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So who dumped the beavers? Cornwall apparently has a pair of beavers secured in a 5 acres enclosure. They haven't had time to breed....but now there are more! Is this the solution to unwanted introduced species? Or are they multiplying by asexual reproduction...

Written by Stella Meehan from Agriland New analysis by European financial group ING, indicated that an increasing number of large dairy companies have plans to become ‘net zero’ in the future. In its publication ‘From grass to glass: The future for dairy companies on the path to net zero’...

What liners/ cups are people using? Wanting to update my parlour, currently running the old stainless westfalia units quite weighty,keep Hearing good things about these square/triangle liners? We do suffer with slippage and they don’t like short teats which the modern dairy cow usually has.

This cow calved a few days ago and its the third year she has had twins, can't be to common ? I can't remember having one have twins 2 years in a row before this one

For the past couple of years, I was using an Irish origin lamb milk powder, whose brand name escapes me*, made with ewes milk. Super product on the lambs, mixed well and no brown crap settling out in minutes like the Volac stuff. How Volac can be used in an ad-lib situation escapes me, when it...

Written by Maeve Hennessy from Agriland Yesterday (Thursday, March 21) The Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) published the agriculture price indices (API) from January 2023 – January 2024. The price index for agricultural outputs decreased by 5.6% in the 12 months to...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The president of the National Farmers’ Union of Scotland (NFUS) has said that the recent farm income figures are a “mixed bag”. The Scottish chief statistician released figures on 2022/23 farm incomes yesterday (Thursday, March 21). These show...

Good morning, as part of my university dissertation research, I am investigating dairy stakeholders attitudes towards climate mitigation strategies. So far the results have shown over 35% of UK dairy farmers have engaged with some-form of climate mitigation strategy, with a further 90%...

3 week old Angus and Hereford calves, out of crossbred cows, well reared and will be a decent size for age. How much should we ask? Always do price across the board for bulls and heifers; last year was 120 bulls, 90 heifers. Same buyer for three years, he collects within a couple of days of when...

Piece in today's Times: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/17c78956-926a-4336-82b8-b7d03280abab?shareToken=b7c5cad963ae805bbdbe135f542df425 In case link doesn't work: FWIW, my thoughts are that farms DO need to cut water pollution. If the water industry finally sort their act out then...

Written by Stella Meehan from Agriland Fonterra Co-operative Group Ltd., has today (Thursday, March 21) released its FY24 interim results which show a continuation of strong earnings performance. CEO Miles Hurrell says the co-op’s performance has been driven by higher margins and sales...

just a reminder to make sure your orders are in and if not your paperwork is in order Dont want anyone falling foul of the red tractor policing unit as you know they will be clipboards at the ready with eyes on the forecast for lack or rain etc God help anyone that has a RT Audit coming up in...

Hi All, I am picking up some shearing jobs of my own this year. So far only been small pet flocks but getting a fair few. Just wondering who everyone uses for insurance when shearing.

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

We are looking at buying a farm steading and part of our business plan includes constructing a new shed and converting an existing shed looking for advice on things to consider and a sounding board on whether our plans sound reasonable. Converting existing earth floor shed to slatted sheep...

Written by Brian McDonnell from Agriland The Borderway UK Dairy Expo returned on Friday, March 15 and Saturday, March 16 with the interbreed champion going to MAG Pandor exhibited by Laird Family and Ferme Blondin. This annual expo was held at Borderway Mart, Carlisle and has become a key...

Written by Agriland Team from Agriland The establishment of a new regional board in Northern Ireland has been announced by the Moredun Foundation, a leading farming animal charity. Chair of the Northern Ireland Moredun Foundation Regional Board, Dr. Simon Doherty said: He added that this...

So as we are all aware the weather patterns we are seeing are becoming a little more extreme We are all losing days/weeks due to bad weather. For me I seem to lose more and more working days each year for the last few years due to bad weather, this is obviously having a knock on effect in...

Just wondering if any fellow west Walian producers on here have any thoughts on the new set up ? Certainly looks impressive & they seem confident in their plans , what does anyone else think ? thanks.

We don’t use a huge amount of straw. Maybe 40 tons a season. For large calf pens. (7) calving pad and colostrum group. Would the savings in straw usage given the ever rising price warrant the dust and cost of some Sort of straw chopper/shredder? all but one pen would be easy access.