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Being a sensible and efficient shepherd I used the only dry day for the foreseeable to heptavac my ewe lambs. Did the first 250. No issues. Changed bottles. 2 out of the next 10 started fitting and subsequently died as soon as they were off the Clamp. Changed bottles. Notified MSD and awaiting a...

As humans, we have an innate tendency to take what we have for granted. Very often, we don’t appreciate the true meaning or value of something, until it’s gone. Then sadly it can all too often be too late. Barely two weeks into the final Brexit trade deal, I dare say there are many, many...

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jan/13/wildlife-rangers-in-uk-jobs-offer-no-bison-experience-required No previous experience needed. I can see this going well. FFS. Just reintroduce a random species, assume it will be AOK and throw in two rangers who don't have a clue? Sounds...

The Red Tractor logo or brand does not appear on products that UK cereal growers supply the ingredients for so unquestionably has no value to end consumers of bakery and other cereal products The processors of these products including the likes of Hovis and Warburtons have stated that they have...

https://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/news/environment/most-littered-brands-northamptonshire-country-road-revealed-after-farmers-year-collecting-rubbish-3088874?fbclid=IwAR1PClsI8I02LQuvXzVWMseVty6GXVtR2pOrHXJxWGwOy3UZK9A50HD6ROQ Fair play to this guy, I’m sure someone on here would know him...

This has been sent to me this week. At approximately 2am on Tuesday 5th January a West Mercia Police patrol was in a pursuit with a VW Passat which ended up in South Staffordshire, Lower Penn. The vehicle had 2 males on board and 4 sheep tied up believed to be stolen. The males were detained...

Morning all, This is more out of curiosity than anything. Can anyone give me some information on what a contract actually does? For example: What are the start up costs? How many years experience of working with sheep tends to be necessary before contracting? What responsibilities does a...

Sadly we had a reactor 2 3 months ago. That when killed tested negative. We have just started our second test today. The vet come by themselves and have yet again slowed the parlour down to a snail pace. Have just gone in for dinner and i don't think we'll be finished before milking if they...

I'm no fan of this type of conservative government. But they have tried to deal with Corvid, just like every government in the world. Yes sucess has been limited. But people will not do as they are asked ie young people dancing around police cars, some working when ill etc. Labour has...

Does anyone clean/disinfect lamb ear tags and rings before application? I had a few joint ill cases last year which Im sure are due to tailing and tagging. For info I lamb outside so most lambs don't come inside. When lambs are dry and mothered up I uplift once a day from lambing field to put...

Evening tff we have recently taken on a tenacy on a hill farm with 3 separate hills with regular aged ewes.so my question is how are others. Keeping track of the ewe lambs to go back to there own hills getting 2 years out of tups because we will gimmer . So in theory getting upto 6 years from a...

Appears that the Brexit deal is close .................Only taken four and a half years. Appears that we won't be having tariffs on food, which is excellent news. Watch the lamb price rise now ! Fishing, as expected, will still be permitted for foreign trawlers. Sorry for the English...

Thought I should help @Bald Rick up the points league and have Christmas fun The only white cow I’ve ever really liked. Came from a Dutch cow we imported so no clue on the bull but would be an out and out Holstein. A little too narrow if I was being really picky but doesn’t stop her having some...

Ive had my grant request acceptance for activity monitor and seg gate. Need to start thinking about ordering one. Which one should I go for?

Has anybody else received the following email, asking for how it should be run in the future Dear Red Tractor Member, As we move towards a new era in British farming, it feels like the right time to reflect on just how far we have come as an industry. Many of you have been producing great...

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Now Then Just received an order from Shearwell, it seems they have changed the size of the cattle ear tags. They supplied a new applicator with the tags. The question is what was wrong with their tags before. The old metal applicator released automatically when the tag was...

Tomorrow there will be an announcement of the start of an eight week consultation on Live exports and all journey times for livestock. While this was flagged up by George "Useless" it is no surprise that another difficult issue is being put into the melting pot with our supposed leaving the EU...

This is the " alternative " farm I shall be using in future for Red Tractor inspections. I will, of course, put a cover on that well first....... (y) No fert, no chem store, and no grain store to fall foul of. For elf n safety inspections, I simply pick up all the livestock and machinery, and...

Written by William Kellett The UK government has issued new guidance on changes to ear tags for livestock exports and movements from Great Britain to the EU and Northern Ireland from January 1. The government is encouraging livestock exporters to prepare for new changes that will apply to ear...