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New Holland FR600 Advert added by: Russell Group and Hallmark Tractors Machinery Details Category: Combines Forage Harvester and Accessories Price: £90000 Condition: Description New Holland FR600 Self Propelled Forage Harvester...

how do people get on with lambs getting mixed up using walkthrough feeders after lambing ., we generally feed in troughs for first few days , some have come up locally

Written by John Swire from Farm Business Vicon’s non-stop round baler-wrapper combination, the FastBale, is now available with film-on-film capability, in addition to traditional net tying. Film tying is exactly the same as net tying – only the material used to secure the bale is different...

We have been offered a weekly supply of pressed apple pulp. What proportion of the nuts can it replace for fattening pigs to save on costs ? Also, any benefit in feeding it to fattening lambs, they are indoors on adlib creep, will they eat some pulp to keep costs down ? Thanks.

Hi there, I'm interested to know if farmers feed the grass with any soil or plant nutrients that are grazed by their livestock? I've read that animals that eat grass that has grown in microbial rich soil tend to be healthier which converts into a better quality of meat or provides better/more...

309: AHDB Beef & Lamb: Using AI and sexed semen to breed superior replacements Written by Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board This Food & Farming podcast episode is part of the Maternal Matters campaign being led by AHDB promoting the production of heifers that are efficient...

Written by Brian McDonnell from Agriland The housed period has begun on farms, with silage pits now being opened to feed stock for the winter ahead. Farmers will have worked hard to preserve the forage in the pit so limiting the amount of spoilage caused when feeding is important. There...

Lallemand Animal Nutrition is offering a free rumen efficiency investigation (REI) to help dairy farmers better understand rumen health and forage digestibility within their herd. It is recommended that an REI is undertaken either when there is a significant change in the diet such as winter...

I know being from plough manufacturer they have a vested interest but an interesting read .

https://assurance.redtractor.org.uk/news/red-tractor-backs-level-playing-field-for-uk-farmers-over-feed-grain-imports/

A bit of muttering the press this last couple of days from among others Scottish Enterprise about building a Sugar beet processing plant to produce Bioethanol...

After Paterson , Hs2 and today’s embarrassing performance When and who will stick the knife in Boris.

Hi guys just looking for opinion, I was thinking of starting a small organic dairy farm of 35 cows , mi have contacted lots of companies who are willing to take my milk , opinions or ideas welcome

Written by John Swire from Farm Business Claas has announced that the Varipower transmission in the Claas Scorpion 1033, 741, 736, 732 and 635 has now been replaced by the new Varipower 2 twin motor, designed and manufactured exclusively for Claas. The compact drive unit from the Jaguar forage...

Courtesy of the Farmers Weekly obvs: Joe Stanley Opinion: Blaming livestock for global warming is ill-informed As some 400 private jets carrying the world’s climate-conscious business and political elite – plus the prerequisite sprinkling of actors – touched down in Glasgow, and a chap with a...

Starting to use our diet feeder a bit more, just want to know what people are putting in. Haven access to Silage, Straw, Hay ,barley, brewers grain and spuds.

Sold a third of the cull ewes shortly after weaning. Went through them again a couple of weeks ago and struggled to find another third to sell. The final third, plus a few extras pulled out before tupping are now getting fed a mixture of lamb finisher blend and leftover ewe rolls and seem to be...

Maximising milk from forage will be at the forefront of minds this winter and effectively managing silage at feed-out to balance inconsistencies between cuts will be key to success. Inconsistencies in silage between cuts can present a challenge at feed-out and have a notable impact on rumen...

Afternoon all - we've launched the farming investment fund - info here: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/farming-investment-fund Here's a blogpost explaining what's changed and how we've improved the scheme based on learning from previous schemes...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland It’s hard to get away from the fertiliser debate taking place across the island of Ireland at the present time. Over the weekend just past, I listened to the latest Tillage Edge podcast from Teagasc during which crops specialist Ciaran Collins –...