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  1. C

    Advice on a topper

    Hi, I want to cut docks, thistles, nettles in horse pastures. I want to cut them high so I leave the grass long and uncut. any advice on equipment that can do this. So far, a Rhino 9 looks good as it cuts at 300 mm. I’m just looking for some other options or ideas. thank you charlie
  2. Old Tip

    Greenhouse Gas Emissions Article

    This is a very interesting and informative article from a NZ couple which makes a lot of sense My name is Amy. My husband Hamish and I farm sheep and beef near Clinton in Southland. We use regenerative farming methods following the advice of a Dr Christine Jones. We spent months researching...
  3. Pushdyke

    It looks like it could be a dry time

    With high pressure to the North and Easterly winds setting in, are we in for a dry spring. It might last to early summer or even St Swithens.
  4. Bury the Trash

    Fred Beet washer and chopper

    got some to sort out for sheep feeding....cant afford to buy a bucket and Just thinking/ looking for ideas on how to make one from the scrap pile :unsure:.........
  5. paul&mandy

    Stock fencing price per m.

    I know a lot of contractors will supply and erect but what's the going rate for just putting it up per meter? My own tools and machines just customers materials?
  6. Agriland RSS

    HCC: Nutritional value of meat should be considered with carbon footprints

    Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The nutritional value of meat must be considered when comparing carbon footprints, according to Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC). The Welsh red meat promoter joined Queen’s University, Bangor University and the Agri-Food and...
  7. C

    Fodder Beet 24

    Having a go for the first time in my career. So thought I'd start the thread... When are people sowing? Mid April if dry enough?
  8. R

    SFI and Potentially not achieving aims

    If you've entered into SFI but potentially cant meet aims due to weather difficulties / ground conditions , what options do you have ? I've entered SFI with a start date of Feb this year and one of the options was no insecticide (IPM4) which is planned for fields coming spring barley. The...
  9. Agriland RSS

    Are the days of early spring grazing over?

    Written by Brian McDonnell from Agriland In recent years, the weather in February and March has had many farmers questioning whether early spring grazing is worth while anymore. Early spring grazing increases the workload significantly on farms, and can also be quite hard on cows. Change in...
  10. Agriland RSS

    Conception rates in autumn-calving cows at high levels

    Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland Dairy farmers in Northern Ireland are confirming high conception rates in cows and heifers that are due to calve later in the autumn. This is despite issues relating to silage quality on many farms. Semex sales manager for Northern Ireland, John Berry...
  11. daveydiesel1

    What would this blend cost roughly

    650 kg maize 250 kg megalac 100kg dairy minerals
  12. C

    Too little time!

    I have two neighbours that have sheep and one of them drove past (after slowing down for a look) obviously with too little time to intervene to help this poor ewe. In his defence he may have phoned our offsite neighbour to inform him. Fair enough it’s not his, but is animal welfare not something...
  13. Ffermer Bach

    Yellowstone TV series

    Just watched an episode, the cattle died because someone threw clover bales out of an aeroplane, and the cattle got bloat. John Dutton said, we will have to burn the field to stop the clover seeding. Is clover so bad in the USA? I try to encourage clover on my fields, and feel a bit miffed if...
  14. Renaultman

    More N or weed control

    With apologies to those struggling to get their first N on My wheat got 50gk N+S03 3 weeks ago next Tuesday. Walking round with the agronomist yesterday and we would like to get some BWS on to tackle some particularly nasty brome. The dilemna being, do I top the N up first or herbicide. My gut...
  15. J

    Inheritance Planning - Turf production

    Currently considering allowing a farm business tenancy for turf production and can't get a clear view on the inheritance tax implications down the line from HMRC or anywhere else. We aren't at this point in time yet... but we are looking well ahead and can't see any HMRC tribunal cases on this...
  16. O

    When to plough?

    I have a small 3 acre meadow/pasture which could do with ploughing down, i did a similar field right next to it a few years ago August time. Only problem was at the time it was quite dry and these fields are a little spongy/mossy on top so never made a great job of ploughing and it went straight...
  17. B R C

    Turnover vanity profit sanity….what a load of tosh

    Heard this said plenty of times, but really if you have a small farm turning over a relatively small amount say £1-200k you are only ever going to be able to make so much money no matter how efficient you are or how well you sell your produce. The only way to increase profits is to increase...
  18. ladycrofter

    Key fob trackers

    Any comments about Chipolo key fob trackers? Seem to be the only one that doesn't require a subscription to use the app. We recently lost one of the pickup keys, it is definitely gone for good 😭. Mitsubishi want £300 for a new one 🤣 Or second question, has anyone bought a programmable blank...
  19. Tim G

    Brewers Grains

    I've been offered a smallish quantity of brewers Grains from a local brewer. Somewhere between 1 and 1.5t per week. I'd like to feed them to our jerseys. Is there a maximum rate they should be feed at and is it possible to clamp them through the summer? Or would I be better feeding them to...
  20. paul&mandy

    Pre lambing fluke and wormer

    Bit of a background. Last yr we didnt dose pre lambing. We then went on to loose a load of ewes with lambs at foot and it was unknown. Fec come back good. Pms inconclusive then we bit the bullet and dosed all the ewes with cydectin triclomox off our own backs and it pretty much stopped deaths in...
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