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I think we all know that if we want to make money I mean a sensible amount farming is no longer the way, farming is becoming a sideline paid for by the other enterprises. One day people may wake up and smell the coffee but untill then farmers(anything but) will have to rely on other things to...

Just been looking through My calving book looking at some stats. Started 20th March with 400 calved to date out of 450. Assisted 57 Suckled 13 5 sets of twins 10 losses at birth or within 1st few hours Been chased once 2 c sections 3 calf beds ( vet required for 1 only) 3 dead cows( 1 heart...

How many dd guys have gone cultivating? Out next door neighbours practices a full range of cultivating and has 95% crop cover after a hard winter we dd a majority of ours and a currently re drilling 50% .cultivating a fair bit as the top is solid from rain. Any one else feal like abandoning...

Hello! Thanks for letting me be a part of this community! I am able to buy a Fransgard mower from a neigbour that just quit. This is a Fransgard K-240 mower that has only been used for a season. He says he will sell it to me for half the price of a new one (new one in Norway is £7300 and he’s...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland Carla Lockhart MP is urging farmers to prioritise their health and stay safe around slurry following a ‘near miss’ incident with slurry gas in recent days. The incident occurred near Larne in Co. Antrim and involved two men, one aged in his 30s...

Thinking of getting fert on grass because it was talking of rain tomorrow, 27-4-4 + 7.5 SO3… forecast has changed though to drier and a bit colder, going down to 0 overnight… suppose that’ll mean a heavy dew/mild frost to take it in? It’s up to 11 during the day… or if it does come a frost will...

Hi , have a Limxbbx cow ,2nd calver. As a heifer last year had a belting calf and reared it well. This year calved itself fine but calf died several days later, wasn’t her fault, . Question is do I keep her to go round again or weigh it in? She carries a bit of flesh. If it was older I...

Today the Red Tractor Beef & Lamb Board motioned a vote of no confidence in the RT executive. This evening the TFA ran a Q and A webinar with Jim Moseley. Couple of questions came in. One asked what RT could do to help level the playing field with grain imports. Another referenced the 3 year...

In light of the latest let down for farmers who pay there wages (see the red tractor sector board passes leadership vote of no confidence thread) what do we need to do to trigger a vote on AHDB cereals future? The AHDB is clearly still not listening to farmers so time is up and direct action...

only a few weeks after ,effectively, declaring it's 'governance fundamentally sound' a sector board passes a 'vote of bo confidence ' in the 'top brass' review in tatters?

Got a bit of a conundrum with a new herbal ley. It's got quite a lot of groundsel in it, which I have recently discovered is toxic to cattle. I should have topped it out but (surprise!) it's been too wet until this week. Now the grass / clover is welly height and topping seems wasteful. I would...

https://www.fwi.co.uk/news/red-tractor-sector-board-passes-leadership-vote-of-no-confidence

Written by Agriland Team from Agriland With temperatures on the rise and better weather for the past few days, field operations and grazing have begun across the country after being delayed due to the difficult spring weather conditions encountered this year. College of Agriculture, Food and...

thinking if a grass lay would fit in the rotation with SFI. Would either of these scenarios work and would I need to plant a high vigour seed £50/ac or a standard 1 to 2 year lay £40/ac plant in april and plough out end of September (would you get 2 cuts) plant in august (rain permitting)...

Hi just been pricing fert after a wet miserable lambing ... normally buy 25.5.5.... 20.8.11 was mentioned in conversation, never used it and it'd obviosly higher in p an k ....on a mixed livestock farm that makes round baled hay and silage and puts muck on thru winter would a 20,8,11 be a good...

Written by Maeve Hennessy from Agriland The UK Agri-Tech Centre has published reports on “potential actions” farmers can take to reduce emissions and the innovation pipeline that will help the livestock sector reach net zero. CEO of Agri-Tech Centre, Phil Bicknell gave evidence to the House...

Hi, I'm hoping for your recommendations for an inline 6ft topper for my MF135. Unfortunately, I need to navigate single track roads with dry stone walls to get to various fields and so offset and semi-offset are problematic. Many thanks for your help, Jon

Went out to look at Cows and Calves this morning and was amazed to find a cow with a second calf that was untagged. Must have been born yesterday and previous one was born last Friday. I have heard of this but not so far apart. How do I explain to BCMS?

Just thought I would share a picture of wild meadow flowers cheers me up. We used to spread bagged nitrogen on the farm until 20 years ago and had no wild flowers in meadows I remember my dad saying how when he was young the meadows were full of flowers. Now I know what he meant . Over 20...

Hi all. Has anyone used a drum mower for cutting silage and raked it up without tedding it out. I currently have a plain disc mower that I want to change, but I've a feeling that I'll be buying a mower conditioner. Tia.