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Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) has said that its sheep post-mortem evening will focus on worm control. The sheep post-mortem event will take place from 6:00p.m-9:00p.m on Tuesday (April 30) at Sedgemoor Auction Centre...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland Carla Lockhart MP is urging farmers to prioritise their health and stay safe around slurry following a ‘near miss’ incident with slurry gas in recent days. The incident occurred near Larne in Co. Antrim and involved two men, one aged in his 30s...

An interesting film by documentary maker Martin Durkin. Who to believe?

In light of the latest let down for farmers who pay there wages (see the red tractor sector board passes leadership vote of no confidence thread) what do we need to do to trigger a vote on AHDB cereals future? The AHDB is clearly still not listening to farmers so time is up and direct action...

Ban non-stun slaughter Please sign and share the petition, I have finally got this through parliament, using new laws and ruling, so it's not like those in the past In modern society, we believe more consideration needs to be given to animal welfare and how livestock is treated and culled. We...

Written by Aisling O'Brien from Agriland Two men were taken to hospital for treatment following an incident involving slurry gas on a farm in Co. Antrim in recent days. The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) and emergency services, including members of the Northern Ireland Fire and...

Having calved the first 20 cows to a new bull 3 have been the wrong way round. I cannot remember the last time we had one the wrong way round let alone 3. 2 have had to be out via ceaser as they were too large to jack out and I’ve just calved another the wrong way round tonight but the calf was...

Written by Maeve Hennessy from Agriland As part of its anniversary for 50 years, the Texel Sheep Society will raise funds for the Farm Safety Foundation, or better known as ‘Yellow Wellies’. The Farm Safety Foundation encourages those in the farming community to think more carefully about...

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...

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

I’ve always done haylage in round bales, but realise they aren’t the best way of moving them any distance. For moving on artic lorries, I assume the best/most efficient way is in quadrants? What length bale is best, both for wrapping and (road) transport? How many can you move in a load? I’ve...

We’ve always grown s barley for wholecrop, but last year‘s efforts were horrendous. Sodding wet spring (after dusty Feb/March), followed on by many weeks of no rain. Barley got sown late, established then gasped for water. None of it managed to get over 12 inches high. This year’s heading the...

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We’ve always grown s barley for wholecrop, but last year‘s efforts were horrendous. Sodding wet spring (after dusty Feb/March), followed on by many weeks of no rain. Barley got sown late, established then gasped for water. None of it managed to get over 12 inches high. This year’s heading the...

I was shocked to see world war 3 trending on twitter last night, hadnt given much thought to the israel and HAMAS conflict until i read last night Iran were now involved firing 200 drones/missiles directly at israel and the USA was now involved trying to defend Israel..... this seems to be...

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?

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

Australia’s back yard chicken owners urged to implement biosecurity measures in case of bird flu outbreak Written by Eliza Spencer from the Guardian Australia is the only continent free from the highly contagious H5N1 virus, after it was detected in wild bird colonies in Antarctica in February...

Written by Maeve Hennessy from Agriland The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty (RSPCA) launched its ‘For Every Kind’ campaign today (Thursday, April 11) that urges people to “radically rethink” their relationship with all animals. Results from a survey conducted by the RSPCA...