Are cattle now a numbers game with forklifts at 90k, tractors at 130k, contractor rates and repair costs now through the roof it strikes me that running a small herd or fattning number will struggle to pay for this let alone provide a profit, arent producers going to have to think bigger in...
Today with all the Genomic information you would think there would be a far better choice of bulls in AI company brochures , bulls to correct the problems these companies have created over the years like short teats, straight legs and fertility. But when you study the...
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We are a consultancy firm and are interested in speaking with anyone who has experience conducting mastitis diagnostic testing on a dairy farm, e.g., if you've used tests such as Mastdecide, Petrifilm, Veto rapid / slide, AccuMast, Point of Cow, or different types of bacterial culture to...
AHDB have recently launched two new strategic dairy farms. However, these farms come with a twist. They will focus on demonstrating how to run an efficient and profitable dairy business, while also reducing your carbon footprint.
Joining the programme are Howard and Tom Pattison, who run Willow...
Hi, has anyone noticed issues with mastitis when they introduce a new milker to the farm?
I’ve got a relief milker who started 3 months ago who does two mornings a week and ever since we’ve had a big rise in mastitis cases, usually occurring 1-3 days after the relief milkers been. I’ve watched...
Hi all.
We have a cow that has calved this morning. She's had a bull calf. She is second time calving. The value was not huge by any means so I know she had no bother with calvingby herself. We noticed the calf was bleeding from back end so we took them into shed to keep an eye on them. Then we...
Did some turning a couple of weeks ago. A 'virgin' row and the finished product. Shows how much it loses volume, which is good for us as we take it to an outlying farm with no cattle on it, a lot less trips.
We breed a few Shearling Rams for sale and recently we've been looking for a new stock ram.On our visits to the English Premier sale and the Builth main NSA I was staggered to see the amount of Texel lambs and Yearlings being offered with these huge ugly heads.Having bred Texels for nigh on 25...
This is a random one.
The previous owners of our land used to keep horses.
Instead of having the muck removed they decided to pile it up amongst the trees down one side.
I’ve been looking to get this out for some time but a lot of the farmers are reluctant to take it away.
Not sure if this is...
Hi please can anyone help we have a flock of 11 balwen sheep. They have spent the summer at a friends of ours farm while we have made hay on our land. They returned back last Sunday, slightly trimmer than they were. We wormed them and seem to have been fine. We did notice yesterday one of them...
I've got some high yielding, special cows arriving with me at the end of this week, once here they will be housed day and night for now, I also have some heifers from woodmarsh to calve next spring who were also high yielding.
I am contemplating keeping them in ayr next year and was just...
Later this year, the country will become the first to get rid of Mycoplasma bovis, a contagious and painful disease in cattle.
Cows grazing in New Zealand.
Photography by Paul Looyen, Shutterstock.
New Zealand has rid 271 farms of a disease known to decimate cow populations, effectively...
Hi everyone. We're currently running an online survey with Liverpool Uni and the Resilient Dairy Landscapes Project. We are desperate for participants, so if anyone could spare some 20 minutes or so for filling it out, it would be very much appreciated. There's a price draw as well (5x50£...
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