ear tags

What's everyone's policy on allocating freeze branding number to a heifer? Do you just put the last 4 digits of eartag or another policy. We have in the past just reused numbers from cows sold which keeps the numbers compact between 0 - 450

I work on a family farm, probably not milking enough cows for the amount of staff we've got, but now the winters here It's a struggle to fill the days with work. Usually jobbed up by lunchtime then it's a few hours until pm milking. Probably start hedgelaying soon but thats barely worth it.

https://www.fwi.co.uk/livestock/poultry/chicken-supplier-passing-off-housed-birds-as-free-range For all the hoops we are expected to cross........... and there is a huge probability these are RT assured chicken........... nearly all the traceability is finished when the produce leaves the...

Has anyone else been invited to a defra survey in the past few days? Seemed very leading for defra's benefit. In fairness I didn't put them down this time, but did show a lack of confidence for the future along with suspicion supermarkets were trying to steal payment for public goods for their...

She's clearly biased towards the coporate members of the NFU compared to the farmer members. She's finishing naturally in February apparently but should she still be there today? When she first took over she was on the Red Tractor board and wanted to remain on it whilst being NFU president...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland Two lambs have been killed in a suspected dog attack in the Llanyre area of Radnorshire, Powys, Wales. Dyfed Powys Police’s rural crime team said the incident of livestock worrying took place between October 8 and 9. The team urged anyone with...

Has anyone read this next load of £hit coming at us from Red Tractor, Way beyond their remit . Cant find the link can someone help ?

None of them are what they could be ime. what are the differences, how can they be improved what is your experience /wish for them accepting that we are stuck with the actual use of them, that is.. So that if they so wished, to make their product better for the sheep (and the shepherd )...

We all knew that following last years drought there would be a reduction in the number of lambs this year, but the number is looking to be between 4.5 and 5%, according to the number of ear tags ordered. This coupled with increased lamb slaughterings this year of around 2% looks as if the...

Is there any? What would you do? Bought a pen of ewes at auction last week. As normal I go thru the pen and check a few teeth udders etc. did not check every ewe Described as dry shearling ewes. As per norm I brought them home and popped them in an isolation field. Checked them a couple of...

Starting to loose a few ear tags this year We're do you guys use for your ear tags? Sheep and goat. Cheers

Looking to replace our cattle management software, been looking on the web and have come up with a few options...anyone here use Agri-Webb? or Landmark's Cattledata? or SUM-iT? Thanks

We’ve got approx 1.5acre field and borrow a friends sheep to keep it down, I’d quite like to buy half a dozen myself and need to know the ins and outs of how to go about it. Registration/tags etc etc

I've just had a letter with the above as a heading and the following questionare to fill in, in the past the local council has visited to look at the movement book but this seems rather over the top to me. Has anyone elses local council sent anything like this out or is mine on some sort of...

Innovations in technology such as automated weighing platforms have proved a gamechanger for Scotland’s beef finishing sector, improving data collection, driving better management decisions and boosting overall performance. The monitor system helps calculate live weight This is the latest in a...

Can anyone give me a brief explanation of what if any payments we might get in the next 5 years now bps has finnished I understand there is going to be some sort of historic type payment. It’s all lowland bare ground

Doing 1 cycle (21 days) of ai to observed heats. Would I be best using scratch pads or tail paint? Plan to handle every 12hrs. 1 straw at observed bulling and 1 12hrs later? Or would 24hrs later be best? I also want to observe heats post calving. Would tail paint last 8 weeks? No chance of...

Would anyone on here have, or know of used delaval transponders for sale? Needing about a hundred as soon as possible Thanks

I know it's very early still, but looks like my neighbour is making a bit of hay on a small field that he lets people camp on. Couple of others seem to be underway with haylage. I've just been and mowed 8 acres that is going to be haylage for a chap this evening. It will be at least 10...

Got two pigs im going to put in the freezer. Is it just a case of booking them in to the abattoir? Or is there more to it??