Written by Agriland Team from Agriland
It was a great day out for the McKay’s Ampertaine Limousin Herd at the Northern Ireland Limousin Cattle Club’s 50th Anniversary Show and Sale on Saturday (August 20) at Ballymena Livestock Market in Co. Antrim.
The herd secured the top two prices...
I’ve kept family favourite entire and never got around to dehorning him. I’m wondering the best way to go about getting the horns off him without negative affect to his temperament?
They’ll be nearly 2” dia at the base, will probably take in the vet, considering having him knocked out?
I’ve...
This is a thread for those who feel guilty about cluttering up dear old GUTH’s beloved price tracker with the chit chat that stop us all being that miserable our families would throw us all out to sit with the dog in the porch. All are welcome, you can even post prices if you want. The only rule...
My understanding is that Exlanas was created by a single company and there is no independent breed regulation, yet many farms sell Exlanas. So how does the rules with naming work?
So news today is full of the lack of dentists
We have just hosted the Womens Euros at an uncertain cost then the commonwealth games at a cost of £800, 000,000
Cn no one put two and two together
Can't get over all the abandoned farmsteads/ hamlets/villages in rural France. Looks like the CAP has foooooked up rural France worse than the UK.
https://www.channel4.com/programmes/help-we-bought-a-village
Written by Agriland Team from Agriland
Tributes have been paid following the passing of the well-known Co. Antrim-based Limousin cattle breeder, Ian Davidson.
The British Limousin Cattle Society expressed its condolences on a post shared on Facebook today (Wednesday, August 3).
Ian was...
Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland
Amazing crowds and tremendous weather were the order of the day at this year’s Clogher Valley Show – its first outing since 2019.
And one very special feature of the event saw Herbie Crawford from Co. Fermanagh celebrate 71 years of showing cattle...
Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland
The potential to include red clover, in tandem with hybrid ryegrass varieties, within a silage sward has been highlighted by Co. Antrim suckler beef farmer. Alastair McNeilly.
Last year saw him establish a red clover mixed sward on the farm. And he...
Written by Agriland Team from Agriland
New regulations on the export of cattle from Northern Ireland to the Republic of Ireland has resulted in the Jalex Herd being “unable to facilitate” the export of in-calf heifers to the Republic of Ireland (ROI) for its upcoming sale.
The news comes as a...
Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland
Tremendous crowds were the order of the day at Castlewellan Show 2022, which was held in the Co. Down town on Saturday (July 16).
The event hosted the 2022 Charolais Club National Show plus a number of inter-breed finals, including the Danske Bank /...
Animals took centre stage at the Great Yorkshire Show today, with a host of Supreme Championship winners and the ever-popular Ripon Select Foods Cock O’ the North show jumping competition.
There were some special visitors from the Sheffield-based Roshni Asian Women’s Resource Centre, who saw...
Written by Agriland Team from Agriland
Over 70 people were in attendance at an Accelerating Ruminant Carbon Zero (ARCZero) farm walk in Co. Fermanagh on Tuesday (June 21).
The event was hosted on the farm of John Egerton in Rosslea.
The 74ha suckler and seep farm is run by John, his wife and...
Written by William Kellett from Agriland
The Yattendon Estate in Berkshire has become the latest farm to join the LEAF (Linking Environment And Farming) UK network of demonstration farms set up to advance sustainable farming knowledge generation and exchange.
Yattendon is also the second...
Written by Stella Meehan from Agriland
Members of the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) executive have met with counterparts from other farming unions to discuss issues affecting drystock farmers.
IFA Livestock Committee chair, Brendan Golden, Sheep chair Kevin Comiskey, and senior policy...
Hello everyone,
I’ve been reading the epic 2013 Farming in France thread and wanted to kick off a new thread if that’s alright with everyone.
My wife is French and I’ve always dreamt of living in a stone farmhouse with loads of land to be self sufficient. The idea of buying somewhere cash and...
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