fodder beet

Thinking of getting a load of fodder beet in to keep the lambing ewes going. Ewes due 1st April, grass has pretty much buggered off. Never had owt to do with fodder beet, how long will it keep in a heap on hard standing? I'm assuming I'll have chop a few up to get ewes used to it? It's got to...

Anyone regret going into stabiliser cows? Seems a lot of herds coming for sale.

What are the pro's con's of feeding them to ewes and how soon to feed them? What are DM, protein, energy etc please. Will they replace ewe cake or delay the feeding of it?

We all know the pig boys are a bit boring and go for a commercial pink pig but which is the best breed of pig? I’ll go for the saddleback always like them to look at.

Anyone else found that it’s very poor this year? We have had one calendar from mason kings who we have never had any dealings with. Times are tough for everyone I guess.

A title that sums up this section of the forum nicely, I feel. I seem to have rather more ewe lambs kept back for tupping Autumn 2023, than I originally envisaged this time... Best laid plans, etc etc... ;) I have now got 50 odd lambs in the Solar farm, and anticipated feeding some hay to...

Thanks a lot. Just what we need when our country is on its knees is you in your secure jobs putting the boot in. Could you not wait a bit longer until recovery starts and then negotiate. It's hard to feel sympathy for you when reports are coming out of malnutrition. For God's sake this is the UK...

378: AHDB Beef & Lamb: Planning next year's grazing strategy Written by Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board In this episode of the Food & Farming podcast, we are looking ahead and planning for 2023 with a focus on grazing, using herbal leys and the benefits of outwintering on fodder...

hoping to lift another 20 acre of fodder beet this next week, would like to try and get it back into wheat as I have some seed that needs using up still in the shed. What seed rates are folks drilling wheat at currently after beet? Last year we put wheat in December and end of January but went...

So I'm looking at a cost effective way of feeding beef calves out of dairy cows. Currently they are 3-4 months old, eating 3kg of 16% rearing blend a day and ad lib hay. The idea is to get them through to April/ may and sell them. They are doing well but at circa £380 tonne I'm worried there'll...

Just having a bit of a review of operations here Potatoes is still our biggest enterprise, both from a time and money perspective, but risk and reward has got more and more out of kilter in recent years. Area for 2023 a bit under half what it was in 2017 for a number of reasons. I'm passionate...

400 acres ring fenced block. Former mixed farm with all the sheds, livestock and machinery in hand. Summer dry, about 850mm rainfall. good early growth, light ground. South west. most profitable farm blueprint that doesn’t involve milking a cow. No diversification ideas wanted just farming set...

Hearing that early sheep not scanning to well???

Turning some dry ewe lambs and later tupped in lamb ewes onto stubble turnips and rape mix today. First time we’ve grown it normally use rape/ryegrass mix. Anyone got any tips or anything I need to be aware of when grazing it.

Selfish me has converted their hay barn into a house. Doubt I will build them one for a few winters... So I've nowhere for hay this year. A friend suggested haylage as that could be stored outdoors... Another option would be get a tonne of concentrate each month and store the bags here and...

Went out yesterday and managed to pass a contractor cutting hedges. Debris all over the road and as usual picked up a thorn. Had 3 last year at a cost of £15 each to repair. Late for work this morning due to changing the wheel. I realize hedges need to be cut, but clean up the mess for FS.

Yes I know this topic has been discussed probably every year but thought I would try the collective knowledge of the forum to help me out. Looking into the near future as I will start feeding sheep mid January and prices circling £400/tonne for feeding makes you wonder how the ones that...

HI I have a goat down weak struggling to get up eating meal and hay any ideas have given it multi vitamin cheers

Fodder beet chopper bucket wanted, pin and cone ideally but not essential

Are cattle now a numbers game with forklifts at 90k, tractors at 130k, contractor rates and repair costs now through the roof it strikes me that running a small herd or fattning number will struggle to pay for this let alone provide a profit, arent producers going to have to think bigger in...