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We are looking at installing self locking yokes for our dairy cows. We currently have just a rail which they reach under to eat from a central passage. Our concern is the cows won’t be able to reach as far and this could restrict intakes, has anyone had this problem? So you need to push the...

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

Written by Brian McDonnell from Agriland The breeding season is fast approaching and getting cows grazing continues to be a significant challenge on dairy farms. On many farms, fodder supplies are now very much depleted. With breeding around the corner, it is vital that cows are being...

Hello all, I am in my final year at Harper Adams University studying Agriculture with Mechanisation. I am writing my dissertation on the productivity and efficiency of robotic dairy. If any Robot dairy farmers could spare less than five minutes to complete my questionnaire thhis would greatly...

Our cattle calve easily but the odd calving goes wrong and so we bought a Jourdain calving gate years ago. It is similar to the one in photos below. There is a strap bolted on to the wall. The yoke fixes on to the strap but the other end is not supported on the ground. The gate fixes on to the...

***DAIRY FARM ASSISTANT REQUIRED - SHORT TERM COVER. IMMEDIATE START - LAWRENNY*** Dairy Farm Assistant required - short term to cover illness (4 weeks minimum, but could be longer). Herd of 170, all year round calving (currently 129 milking), plus followers and a small group of beef calves...

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Hello Everyone, I hope you can help me out, I am currently doing a PhD and need 10 Farmers and 10 farmers close acquaintances (Partners, Parents, Children over 18, friends) who would be interested in doing an interview. Before I discuss the project I thought I would explain why I am interested...

Written by Agriland Team from Agriland An Australian company has announced the launch of a new product, “Ashgrove Eco-Milk”, which is a climate-friendly milk. Ashgrove Cheese stated that this new eco-milk retains all the nutritional benefits and taste of Ashgrove full cream milk while...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland First Milk has announced that its member milk price will increase by 0.75ppl from May 1, 2024. This will take its manufacturing standard litre price to 39.5ppl, including member premium. Commenting on the announcement, First Milk farmer director...

I thought I did on the Sainted Isle but that seems to no longer be the case … Recently, we tendered and won a block of 70ac on the outskirts of a village and accessed by a lane with houses off. I said to son after we’d walked the land that if we won, there would be trouble…… and yesterday we...

I ve had lots of triplets and quads of my second crop mules.It goes against my intuation but would I be OK leaving them with the ewe?.Plan would be to give the ewes plenty of corn and get the lambs on to creep ASAP.

Looking at doing some building work and a new milking parlour, id like to mess with some drawings, i edit proper drawings with good old MS paint! But would like to have a better go, i read some old threads with @RWG Contracts explaining about google Sketchup, which looked great but that seems...

After a shitty day, sassy has decided to cheer me up Beuatiful heifer by kings-ransom dynasty ! up and drank 4 litres of colostrum from the bottle within 30 minutes of arrival Potential 16th generation straight excellent Fingers crossed i can get sassy up to ex this time to complete 15 gens...

Trying to cheer myself up with thoughts of cows grazing a forage crop in the sunshine. Which varieties are recommended? What is expected DM yield per hectare? Want to graze from first few weeks of July so was thinking to put in late April/early May. Thinking full cultivation to put in as I...

We are currently building new cubicle housing for 100 cows and are at a crossroads with regards to scraping out. My dad wants to install a lely/jos slurry collector I would prefer to install Storth rope scrapers My brother would prefer to scrape the building out with the machine. Any thoughts?

With a supreme bout of optimism, I walked a couple of my grass fields today as I thought, foolishly as it turned out, that maybe I could travel with the baby compact tractor and the even smaller single rotor disc spreader. 100kg at a time. It really would be great to spin a bit of fert on to get...

Any ideas? my bactos have gone absolutely nuts this past 10 days and I don't know why!

Thinking of fattening some bulls from dairy cows What’s achievable with Angus bull calves from good sized Holstein cows? If done intensively how fast can they be away? And at what cost ? Would be able to grow all the bedding needed and the dung from this would be beneficial to the wider business.

How much can an average agricultural machinery sales person expect to earn in a year. Is there a set minimum wage then commission? Or is it based just on commission? Don’t really want people guessing I want to hear from people who actually know because we all know how that will go.