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Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland Holstein UK has appointed Marcel Egli as the judge of The National Holstein Show at UK Dairy Day 2024. Holstein UK said Egli, from Lucerne, Switzerland, has a “wealth of judging experience behind him”, and has judged many shows in Switzerland, as...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The British Growers Association (BGA) has taken over the organising of the 2024 Oxford Farming Conference (OFC) following the retirement of the previous secretariat. The 2024 OFC, which has taken the theme ‘The Power of Diversity’, will take...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The Northern Ireland Meat Exporters Association (NIMEA) has announced the appointment of Daryl McLaughlin as its new chief executive. McLaughlin was announced as the association’s new chief executive at the Northern Ireland Food Chain...

Just picked up a catalogue from my local market for this Fridays store cattle and sheep sale,and noticed on the back,all sellers have to have a "VAN" by December 13th. The catalogue always has a column for "FA" or just left blank if the farm is not. Why cant we now just have "VA" instead of FA...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland Breeding cows with improved robotic milking speeds will allow an expansion of the dairy herd at Draynes Farm in Northern Ireland. The farm attached to the family-owned milk processing business – located on the outskirts of Lisburn in Co. Antrim – is...

What’s everyone’s thoughts on parlour mats to reduce lameness in cows? We’ve got a fairly old parlour with a tight turn at the front and then another tight turn outside the parlour with a bit of a step down. We’ve always had bother with white line issues and sole ulcers in our cows and I’m...

Would have put this in the Arla thread but have been told i'm not welcome there. https://petersweden.substack.com/p/they-are-poisoning-our-milk-now Ignore the fact that it's some internet chancer trying to get people to pay for access to further detail. That's not the point. The point is...

I was just curious.

How much is everyone feeding their milk calves? Looking at doing a trial with our milk calves feeding between 2-4 litres each feed to see what diff makes on Daily weight gains. Interested to see what everyone else is feeding?

Ive been crossing my jersey and crossbred herd to bf for good few years cus of calf issues anyway the bf is ok but as a small trial i used nr.The nr are my best cows and am tempted to go all nr has anyone done this i know culls will be less but still ahead of jersey x.Calves i found some...

Help please. Plot simple. Old bull. “Good gitter” as my father used to say. Won’t live forever and currently too many retained heifers. So I can have semen taken whilst I can for use far into the future. I asked a provider what it costs. Sent a price list to me. I don’t know what is needed so...

Well why?

What should dairyx stores be doing?

So frustrated. Did a fec count, high count, gave them Zolvix drench, still scouring, did fec again, low count. On a big flush of grass. They’re just not doing and look pot bellied. Any ideas please. 🙏🏻

Written by Colm Ryan from Agriland As farmers move towards bought-in concentrates over the winter, sheep farmers should take a closer look at the growth of their lambs. Assessing the performance of the lambs can help to protect both margins and next year’s crop, and will influence the decision...

Hello, I have some Hampshire cross lambs and one of them seems to have an ongoing skin issue, none of the others have it. There is a sort of yellow crust in their wool across their back about 5mm above the skin. On one patch it has gone darker brown rather than yellow. Any ideas what it is...

AHDB’s Dairy Sector Council would like your questions about proposals to improve services and deliver more by increasing levy rates from the start of the 2024/25 financial year. Sector Chair Lyndon Edwards will be taking part in a Q and A session, responding to questions from levy payers, at...

Thinking of using molasses for sheep during tupping until lambing time. What is the best type for sheep? United Molasses seem to be the main place to sell it here. thanks

Is tupping ewes on 80% white clover going to make them infertile or bloat? Took ewes on tack yesterday and one of the fields white clover seems to have taken over, please advise.

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland Up to 10 members are being sought for a new Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) working group. The new sustainable innovation and research working group will be a combination of current HCC board members and new candidates as chosen...