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    Holstein UK announces 3 Lifetime Achievement Award winners

    Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland Holstein UK has said its board of trustees were unable to narrow its Lifetime Achievement Award down to just one winner due to the “quality of applications this year”. This has resulted in three winners, the first time there has been multiple...
  2. V

    Anybody done a farm waste management plan themselves ?

    I’m needing to do one , can I do it myself ? Where’s best to get rainfall figures ? How much slurry cows produce etc ?
  3. C

    Ireland Genetics

    Who's used them? Considering it now Genus have the UK distribution license... Would they make sensible cows for an autumn block system? Target here (not necessarily what we achieve) = 600kg MS from a 600 kg cow, up to 2t concentrate fed to yield. Would they be too small? Get too fat on...
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    • Forum: Dairy Farming
  4. S

    Ischaemic Teat Necrosis study

    I am investigating potential risk factors associated with ischaemic teat necrosis in first lactation Holstein Friesian heifers on UK dairy farms. I have created a survey to gain feedback from UK dairy farmers on their experiences with ITN, heifer management and milking protocol. The survey...
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    • Forum: Dairy Farming
  5. Agriland RSS

    Holstein UK announces 2024 UK Dairy Day Holstein show judge

    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...
  6. S

    Family partnership - trapped!

    I think I’ve got myself into a pickle mainly down to my own naivety. I’m a partner in the family business - my father and myself. we’re a tenanted farm with a reasonably sizeable livestock enterprise. In terms of profit, we are split 51% to my father and 49% to me. Total profits on the...
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    • Forum: Family and Farming
  7. Headless chicken

    What bulls to sweep up?

    As above our current team will finish at the end of this season. It’s a mixed bunch of retained calves and they’ve done us well. We bought in 2 Hereford’s last year which have been decent but not many calves born to them. historically we’ve carried on serving even with bulls in as semen is...
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    • Replies: 73
    • Forum: Dairy Farming
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    Faster milking speeds aims to boost cow numbers at Draynes Farm

    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...
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  9. S

    Research into ischaemic teat necrosis on UK dairy farms

    For my undergraduate dissertation, I am investigating potential risk factors associated with ischaemic teat necrosis in first lactation Holstein Friesian heifers on UK dairy farms. I have created a survey to gain feedback from UK dairy farmers on their experiences with ITN, heifer management and...
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    • dairy friesian holstein management milking teat
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    • Forum: Dairy Farming
  10. L

    norwegian red or british friesan

    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...
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    • Forum: Dairy Farming
  11. jerseycowsman

    Salt

    Hello everyone, my 300 cows are currently licking their way through 30 kgs of Cheshire salt blocks a day. That seems a lot to me. And expensive. Do they really need it or are they just doing it out of boredom. When they are out grazing they never touch the salt blocks
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    • Replies: 41
    • Forum: Dairy Farming
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    £4.7m invested in new Cattle Information Service laboratory

    Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland Over £4.7 million has been invested in creating a new laboratory for the Cattle Information Service (CIS). The new lab for CIS, which is a farmer-owned provider of milk recording and health testing services for dairy farmers, is located at the...
  13. Shann_mann

    Perfect Suckler cow??

    Over the next few weeks we are expanding are suckler herd and reducing the sheep numbers. We make are suckler cows out of the beef calves born off are dairy cows. At the minute we run alot of Lims and Charollais. With the plan to bull therm with a Bazidaise, Charollais or Blond. I’m after a cow...
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    • Forum: Livestock & Forage
  14. D

    Out wintering

    How much does it cost to keep store cattle out at winter??
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    • Forum: Livestock & Forage
  15. snipe

    What % of winter crops not planted or destroyed

    What % of your intended winter crop have not been planted or damaged by flood/slugs/ flee Beatle?
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  16. Foxcover

    Ex dairy premium beef

    Several top end online butchers selling ‘retired dairy cow beef’ at a premium. Is it something special?
  17. V

    Suckler breeding cow trade?

    What would trade be like for proper beef bred suckler cows be either with calf at foot or in calf heifer . Angus’s spring Calvers. I might need 10
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    • Forum: Livestock & Forage
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    Australian farmers fear ‘dud’ trade deal with EU

    Written by Agriland Team from Agriland An Australian farm organisation has expressed concern over the current negotiations between the country’s government and the EU over a future trade deal. The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) has said that a deal between Australia and the EU, based on...
  19. Bald Rick

    Beef margins

    What would be a realistic margin on a finished animal? £200 after all costs fair or too salty?
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    • Forum: Livestock & Forage
  20. C

    Wanted holstein bull

    Im looking for a red holstein bull to go with my heifers.
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