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    8 blue heifers for sale

    8 blue heifers 3-4 months Growing well Dehorned Wormed start of October Tb clear ready to go Out of Holstein/fresians Located near Newton abbot devon Can deliver locally £415 head
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    The best stock bull

    So after taking on more land we are expanding our breeding cows with most of them being BB out of dairy cattle. My first thought was a salar bull to keep the heifers for breeding but after talking to multiple people all have said the salar bullocks won’t sell well in our area. what are people...
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    Impacts of early dry off?

    Housing close to maximum capacity with heifers still due to calve in, rolling some spring calvers round that are giving not too much milk (<15 litres). They are still 4 months off calving... How would it impact them? Will they return to milk okay? Breed is Holstein, generally good condition...
  4. Just because

    Sheep Scanning

    Hearing that early sheep not scanning to well???
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  5. Jonny B88

    Grass finished cattle and discussion

    I’ve thought about this for a while but there seems to be a growing interest amongst some of us to try and lower our costs and finish cattle off forage alone. Obviously there are many who don’t feel this way and thats grand but i think it would be of interest to have a discussion on how folk...
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