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Written by Maeve Hennessy from Agriland The winner of this year’s National Milk Records (NMR) Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers (RABDF) Gold Cup at Dairy-Tech, Bisterne Farms will host the open day on Wednesday, May 22. Bisterne Farms will be showcasing how their, low-input...

Written by Stella Meehan from Agriland The Lakeland Dairies Board has decided on a price for milk supplied in February with the base price increasing for all milk supplied. A base price of 41.4c/L (3.6% butterfat and 3.3% protein) will be paid for February milk in the Republic of Ireland. The...

So I’m needing to get a rough value of all my stock for the bank. Only things I’m struggling with as I’ve never sold or bought at that age is the price of my cows and heifers with calves at foot? they are all blue x dairy cows and heifers with good shapey 2 month old lim calves on them. What...

https://newsroom.pembrokeshire.gov.uk/news/substantial-fines-for-farmers-who-knowingly-kept-cattle-with-bovine-tb-reactors-on-farm Read the article. It brings the dairy industry into disrepute and in my opinion they should have substantial jail time as well as confiscation of assets on top of...

Read the comments if nothing else.

Had 2 yearling in a row, pedigree Texels, mother the lambs (both twins) but won’t let them feed. I have had one in an adopter for the last 3 days (out in the night) doesn’t flinch when they feed. As soon as they are out, won’t let them. Any advice? I know 2 doesn’t sound many but we don’t have...

I want to finish my Jacob lambs this year (for the first time) I usually sell them as stores. I know jacobs are smaller ect but there meat is nice. What age/weight would you recommend sending them? We have finished lambing now so all lambs are February/March born. I can finish them indoors or...

Hi, my milk trolley has developed an electrical fault. I would like to detach the electric motor to get it repaired or replaced. Anyone know if/how to remove the plastic mixing paddle from the motor shaft? Is it just press fitted on?

As part of my final year project. I am researching “understanding the performance of cows in a milking herd based on EBI”. I would appreciate it if you could take 5 minutes of your time to fill out an online survey. Please find attached the link below...

Written by Stella Meehan from Agriland Cross-border dairy cooperative Lakeland Dairies has appointed Oliver McAllister as its new chief financial officer (CFO). McAllister has over 20 years’ experience in finance and strategy and has spent the last decade in some of the largest agri-food...

We've started milking on 34 units after extending our 20:40 Fullwood milking parlour. We only milked on one side for 4 days, for each side, credit to the dairy engineers and my lads for making it happen.

What has changed, nothing we were all moaning about it when it came out , and we are still discussing options 24 years later, come on give us an option stop just moaning!

Written by Brian McDonnell from Agriland Most dairy farms are now well into calving. With a good number of cows calved, an important job to now complete is the calibration of your feeders. Overfeeding or underfeeding cows will have different impacts on your herd, with over feeding a waste...

What’s the best combi out there, 4 metre or 6 metre folding, mainly heavy land post sugar beet? BB

Annual Tb test coming up next week and, just in time, we have a downer. Something metabolic most likely, low in ca despite plenty of dosing up. 6 months in calf. the issue is the tb test on Tuesday. The only time we've had an ic is with a lame cow or something that's not quite right and I'm...

This is a very interesting and informative article from a NZ couple which makes a lot of sense My name is Amy. My husband Hamish and I farm sheep and beef near Clinton in Southland. We use regenerative farming methods following the advice of a Dr Christine Jones. We spent months researching...

https://www.farminguk.com/news/government-to-be-taken-to-court-over-axing-of-farmland-sewage-sludge-pledge_64313.html Never used the stuff. However, in the UK retailers “WWF Basket” commitments is a pledge to ensure suppliers use 50% recycled phosphate by 2030. So that’s via sewage cake is it...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland Dairy farmers in Northern Ireland are confirming high conception rates in cows and heifers that are due to calve later in the autumn. This is despite issues relating to silage quality on many farms. Semex sales manager for Northern Ireland, John Berry...

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I have to admit I don’t tune in to the news on TV but I do look at the BBC News app each day. That said I haven’t seen any media articles recently about “X” countries population starving because of drought etc,etc. Does that mean that there have not been any crop disasters etc worldwide...