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Written by Agriland Team from Agriland With temperatures on the rise and better weather for the past few days, field operations and grazing have begun across the country after being delayed due to the difficult spring weather conditions encountered this year. College of Agriculture, Food and...

Written by Agriland Team from Agriland By Chris McCullough Producing a cow that can walk long distances and cope with rolling hills is an important breeding goal of an Irish farmer who is now running his own dairy farm in Australia. Originally from Monaghan, Brian Corr was managing two dairy...

A farm open day in Shropshire next month will offer arable farmers a low cost entry to finishing beef cattle with free on-call advisory support and minimum guaranteed payment terms at the outset. One of the organisers is Buitelaar Group, the “bed and breakfast” beef finishing operator, where...

The lambing jack, I think I've seen it all now...

Please may I ask about pure Jersey breed versus Jersey Crossbreeds, (with Holstein Friesian etc) overall performance? Any major differences? Thankyou.

What are the figures like for fattening cull cows? I’ve quite a lot of mature hay that needs using up, plus a lot of straw too. It would be good to pass it through an animal to turn it into FYM. I’d need to supplement the hay with cake / molasses etc but was wondering what the figures look like...

As the title suggest considering going down this route with the cattle. Mega simple system, no breeding stock, one stock class. 12 month old bought in 400kgish animals, groups of 40 grazed from March to November on good free draining ground. Fresh cell every day, grazing herbal lays, no corn...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The Institute of Auctioneers and Appraisers in Scotland (IAAS) has extended its relationship with ScotEID and Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) to make more Scottish mart pricing data available. This announcement follows contractual changes in England...

Written by Agriland Team from Agriland By Chris McCullogh Northern Ireland-based Greenhill Systems picked up a Silver Award at LAMMA for its Heatguard Evolution transparent roofing sheets. Held in January at the NEC Birmingham, this year’s LAMMA attracted over 40,000 visitors from all areas...

How very generous …….. How VERY condescending ! The open market can decide the value and we can decide if we want to sell at that price “supermarket god complex reaches new levels” should have been your headline @Abi Kay

With him passing the second round of on farm testing and travel arrangements all booked, I can finally let the cat out of the bag! Beyond excited to announce the sale of my first bull to Cogent Taken 23 years but I'm finally proud of myself! He's been my best friend for the past few months so...

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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...

Iv small batch of bucket reared calves all of milking. Oldest is 20 weeks and youngest is 15 weeks. They are Belgian blue heifers. They are on few kgs nuts a day each and straw. Soon to be moved to cubicles and continue on straw to eat just not for bedding. What level meal should I be looking to...

I would like to propose a new farm assurance scheme, all that is required is an annual review to ensure that a farm business complies with current legislation. There will be no gold plating of any legislation, just a simple check, either by uploading documents or by a farm visit.

Me and my partner are looking at a starter farm to rent at the moment and want to plan a contract grazing cattle for the summer months. This is so we don't have to find loads of capital to stock the farm And provide solid income to pay the rent. Is there anyone who could help find some one and...

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...

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...

She's clearly biased towards the coporate members of the NFU compared to the farmer members. She's finishing naturally in February apparently but should she still be there today? When she first took over she was on the Red Tractor board and wanted to remain on it whilst being NFU president...

Written by Agriland Team from Agriland Over 120 farmers were in attendance at Foyle Food Group’s annual Autumn Nutrition Event which was held at the Foyle ‘Farm of Excellence’ in Co. Tyrone on Friday, October 6. Foyle suppliers from across Ulster were in attendance at the event which featured...