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.
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...
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:.........
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?
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...
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...
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...
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
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 🤔
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...
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...
I have some sheep house for lambing later in month , been in 3 weeks now as was wet ground . Been doing grand getting sheep rolls good new grass haylage & access to high energy licks . This morning at feeding 2 holding back , one lying down not flat out other standing hanging both ears ...
Having a go at fodder beet for first time in my "career"...
South coast, dry sandy free-draining soils. Beet is for grazing store cattle over winter. Have bought a grazing variety.
Any useful advice for a first-time grower?
Thanks in advance 👍
Hello All.
Bought some more Pigs from a very fit 83 year old today. Smashing guy. Sure he thought we were clueless ! ( We are !)
Anyway he said we should be feeding them Fodder Beet.
Anyone know where we could buy some.
Located South East
Many thanks
Written by janineadamson from CPM Magazine
Despite popularity among some growers, the true potential of fodder beet is yet to be realised, is the message from an advocate of the crop.
Among the many benefits is it’s the highest yielding forage crop, says Pembrokeshire agronomist Lyndon Harris...
What the best tup in your chosen breed? Your criteria. Don’t feel you have to even share your reasoning.
For Texels I’ll say Muiresk Blondin. Had everything - length, shape, skin, character, size. And he bred true.
I am fairly open about my non farming past, I like to think as time goes on experience grows but, I still have what you lifelong farmers may regard as dumb questions.., here’s one to start
We used to feed a lot of fodder beet , unfortunately transport costs killed it , however I recall some...
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