minerals

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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...

Due to being so wet we housed all fat lambs and there now all gone off cake probably got about 15 acres of very big roots for ewes left. They are due in a month and I've got lifeline buckets out for them, is there anything I need to be watching grazing this? I could vit drench them tomorrow...

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We have blood tested our ewes and have came back with mega high levels of iodine and low levels of selenium vet has advised that we jag all lambs at birth with selenium/vit e ewes have been bolused with mayo 4 in 1! Any other suggestions to get Sel into them before lambing without to much...

Hi there been covered before but ofcourse each farm is different. Never had soil testing done for decades as only a small suckler farm but trying to get things more productive with the 60 acre we farm. I will be getting advice from the company who did the soil testing however I expect this to be...

I have a ewe that could be susceptible to twin lamb. She’s only got a few days to go before she’s due. Can I give her some twin lamb solution to keep her right? Not showing any signs but just worried. Thought I’d I could keep her balanced before any problems it would help?

wanting to start home mix ration what is requried as far as red tractor is concerned and what about cross compliance in case of inspection??? please help?

Anyone recommend a fattening ration to feed store lambs. I’ve got a lot of fresh brewers grains and wheat and barley. Would be good to use the brewers grains as it get it very cheap. Tia

We have a number of livestock collective deals closing on the 3rd of March. 23/18 Milk Powder Collective Deal - 100% Dairy Protein - Made in UK 21/23 High Fat Milk Powder - 100% Dairy Protein - Made in UK 24/18 Milk Powder Collective Deal - 100% Dairy Protein / 60% Skim - Made in UK 20/17 Milk...

Hello, i am a pasture manager / sheep worker from Saskatchewan, Canada. I care for approximately 3200 head of mixed ewes, that are brought to me from many different ranches, for about 6 months on 6240 ac of native prairie / mixed grasslands on what is know as "crown agriculture lands". During...

Looking for a cheap way of getting minerals into ewes Currently Feeding Stock Feed Potatoes ,Distillery Draff and ad-lib Silage Been advised to feed an GP mineral alongside I would imagine free-access minerals will be a lot cheaper than any licks/Tubs but question is how to feed outdoors with...

Just thought I'd share with you all the privilege I've had with dear old red tractor. So as most of you know I've been due a spot inspection. I try and keep my personal life off of here but for the purpose of this I'll share a bit, my partner of nearly 6 years was blue-lighted to hospital on...

Does many of you use cattle boluses on yoyr cows? Looking about doing it to help boost fertility. Red a few bit on the net there and some suggest using boluses containing beta carotene but cant find many products for sale that have it on a quick google search, find it odd that alk trace dont...

Currently using halacour or some variation of it. It’s a pig of a disease and I hate it. Calf shed gets cleaned as well as possible but no concrete. Is there any other solution or just keep on at it with halacour?

From some conversations I’ve had recently, I’m getting the feeling there’s some panick in businesses that rely on farming customers that large scale SFI options could become very popular. For instance, suggesting that it wouldn’t be moral, or that you wouldn’t be a real “farmer” if you take...

I’ve just brought some tanks for collecting rain water and I’m going to get a filter to go on the intake. Do people filter it out as well, don’t want lots of nozzle blocks. We’re in a hard water area so hoping chemicals have a better effect.

Hi. Dry cows are short of protein. Had the same issue last yr and had colostrum issues for a while. Feed rep is suggesting we need at least 2 kgs of dry cow rolls &£473 a ton. Is the best solution? Through management calving issues aren’t a big issue here.

I've done a quick search on here and not found anything on this- Last year we had quite a few prolapses. I recall that this can be linked to low calcium. we home-mix barley for them, so I wondered if I could chuck a bit of calcium into the mix- if so, what sort? Can a high calcium diet do a...

Curious to see where others have fixed feed for autumn 24-spring 25. we’ve not covered anything yet and suspect wheat can’t get any lower. Don’t want to have my pants pulled down