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Hi, I am doing a survey on calves for a college project about them being bottle fed verse being 'at foot' in a milking herd. If anyone can spare some time to fill it in, it might help highlight why its done and is there options. Thank you https://s.surveyplanet.com/5o3gxvgc s.surveyplanet.com

Just thought I would share a picture of wild meadow flowers cheers me up. We used to spread bagged nitrogen on the farm until 20 years ago and had no wild flowers in meadows I remember my dad saying how when he was young the meadows were full of flowers. Now I know what he meant . Over 20...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland Securing optimal levels of carbon reduction within a robotic milking enterprise was the focus of a recent farm walk. The event was hosted by William and Alan McConnell from Drumgaw in Co. Armagh, in association with the College of Agriculture, Food...

Interesting To know what inventions people have turned their plastic drums into. we just have a sledge for moving a fresh calve but I bet theres more creative things to do with them

The Opportunity: Are you a seasoned dairy professional, eager to showcase your expertise within NZ/grazing dairy systems and work with a forward-thinking business to elevate herd performance to new levels? The Herd Manager will take the management lead of a 350 head organic dairy herd, looking...

We are looking at installing milking robots and replacing our parlor. currently milking 220 with the view to expand. My question is what the capacities of each milking RMS. Doing some research in to how i can utilize box capacity and maximize time. what is Kg per day? considering Lely...

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...

Be gentle... ignorant arable farmer asking for a friend on this one... Let's say you had £25k, and wanted to get into livestock. You have access to low imput permanent pasture (heavy land), and occasionally some rotational leys. You have access to a loader, You have an old shed, potential...

Hi Just wondering what people’s thoughts on Cheviot mules, quite a lot of people seem to be getting them now and iv got the chance of a batch of shearlings, currently on NoE mules, will the cheviots be as good lambing? Similar milk ? And as good mothers not had anything to do with them? Any...

Need to repair a timber cowshed. Some will be at ground level i.e. close to the muck, although shouldn't be submerged. From what I have read, larch or Douglas fir is what I should be looking for. Is this correct? I guess I'm not going to get this from the local jewsons, in 4'x5' 6m lengths, so...

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The Farmdeals team are delighted to announce our latest supplier to join the platform. Neogen. Neogen are a leader in biosecurity, animal safety, genomics, animal welfare and general hygiene. Rigorously testing products and constantly investing in new tech to ever improve their range, Neogen...

Written by Brian McDonnell from Agriland Breeding season is fast approaching, and although the use of artificial insemination (AI) grows year-on-year, stock bulls still have a place on many farms. There is an increased risk with having a bull on the farm, but there are also a number of...

as dealers carry less . or some do what parts on your place do you have in stock . we have a 20 ft container it’s full spare sets of wearing metal for most machines . bearings for packers etc etc . always a set filters for tractor . probably have far more than we should but cannot...

Written by Brian McDonnell from Agriland Cows on the vast majority of farms have spent much longer in the shed than was expected by most, which has led to increased cases of lameness. With the breeding season approaching on farms, a cow with a lameness issue will often struggle to go in...

Hello, I have a sheep in milk and on her udder is a rash with some pimples with abscess that they will dry out . When one clears then I found another one. I am washing her with chloridex 4% ( diluted 1:10) soapy water, hand milking and spraying with colloidal silver after … Any more I can do? I...

A bit hypothetical , but if it goes really dry how would you cope ? I'd be fine as I've written off this year .

Genuine question, and I know that I'll get a thousand different answers. What is a "standard" working day to you, or your staff, on your farm? How many hours? On a run of the mill day - not lambing/calving/harvest/silage etc For reference, I'm thinking 800ac, mixed beef/sheep/arable, modern...

Reports the 970 acre 'Sibleyback farm' on Bodmin has been sold to rewilders....£10 million to turn it into native woodland and bog. Where does this all end?

As a farmers son, almost 40 I do feel stigmatised by my farming friends and family for actually wanting to go home in the evening and weekends to my family. Quite a few of the farmers I know work constantly (12-16) hours a day 7 days a week and do nothing else. Of course they talk they have...