limousin

Written by Colm Ryan from Agriland Ballymena Mart is the place to be on Tuesday, December 19 for the popular Festive Crackers in-lamb Texel sale. With some of the best-known names in the business offering females from their flocks, this is sure to be a sale not to be missed at the Co. Antrim...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The Farmers’ Union of Wales (FUW) is urging its members to engage with the latest proposals of the Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS). The union labelled the scheme as “the most important change to Welsh agricultural policy since the genesis of the...

As above. A question,If you’re a farmer with children, a youngster interested in farming,a farmer’s son/ daughter just started farming at home on parents farm/ estate, and anyone in their 30s’ to 55’s actually running a farm for themselves or someone else( by running a farm/ estate I mean you...

Written by Stella Meehan from Agriland Having the time to effectively use the information gathered from weighing cattle can be a challenge for farmers in Scotland, according to Lorna MacPherson, consultant at SAC Consulting, part of Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC). However, she said that it...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The Country Land and Business Association (CLA) has called for the UK government to “back agriculture” with a £4 billion a year budget. The CLA said farmers in England need an increased government budget if they are to deliver meaningful...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland Mark Davies has been announced as the winner of the National Farmers’ Union of Wales (NFU Cyrmu) and MFU Mutual’s Welsh Livestock Champion of the Year Award 2023. Davies, from Crosswell, Eglwyswrw, was announced as the winner of the award at the...

The French expression "on marche sur la tête" means roughly "things are being turned on their head" or "we have got our priorities wrong". So to show their exasperation with policies that don't put local food production first and foremost French farmers are turning the road signs at the...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland Land and estate agency GSC Grays, has said that the autumn statement announcement on raising the minimum wage could impact farm labour. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, made his ‘autumn statement for growth’ yesterday, (Wednesday...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland Paul Sargeant, a farmer and butcher from Gayton, Staffordshire, judged the carcass and joint competitions at this year’s English Winter Fair. The English Winter Fair took place from November 18-19 and Sargeant said he had a tough job choosing the...

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/eu-commission-renew-glyphosate-authorisation-10-years-2023-11-16/ will the next government follow suit

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...

I was just curious.

As above, seems to go against nature to me.:scratchhead:. I ask as a retired farmer and not as an animal activist. activist .

We used to be all cattle on our farm , only 50 Angus cross, wintered from nov to May they just couldn’t pay so we went all sheep. Just reading various threads on sucklers etc and I can’t see how we could make them work, however we do have a 100 x 50’ shed plus a 90x30’ lean too, mrs L has a few...

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...

I've got 4 pedigree limousin bulling heifers for sale. Very nice and well bred heifers ready for the bull, good temperaments nice and quiet. Only for sale as I've already got too many females and you can't keep them all! 18-22 months old, we are based near Buxton in Derbyshire. Can send some...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The latest 2023 agricultural figures released by the Scottish government have shown a decline of 3% in cattle numbers compared to the five-year average. Cattle numbers now stand at 1.68 million. Over this period, dairy cattle breeding herds...

What's people's opinions on Lincoln Reds? I see a lot more Herefords than Lincoln reds even though they have similar characteristics. I prefer Lincoln reds but is there a reason Hereford or other maternal breeds are a better option?

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The Glamorgan branch of the Farmers’ Union of Wales (FUW) has appointed a new chair to lead the local team. Charlotte Llewellyn will take over from Richard Walker, who served the county as chair for over a decade. Charlotte Llewellyn Speaking...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has said it has been working closely with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) to facilitate the process of animal transport authorisation...