forage

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.

Currently feed our cows in an old brick trough built against the wall of the shed. The current trough is way too high and they struggle to eat the last 25% and feeding inside the shed is a PITA. Planning to pull the trough and wall out as part of some shed upgrades and put some locking yokes in...

So for nearly 10 years I’ve fed the same blend and ingredients with just an alteration in inclusion to get desired protein from one bin through robot and oopf. It worked well and did 9200/9300 Just 6/7 good quality ingredients. No extras. I did used to feed regumaize 44 ad lib in winter which I...

I thought I’d just start this off as something to think about during cold dark winter days, so please feel to add to the list: Lundell forage harvester Lundell seed drill Bamford Wuffler Cock Pheasant Tedder Kidd Rotaflail Taskers Fertispread

Looking for constructive critiques for a general farm design for a renovated site. We are looking at starting a micro dairy of 40 milking Guernseys keeping calf at foot (I know I know eyes will be rolling). We have demolish an existing site as it will cost more to renovate. This what I've come...

About to start feeding inlamb ewes that lamb in Feb. Got alka treated oats and barley, wondering if I should try rape meal with it instead of soya. Any thoughts ?

Losing 100 acres of silage ground to our landlord, flipping our cow grazing acres and a bit more grazing ground into silage ground, keeping them in 365 tho, what silage replacers could I use? I’m thinking fodder beet, crush it on farm and buy cleaned, 7kgs a day would save roughly 300 ton of...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland There is now growing concern on many dairy farms across Northern Ireland that silage stocks are running low. This issue was addressed by the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) senior dairy advisor, Alan Hopps, at a farmers’...

Hi, has anyone experience of the NZ share milking process that had enabled new entrants to build equity to eventually start out on their own? I understand that it’s probably not viable now due to increased land prices but I’d still like to understand the process. How long it would normally take...

Wynnsatys got there silotite on earlier orders deal pallet rate@ £59.50 aroll

What do people do with there sheep if housing is not an option ? Lots of fields I’ve seen with sheep in are looking really messed up it must be a nightmare in this weather . If winters keep on getting wetter will people give up keeping them ?

A Butcher I supply always works the London market to find bargains which he knocks out to the catering trade or advertises on his Social media pages to keep business going. Talking to him this morning he was shocked at the price of beef on the market and how little was available. In fact the...

Against U.K. Agriculture? Make standards and regulations for home production so high that we can’t possibly compete with imports as there’s no identifiable premium for home production. Allow imports in that don’t meet our standards so are inherently cheaper to produce. Apply tighter and more...

Hey im new here I am buying Fendt tractors, loading trailers

Hi there , we have a few fendts but now looking at a second hand 516 it’s approx 5 years old on low hours. we love the ones we have but curious of peoples views on these and what to look for ? Will be on topper , fert spreader , rolling ( 12m) and a general odd jobber . thanks

Hi I am looking into bed and breakfast cattle, and looking for any help/advice as I am new to it all. I will be getting them in around 150kg and taking them to around 550-600kg. I am scratching my head on what will be best for wait gain while keeping costs down, I am wanting them in and out...

Written by Aisling O'Brien from Agriland A review has recommended that nutrient calculators developed by College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) should remain the industry standard in Northern Ireland, but require updating. AgriSearch recently commissioned agricultural...

We technically have 6 months slurry storage, but with weather like this we are about full in 4 months, can’t do a lot about it. Just wondering what do the grazing spring herds do calculation wise, as if cows are out from late Feb until Xmas then their requirements will be considerably less, if...

Written by Justin Roberts from Agriland Standing outside one of the halls at Agritechnica was a combine harvester from Fendt that looked as if it had suffered the attentions of the design department after a good night out celebrating the new year. Branded as a Fendt 5275C SL, the machine was...