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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...

Anyone managed to grab bits? I grabbed some real light bits but any clay and it’s a wet shitty mess. Not sure when to throw the towel in and go for sfi

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 Claire Sammon from Agriland With Easter set to see an increase in visitors to the countryside, National Farmers’ Union (NFU) Mutual is reminding dog owners in Scotland to be extra vigilant at a time when sheep and lambs are at their most vulnerable. The warning comes as Scottish...

Long story short 1993 Dad and Uncle jointly owned a bit of land which uncle got permission on to build an ag tied house, uncle retired from business but lived in house till he died this January, dad died in 2018. It would appear that dad never transferred his bit of land to uncle and no money...

Even after 7 or 8yrs, I still consider myself as a newcomer to sheep rearing. As my own lambing comes near an end and my mind starts to function somewhat nearer to usual, I'm wondering what others consider an acceptable or even inevitable level of lamb mortality at time of lambing itself and...

Does anyone remember it? As I remember, the inventor was farming some where near Basinstoke. I presume the oil price shock of the mid 70s killed it, but I'd like to know what happened to it, coz the product was good enough to eat! JVM

This isn't an attack on or criticism on Islam for being a 'religion' in the general sense, because to me as a rational atheist all religions are as absurd in that regard. But I'll be interested to know the views of others about the nature of Islam itself. Many religions have and have had...

Any advice? Alot of guys having sales and giving up the ag contracting game. We don't plan on doing that and have a healthy business doing predominantly grass silage for dairy farms, slurry pumping/spreading and ag construction work. Happy to pay good wages for good people. I have friends and...

BBC News story this morning, on BBC Breakfast Government in court over chicken poo in River Wye https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-68221223

I’ve a number of last years ewe lambs running , the plan was to sell half as shearling breeding ewes as they are decent sorts. But the price of hogs at the moment means they need to be £250 plus as shearlings……

I've a gimmer which I think has acidosis. They were only on 1/3 lb of nuts per day plus silage, but I was feeding them in boxes and filling 2 ring feeders with silage from the bale by hand as they wernt eating the bales whole that well. What was happening a good few were leaving the nuts and...

Anyone know if these are available yet in the UK? I heard rumours someone had imported embryos in 2022? Vowed i would never touch sheep but having seen them delivering superb results in Albury Wodonga when visiting if i can get my hands on some here ill swap some of my cattle for sheep. They...

I have quite a few youngsters help me at various times of year. Vet students, 15 year old work experience kids, ag college students, the odd NEET from the county council. Most are ok, some are very good, some are muppets. However the thread that runs between nearly all the youngsters that are...

Sainsbury's and Tesco's online deliveries been stopped with software problems. people are now going to have to leave the house to go shopping! Not accepting card payments either. Cash is king imo. Is someone reminding us of our reliance on technology and supermarkets, and how vulnerable we are...

Most of the staff asked to empty there vans this afternoon. A big shame for all the good staff they had.

https://newsroom.pembrokeshire.gov.uk/news/substantial-fines-for-farmers-who-knowingly-kept-cattle-with-bovine-tb-reactors-on-farm Read the article. It brings the dairy industry into disrepute and in my opinion they should have substantial jail time as well as confiscation of assets on top of...

Written by Colm Ryan from Agriland A Scottish Texel breeder has won an award recognising his “outstanding contribution” to the sheep breed. Solway and Tyne Club member Ewan MacTaggart, Castle Douglas, has been named as the winner of the 2024 Texel Sheep Society Spotlight Award. The...

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If the wet weather we have experienced for the last nine months was to be the "normal" I think I would have to pack in. It's just too miserable and hard work! Hopefully it's a one off season.