Flies about now, ive tried a few types over the years, but have stuck with spoton, find that it needs repeating a few times through the season, more so in rainy weather, or thats what increases the flie burdon? I would love to see some sort of trial with all types of fly control from types you...
We have gone back to using a tine drill to drill in the spring.
Pic.1 19mm Point. Pic.2 Vaderstad Seed Hawk twin 12mm tine works more tilth. Pic.3 19mm Bogart point . Pic 4&5 Stepped fert front seed back tine. Two fingers bottom of furrow, four fingers top.
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just going to get some chem for headfly for the rams (wont need it for a bit i hope ) is there much difference in lasting or action, i see butox is a bit weaker ,
I see they keep banging on about insect decline when out on the sprayer especially with a flowering spray on the osr ( no insecticide) I saw plenty of insects and butterflies .
Would really like to go back to using these. Once only treatment. No issues for soils or insects and they have worked well here in the past.
but the price !!! ☹️
With the serious possibility of a world food shortage looming due to Ukraine agriculture being seriously disrupted, what can the uk agriculture industry do to help alleviate the situation in the uk?
Getting very late in the season to rip up thousands of ha’s of ag land that is just growing...
I'm aware easy calving bulls have shorter gestation. Does the same hold true for easy lambing rams?
My ewes are due from today (150 days since rams went in). But a large proportion of the easy care sired lambs have been born in the last 4 days.
Any thoughts?
We’ve been having a few rumbling issues this winter with calves and rotavirus (which we vaccinate the cows for), navel ill, pneumonia. The cows calve all year round but generally from nov - April. I try to get them scour vaccinated within the 3-12 week pre calving window. Anyhow, the vet was on...
'Twas always thus - that 10-14 days in the run up to the start of lambing heralds the onslaught of TLD, prolapses, blown guts, abortions and the 1001 other things that can go wrong with sheep :banghead:
Many moons ago, when I was young and keen, an old bloke once told me, "A farm or a piece...
Just been pondering,
Anyone on here who's sole income is from sheep?
what are youre flock size?
going that the national average houshold income is around £30,000,
Are you up around that level of income ?
locally ,i know of only one family that solely live of the income from sheep.
An interesting link which I am sure will not be reported by the tv media as it isn't farmer unfriendly!! The amount of sewerage dumped shocked me!
https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/19836384.map-raw-sewage-released-herefordshires-rivers/#mostFullBlock
Currently have 400 indoor lambing mules and texel/mules. I bought 15 sucked hoggets and 25 ewe lambs to try over the next year. Ewe lambs purchased for £105 weighing roughly 45kg in September and sucked hoggets for £150 at around 60-65kg. Tupped half with Charollais and other half to beltex...
This year we have more ewes and shed space is goin to be tight we are thinking about trying to lamb 40 ewes outside all our ewes are easycares so they should suit ok my biggest concern is feeding is some crystalyxs buckets enough to keep them goin or shud we feed them some meal? we have a couple...
Got a hefty shock today when pricing Rumevite today compared to last year!! Normally go for sheep super for a batch pre tupping, anyone else faced with the same? Any own label alternatives better on price?
Just curious if anyone has a method of feeding cow rolls on the hill? I’ve been thinking about buying a snacker for a few years but not sure if they work with rolls? And covering rough ground? I’ve always just fed from bags but it can be a bit hazardous! Thanks
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