grazing

I've got about 7 acres that now about 6ft and in flower, it was too wet to graze all winter. Roots on a whole look good still, some gone rotten. Who this be ok to graze with some ewe lambs?

Acting on the recommendations of the Dartmoor Review Written by The Team Credit: Stuart Allen Dartmoor is one of England’s most loved landscapes, with wide open moorland framed by steep woodland valleys and rolling hills. People are drawn to Dartmoor to immerse themselves in its nature...

wanting to claim on existing herbal leys hoping 1/may start date but some of them are to plough out sept 23 some sept 24, can I claim the the herbal payment in the same scheme year that I am ploughing them out? they'll still be down for 4/5 months of the scheme year where as if I was...

We have a batch of a 100 Shearlings that have just started lambing that are causing a concern. Unusually we can trace the history of these since birth, so all home bred. First 12 months after weaning grazed away on a farm with no other sheep. They did have an issue with wormer resistance but...

I thought I had joint ill in two lambs, but no response to antibiotics. One was a quad the other a triplet from a twin lamb disease survivor, so not the best start in life. Oddly one outside the other inside, happened on the same day. First thing is back legs very stiff, preffering to lay on...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The UK government has today (Tuesday, April 9) opened the Farming Recovery Fund to support farmers affected by flooding. The fund will support farmers who suffered uninsurable damage to their land due to flooding this winter. Eligible farmers...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland A ban on glyphosate could lead to an increase in weed abundance and a decrease in the yields of some crops, according to a new modelling study carried out at Rothamsted Research. Although the environmental risks associated with this herbicide would be...

We've been offered some grazing by a family member, but they've advised that we vaccinate for Blackleg. Having done some research I find this mostly affects beef breeds during high growth periods, and is triggered by low oxygen conditions in muscles activating the bacteria in question, so I'm...

Deborah Custance Baker, Chair of Crafts and Horticulture is delighted to welcome The Mayor of Exeter back to Devon County Show 2024. She is also looking forward to welcoming a second Mayor from the county - The Mayor of Cockington. The Mayor of Cockington, aka Patrick the miniature Shetland...

An article in Sunday Times about the development of Edinburgh Airport. I was interested to read passenger numbers pre covid had a peak of 14'000'000 and 2023 was the first year to beat that at 14'700'000. The really interesting bit was after developments passenger numbers are going to be...

Above is a direct quote of the new mammals tv program on BBC One. David Attenbourgh. I know it’s BBC and probably not his thoughts directly…. But not backed up with any statistics or sources. And don’t people want to eat? im a mixed farmer and I know where more water is needed, its not my...

Hi there, I am looking to rent some land in West Sussex for an animal sanctuary. 10/15 acres, grazing, woodland would be amazing, have 4 equines so stables or potential to build stables... Please get in touch with any info on anything, even if it may not seem suitable we are open to options...

As above what's the best way to break up any lumpy bits? Tine harrow or chain harrow? What would a tedder do....

What mixes are people considering for a six month NUM3 on blackgrass clay land that doesn’t result in a huge biomass problem at the end of August? Looking to drill wheat after with a tine drill - don’t have a disc option. Happy to cultivate as not planning on DD.

Why are they so relativly low? Surely they should be indexed linked ? Ours are approx. the same amount as they were about 30 yrs ago , iirc without checking old paperwork . They definitely havnt kept pace with modern Electric costs, Surely the actual Electric sellers should contribute ? Paid by...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland DM Hall and Watermans have brought Bellevue Farm, a compact land holding with a three-bedroom farmhouse and adjoining cottages, to the market. The site is located in Sliddery on the Isle of Arran and has land and property with multiple...

OK, probably qualifies for dumb post of the day…. We share a water supply with a neighbour - our small farm was part of a much larger farm, when it was sold we bought the farmhouse and some land and neighbour bought the other land. Water supply is a borehole near to the farmhouse which pumps...

Anyone done it? Grazing as in rotational

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland Latest analysis shows that 7,400ac of farmland has been publicly marketed in the first three months of 2024, which is 6% more than the same period in 2023. This is according to Strutt & Parker’s Farmland Database, which found that the volume of...

I thought I did on the Sainted Isle but that seems to no longer be the case … Recently, we tendered and won a block of 70ac on the outskirts of a village and accessed by a lane with houses off. I said to son after we’d walked the land that if we won, there would be trouble…… and yesterday we...