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Salt and Fodder Beet
Growing fodder beet, going to put salt on at 400kg/ha (50% sodium). Question is, when do I put it on?- crashbox
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‘Winter crop development is still progressing’ – CAFRE
Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland College of Agriculture Food and Rural Enterprises (CAFRE) crops specialist, Leigh McClean highlighted a number of priorities for arable farmers in Northern Ireland. His advice reflects the prospects of high pressure building and the weather improving...- Agriland RSS
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Creep feeding ewes and lambs post lambing
Looking for advice for feeding ewes and lambs as grass availability is getting tight at the moment... ewes started lambing 1st of march. Is it worthwhile grouping ewes together on a few fields and creep feeding them and their lambs for a month or so to rest other fields up so that i can have...- haztanllan
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Fert applications
With a supreme bout of optimism, I walked a couple of my grass fields today as I thought, foolishly as it turned out, that maybe I could travel with the baby compact tractor and the even smaller single rotor disc spreader. 100kg at a time. It really would be great to spin a bit of fert on to get...- steveR
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Fodder beet for sale northampton
Fodder beet for sale just south of Northampton £40 over cleaner loader local delivery possible- ih1455xl
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Spring drilling
Anyone managed to grab bits? I grabbed some real light bits but any clay and it’s a wet shitty mess. Not sure when to throw the towel in and go for sfi- willy
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- Forum: Cropping
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Lambing losses.
Even after 7 or 8yrs, I still consider myself as a newcomer to sheep rearing. As my own lambing comes near an end and my mind starts to function somewhat nearer to usual, I'm wondering what others consider an acceptable or even inevitable level of lamb mortality at time of lambing itself and...- yoki
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Hogs at £200 plus….what price shearling ewes?
I’ve a number of last years ewe lambs running , the plan was to sell half as shearling breeding ewes as they are decent sorts. But the price of hogs at the moment means they need to be £250 plus as shearlings……- Jerry
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- Forum: Livestock & Forage
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Constant Tiredness
Mental tiredness firstly, and that affects physical ......how to deal with it? little darkend room all on your own shut off from everything , ? How do you do it....- Bury the Trash
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Feed blocks
Thinking of using feed blocks to feed ewes with lambs on turn out usually feed concentrates for month after lambing but land is so wet has anyone done this will ewes still milk ok they will be on good grass.- elvin farmer
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Grazing turnips upto lambing.
Due to being so wet we housed all fat lambs and there now all gone off cake probably got about 15 acres of very big roots for ewes left. They are due in a month and I've got lifeline buckets out for them, is there anything I need to be watching grazing this? I could vit drench them tomorrow...- paul&mandy
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Fred Beet washer and chopper
got some to sort out for sheep feeding....cant afford to buy a bucket and Just thinking/ looking for ideas on how to make one from the scrap pile :unsure:.........- Bury the Trash
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Pure stand of chicory
Tempted to try a pure stand of chicory rather than turnips or kale/rape treat it as a break crop and full reseed in autumn Dry field several access points Thoughts?- jimmer
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What to do when the cows are gone
Firstly, sorry I keep disappearing on here without replying, particularly to those who have sent messages, I do appreciate it, Im just not up to speaking to anyone at the moment, I will get back to you at some point but it may take a while, sorry Anyway, everyone around me is pushing for me to...- Jdunn55
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High-risk crops can lead to pollution and flooding – Environment Agency
Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The Environment Agency has launched a campaign to highlight the risks of growing high-risk crops in the south west of England. The agency said the high-risk crops, which include maize, fodder beet and potatoes, can lead to pollution and flooding...- Agriland RSS
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5-6 weeks till cuckoo song
Not wanting to depress folk but another one or two big rains and looking around a lot of spring stuff won’t be going in , Europe in pjaves can’t be much different , fert and chemicals not gone on on a lot of winter crops and gone backwards in places , what’s folks farms looking like and what’s... -
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Fodder Beet
Evening all, Looking into feeding and growing fodder beet. Will be wanting to grow the highest DM variety as possible. Couple of questions How long will it keep in a pile in a shed ? How late can i leave it in the ground ? Does a fodder beet frost sheet help a lot ? Many thanks- FarmingFarmingFarming123
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Wheat based ration
Anyone talking store cattle to finish on a wheat ration? I have access to plenty of feed wheat but not barley. What do you need to add to it and how much is safe without causing gut issues 🤔- FMF74
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To buy a tractor or not ?
Running 600 ewes on 550ac all over the place without a tractor. Is it time to take the plunge and invest in a tractor? Hay/ haylage taken out in the pick up and trailer handball into feeders. Fodder beet fed by hand about a ton a day at the moment. Mucking out of lambing shed by hand. Able to... -
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Is it time to invest in a tractor?
currently running 600 ewes on about 550ac of ground spread all over place without a tractor. Haylage bales fed by taking them out with the pickup and hand-ball into feeders . Fodder beet fed by hand about a ton a day at the moment. Able to borrow a tractor for topping in the summer. And all hay...