fodder beet

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...

With pressure mounting for many this year due to the rising input costs and difficult silage season, farmers are having to investigate different wintering strategies. For many, brassica fodder crops have provided low-cost options to supplement winter feed. Especially for those short on silage...

Rising costs mean outwintering of livestock is becoming a popular option. Given that so many costs associated with keeping livestock over the winter have increased substantially recently, most livestock farmers are looking for different ways to manage this challenge. Along with additional...

Not going on here as we haven't got it

Any fodder beet prices yet? Heard a few talking around £45-£50 T Not seen much lifted yet.

Hi all, was wanting to know if anyone has a trailed beet harvester for sale ? many thanks

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Having never fed sugar or fodder beet , and with this year's shortage of grass silage/haylage stocks and currently down with tb going into winter, what's the general opinion on beet for cattle? be it yearlings on a straw/cake diet through to the store cattle/fat cattle and the dry/bulling...

Anyone one started digging and have any prices

Livestock farmers are leading new research into diverse winter grazing crops to cut feed and input costs while boosting soil health and biodiversity in a new Innovative Farmers field lab. The farmers will compare their usual winter forage of a single species brassica mono-culture with a...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland A family farm supplying milk to famous yoghurt brand, Müller, is celebrating 100 years of milking some of the ‘happiest cows’ in the country. The Harcombe family, based at Broadacres Farm, Hanley Castle, has been milking cows for a century...

Several sugar beet crops locally, that because of the drought, won’t come to much Money .I reacon I could pay more for them to graze in situ than they will come to at the beet factory, bearing in mind there would be no harvesting costs and I can factor in paying for the tops. Have fed , like...

Idea being... They're lighter than other breeds so will be less of a poaching risk, very important if I go organic. I can out winter them reasonably easily. They have the same livestock unit value as heavier breeds so good for schemes. The plan is to direct market the meat. Cons... Can't bring...

What do folks use to fatten cattle? currently on home grown barley milled up with protein and molasses added. It works but it’s not cheap. what does everyone else use? KW Alternative seeds? Is there other similar companies out there selling such stuff? or something else entirely? cheers.

Just read that Charlie Flindt is effectively surrendering his tenancy of his NT farm and it will be taken back for tree planting and rewilding with a relatively small area planted with grass with him probably becoming the Park keeper. Having seen other farms owned by the NT being left to rack...

Must be time for an updated discussion on feeding in lamb ewes through the winter and lambing. Firstly hard feed is not being considered here due to system change. Not needing the time, disturbance and cost of fuel and wear and tear in ATVs and Snackers. When you add it all in to the...