    “Field to store” …….. not possible
    • Clive
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    • Replies: 243
    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  19. johnspeehs

    Home kill lamb weight.

    I got a lamb killed for the freezer and it was 19kgs what weight should I get back from the butcher packing it?
  20. J

    Using microsoft excel or similar to work out cattle margins.

    I'm a relative novice in such things but I do use excel spread sheets to keep various records and work out data. I have recently been trying to work out if it's possible to make a cattle sheet which takes into account deadweight, grade, age, breed, sex, etc to give info on the margins of these...
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