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Few lambs left here, 37/38 to 44kg but needing a bit more flesh. Have been getting a pound of meal a day.. not really enough to flesh up with all that rain.they are not loosing weight but not going too far either. Grass is scarce here. Option 1) sell as stores, less work, on paper less money...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland 20 new appointments and reappointments have been made to the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board’s (AHDB) sector councils. The ratification process has been completed for AHDB’s sector councils in the beef and lamb, cereals and...

How much is everyone feeding their milk calves? Looking at doing a trial with our milk calves feeding between 2-4 litres each feed to see what diff makes on Daily weight gains. Interested to see what everyone else is feeding?

To kick off, would be interested in trialling deep drilled wheat 70mm+, then glyphosate just before wheat emergence. Seed size and vigour to germinate from depth is a differentiator between wheat and blackgrass. Obviously different drilling dates and timing of glyphosate applications and...

Hello fellow farmers and enthusiasts, As we stand at the crossroads of a rapidly evolving world, the agricultural sector is facing unprecedented challenges and opportunities. The essence of farming has always been as much about heritage as it is about sustenance. Yet, the winds of change...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The UK government has announced a new programme aimed at helping UK dairy businesses to seize new export opportunities. The Dairy Export Programme will be formally launched by minister for exports Lord Offord at Lye Cross Farm in Bristol today...

In the AHDB webinar this morning Tom Clarke suggested there was never actually a RT / AFS board vote on this issues but just discussion, this seems odd to me as voting is what boards do ! as a result my question of how AHDB voted or who from AHDB voted in Tim Rycrofts absence wasn’t really...

10 I've seen enough. Tom Clarke is clearly a yes man. Another plant in the top tier team. Cant answer a question directly.

Thanks to @Jackov Altraids for flagging this up... https://www.laa.co.uk/news/ Seems the AHDB are no longer going to provide their service.

Now the politicians are starting to tell the truth, its, for "migrants", now you didnt have to be an expert to work that out? If you take the simple sum, of the people who leave the UK, to those who come in, and remember the "official" numbers, and the real numbers are alot more? They recon, in...

At 10am tomorrow, the UK livestock industry finds itself in the dock. Campaign group Feedback have secured a judicial review of the Government's failure to implement mandatory reductions in meat and dairy in order to meet climate change targets. Carina Millstone, Executive Director of...

Posted on another thread, but deserves its own imho. What do we make of this?

Quote from Farmers Gaurdian. With 85% of AHDB income coming from farmers and 15% from processors is he right to say its noty right to side with either farmers or retailers ? My view is he (and AHDB) should be a firm 85% sided with farmers

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/banking/natwest-combs-customer-accounts-tells-them-go-vegan/ Here's some of the article: NatWest is telling customers to stop eating meat and to drive electric cars after combing their accounts to calculate their carbon footprint. A “Carbon Footprint Tracker”...

Anyone else listening to Vine? Don’t generally listen, but caught a bit driving there. Labels on meat products warning of environmental damage associated with production is the discussion point. Some Wally claimed cattle are decapitated at the end of their life. Vine made sure he repeated...

See Olly's video (first 3.37 minutes). RT haven't officially said anything about this as yet, but looks like this is coming, although now probably delayed due to RT being on hold until the BFU review is completed. As Olly suggests, if all farmers drop the full RT standard, and move to the new...

AHDB sector councils are proposing to increase levy rates from the 2024/25 financial year. A Q&A has now opened for each of the four sectors on TFF and you can get involved with your questions. Select the section below that relates to your farm. Cereals and Oilseeds...

AHDB’s Pork Sector Council would like your questions about proposals to improve services and deliver more by increasing levy rates from the start of the 2024/25 financial year. Sector Chair Mike Sheldon will be responding to questions from levy payers at AHDB’s ‘Funding Your Future’ livestream...

AHDB’s Beef and Lamb Sector Council would like your questions about proposals to improve services and deliver more by increasing levy rates from the start of the 2024/25 financial year. Sector Chair Colin Bateman will be taking part in a Q and A session, responding to questions from levy...

AHDB’s Cereals and Oilseeds Sector Council would like your questions about proposals to improve services and deliver more by increasing levy rates from the start of the 2024/25 financial year. Sector Chair Tom Clarke will be taking part in a Q and A session, responding to questions from levy...