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Cant upload the video, but basically how stupid can people be, to not only try and do this but also video it. In the video the fella jokes as he pulls a PTO shaft off whilst it it still running for the people who havent seen the video 🤯🤯

We are thinking about changing to bolusing our sucklers rather than using Lifeline and GP mineral buckets. Primarily because in the last 12 months we’ve spent over £1200 on the aforementioned buckets for 40 sucklers, which seems excessive to me? The calving pattern is v drawn out so to get the...

Best advice for preventing staggers (hypomagnesium) in suckler cows. Last year I had high mag lick buckets out and lost 3 cows to the bad weather. Any help appreciated.

Morning everyone. Could I have some suggestions for establishing clover (white and or red) in mature grassland. I'm looking for alternative methods what don't cost much. I could graze it tight and drill it but timing, cost and weather really are big factors as I wouldn't have more than one...

Very interesting take on the ongoing Trump saga and how all those involved are ramping up the stakes to dangerously high levels without seemingly getting any closer to achieving their goals. https://unherd.com/2023/08/the-donald-trump-monster-movie/

Radio 2 more livestock bashing Walkers being attacked by cows!

Do you know how risky farming is compared to the average job in industry?

Not sure if it's a flea/mite attack or just the straw in the kennel but 1 dog is having a hard time at the moment What does everyone use for ectoparasites on their working dogs? (Not had the problem before that i can remember)

Anybody use the iae barley beef feeder it says 1000lter capacity would that hold a ton of cake/ finishing blend thanks

Harper are taking significant sums of money (certainly 6 figures, possibly 7) from Defra to research a problem that doesn't exist. Rumenco are backing this to the hilt - cash possibly, resources certainly - as there will be plenty of money to be made in solving that problem that doesn't exist...

Míchéal Kelly, Drystock Advisor, asks if kale or rape as a winter forage crop is worth it? As the age old saying goes – ‘fail to prepare, prepare to fail’. This could not ring more true for winter feeding. Many farmers are enquiring in the office here about the effectiveness of using a forage...

Hello, I am wondering if anyone has ever experienced similar. I have a long term no TB herd, the farms around me do not have TB, in fact there is no cattle at all marching mine and we have not introduced any new cattle. cattle were tested for TB a just before being let out of house for spring...

If there's any English scholars in d'house, let me ask a question. Why do we grow wheat, barley, grass etc and refer to them in the singular, but oats, potatoes, onions etc we refer to them in the plural? Then, and I know they're a funny lot, we refer to sugar beet as singular, but the murcans...

So it’s clear from many other threads that SFI seemingly offers very little or nothing that’s attractive to livestock / grassland so what do you want ? Use this thread to outline your own livestock / grassland SFI standard that both delivers public goods and natural capital for tax payers...

Anyone having bother with flies on cattle this summer ? They seem to be driving some of mine mad . Far worse as usual . And a few with runny eyes which I wonder if it is to do with the flies too

I'm looking to invest in new sheep shears and wondering if people had experience with cordless shears? I have a flock of 400, I usually do some in the barn with a motor set up but also have lots to do in the field. Had some that were powered by the quad battery but they're giving up on me. Want...

Doing 1 cycle (21 days) of ai to observed heats. Would I be best using scratch pads or tail paint? Plan to handle every 12hrs. 1 straw at observed bulling and 1 12hrs later? Or would 24hrs later be best? I also want to observe heats post calving. Would tail paint last 8 weeks? No chance of...

Anyone hazard a guess at what cattle look for here? It’s the old farm quarry and when ever cattle are there you can find them licking the wall in one particular place. They have free access to minerals and Himalayan salt.

People seem to be ignoring the request to “please ignore”!!

Last few years iv had a few ewes that occasionally went through the electric fence in my paddocks. They were sold once chance arrived. Last summer more started to do it at tail end summer and tried best to get it put out of them. Jump forward to This spring and I have 1 batch off 20 ewes that...