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Are any members aware/know any farmers who milk a small herd of organic cows and use all the milk to rear large batches of organic calves. I visited a couple of farms doing this in France in 2006/7 where is was quite common to milk 20/30 cows and feed 60/80 calves, the calves looked super...

Just interested what are the main difference between the fleck and the monty? What cow would give higher solids? Anyone got both and what is the best? Thanks.

From ‘No Hope in Heck’ to Regenerative No-Tilling Ian and Dianne Haggerty are using the concepts of “Natural Intelligence Farming” to build a regenerative enterprise focused on zero tillage, livestock integration and biologically sourced inputs that boost their soil resources and...

I was involved with a discussion on another forum this week, where folk had been hit with speeding tickets where the vehicle they were in had a lower speed limit than that for say, a car. My understanding is that the new clever cameras on the motorways have software that will check the...

Written by William Kellett from Agriland Fibre broadband cables could be fed through the country’s water pipes as part of the government’s plan to speed up the nationwide roll out of lightning-fast broadband and mobile coverage in rural areas. £4 million is available for cutting-edge...

Written by Justin Roberts from Agriland The highlight of Cheffins July Vintage and Classic sale was a John Deere 4755, first registered in 1993, which went for £42,930. There is often some confusion over this model as its exhaust was modified in 1992 and it was sold as the 4760 in the United...

I'm wondering if anyone can help me! I'm trying to find pure bred Normande cattle (or as close as possible) but having very little luck. The UK and Irish Breed societies have both been dissolved, and the only references I've found to breeders have been in news articles a few years old but I...

I'm in the process of the refurbishment of a small bale trailer for personal use. It will be used for both round and small hay bales. Also may be used for haylage, one row on the floor. Would 18 ft. long by 8ft. 4in wide be ok. The reason for that width is that 3 by 3 ft small bales can be...

New wheat blends launched: Stepping back to move forward Many UK farmers are exploring cereal blends as a way of tacking disease and reducing inputs in favour of a regenerative approach to farming, and leading seed supplier Cope Seeds and Grain, is launching a pre-mixed range of organic and...

.....that drove a tractor and 30' trailer from Stoke to Shrewsbury today and didn't pull in once to let traffic past. (That's over 30 miles on a single carriageway trunk road) All the good PR that so many in our industry do without any gratitude just gets dumped on the roadside when a pillock...

If I cut a field of grass, half is made into silage, half is made into hay, which is the best feed for milking cows and why?

https://www.fwi.co.uk/livestock/livestock-breeding/hereford-herd-grows-demand-with-line-bred-us-genetics Interesting artical for anyone wanting to understand and know about line one Hereford cattle .

So this year for the first time we are going to do some AI. My headsman is AI trained and just had his refresher course. So we can buy whatever we want and not be tied to one company. The question is, having not bought semen before, where to go for it. We have spoke to semex as the rep called in...

Anything on demo? Thoughts & observations... Since Monday this has been here on triple mowers, trailer and tanker Verdict ... it's not a John Deere

https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/national/19321847.animal-rights-activists-stage-blockades-mcdonalds-distribution-centres/ Heard it on radio 4 just now, of course they have got their message across, the presenter said something about meat and milk destroying the environment, so another...

Written by Justin Roberts Grimme has updated its receiving hoppers of on RH and RH-Combi series with the addition of various new features. The changes are designed to improve the overall operating efficiency of the sorting line. The RH hoppers not only receive and elevate the crop to the...

I'm wondering if anyone has experience with Shorthorns and/or NDS and could tell me about them? Interested in a good grazing cow with quality milk, and being in Lancashire I thought of these (unless there's another traditional northern dairy breed?) Thanks, James

Looking at getting some limousin semen from genus or cogent for some Angus and limousin X heifers, any recommendations? Must be easy calving, or any other breeds?

With farmers taking the blame for wrecking the planet do you think we will be ploughing up permanent grassland to re seed?

Is there a market for this little beauty of a Hyundai Santa Cruz light pickup in the UK? From comments over the years it may be that there are many that are ready to put their money where their mouths are for it. :scratchhead: I'm not so sure.