fertility

Got a bit of a conundrum with a new herbal ley. It's got quite a lot of groundsel in it, which I have recently discovered is toxic to cattle. I should have topped it out but (surprise!) it's been too wet until this week. Now the grass / clover is welly height and topping seems wasteful. I would...

Written by Agriland Team from Agriland With temperatures on the rise and better weather for the past few days, field operations and grazing have begun across the country after being delayed due to the difficult spring weather conditions encountered this year. College of Agriculture, Food and...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland Securing optimal levels of carbon reduction within a robotic milking enterprise was the focus of a recent farm walk. The event was hosted by William and Alan McConnell from Drumgaw in Co. Armagh, in association with the College of Agriculture, Food...

The Opportunity: Are you a seasoned dairy professional, eager to showcase your expertise within NZ/grazing dairy systems and work with a forward-thinking business to elevate herd performance to new levels? The Herd Manager will take the management lead of a 350 head organic dairy herd, looking...

some pretty generous grants about, all seemingly based on reducing out put. we know from sheep and cattle prices, numbers are short, if they were not, prices wouldn't be where they are. the world is getting more dangerous by the day. And yet, politicians here, from all parties, think we can...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland A Nuffield Farming report has called attention to prioritising body condition as part of the selection process to build beef herds and sheep flocks “fit for the future”. Highlands-based beef and sheep farmer Vic Ballantyne has published her...

Unsurprisingly our winter wheat is struggling. It has poor root development and has being suffering from manganese deficiency which we don’t normally get. It’s had manganese and NPKS this spring all ready. T0 is approaching and was contemplating some phosphite in as well as PGR and trace...

Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF The right cover crop mix can help improve nutrient management and provide an environmentally-friendly alternative to chemical pest control. CPM speaks to two growers who are making the most of Severn Trent’s funding scheme. By Rob Jones...

We’ve always grown s barley for wholecrop, but last year‘s efforts were horrendous. Sodding wet spring (after dusty Feb/March), followed on by many weeks of no rain. Barley got sown late, established then gasped for water. None of it managed to get over 12 inches high. This year’s heading the...

Suggestion in the Times yesterdayday that land bought by Compulsory Purchase should be limited to existing value plus a percentage for disturbance. Suggested that to Farmers would limit value paid to 200% of current land value. This would enable houses to be built very much cheaper when...

Written by Brian McDonnell from Agriland Breeding season is fast approaching, and although the use of artificial insemination (AI) grows year-on-year, stock bulls still have a place on many farms. There is an increased risk with having a bull on the farm, but there are also a number of...

Looking for examples of tenanted farms or land taken back in hand for SFI or other greenwashing. Press are interested

Webinar follow up: livestock and grassland Written by Becky Briggs We recently held a webinar for livestock and grassland farmers in England. A recording is embedded above. In the webinar, we gave an overview of the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) offer and how the scheme supports both...

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Written by janineadamson from CPM Magazine Growers committed to herbal leys as a 2023 Sustainable Farming Initiative option should pay particular attention to the suitability of seed mixtures, warn experts. While Defra has issued guidelines as to what constitutes a ‘herbal ley’ under the...

As a distraction to the soggy non existent spring drilling programme, I'm looking ahead to the autumn and want to reduce my spring cropping area, currently about 1/3 of the farm thanks to blackgrass. Winter barley for feed isn't really any good for blackgrass control in terms of herbicide...

Our bull has stopped eating and is making a low grunting noise with every breath, started 2 days ago but yesterday seemed better but worse now. Will be phoning the vet shortly, just wondering if you have any ideas? My father is thinking a wire. Been no change in his diet so ruling out acidosis...

Cow parsley is creeping into certain areas of the farm. It can seemingly be controlled reasonably well with SU's in wheat, but Its the OSR stage of the rotation thats letting the area it covers expand, and Astrokerb or Belkar don't seem to touch it, neither has a test with Korvetto (Arylex...

Written by Brian McDonnell from Agriland On farms where calving begins in mid-January, there will now be calves between nine and 10-weeks-of-age, and it may be time to start preparing for weaning. As the breeding season approaches on farms, it is vital that farmers begin preparations and...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland A spring farm walk in Dorset, run by the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB), will cover the management of youngstock during the meeting. The farm walk will take place on Thursday, April 25, 2024 at Hampreston Manor Farm, New...