minerals

Spring calving herd, grass from early feb to mid november. My dairy nut is very expensive. We are in a drought prone area in east of Ireland, feed 350-500kg of dairy nut and same of PK. Im hoping to swap dairy nut for rolled barley or maize meal. Feed acid buffer and minerals with PK at feed...

Has anyone done this and what was the best way to establish herbs into an existing ley

Good afternoon, I’m looking at ways of reducing me feed costs with me ewes pre lambing. I feed them 18% ewe nuts at present for 8 weeks prior to lambing raising 0.25 pound per head each week so by the final week they’re on 2 pounds of nuts per head (fed twice a day so 1 in the morning and 1 at...

I've got a building with a lean to which I've always assumed had an asbestos roof. I had the son of the previous owner here today and he thinks the lean to is fibre cement. Is there an easy way of telling the difference?

Newby to mixer wagon. I'm wanting to produce dry blends. Rolled cereal and beans with additional protein and minerals possibly with molasses. A unit with high discharge height and good empty out ability to reduce residual product between blends. It won't ever do forage based diets. Single axle...

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Have been leaving out rock salt for the cows. They’re going through it quicker than I expected is there a deficiency or is it just the novelty value .

Firstly can I say this is for suckler cows, but thought id get more replies here. We made very dry 1st cut pit silage back in the middle of june. I haven't had the analysis back for this 1st cut but its more like chopped hay. They are eating it ok ish. I am thinking of adding some water to...

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Seen a tiktok today that china is planning to build a water diversion to bring fresh water to a drought stricken area to turn it into 17 million acres of good farmland, surely this will totally destroy milk,beef etc price if they do this

Just seeking a few tips on how to try and balance our soils. (If it even is possible). Gary zimmer made a comment on a video that some farms are naturally high in certain minerals/nutrients and you’ll never live long enough to be able to alter them. we’ve high magnesium and quite low calcium...

Evening all Cattle have been inside and on ad-lib for 5 weeks and just don’t seem to blooming. they are full hair and are not blooming They are on barley/wheat soya beans minerals and molasses as well as a ring feeder is silage and 1 straw. Anything I am missing to push them Any ideas

What do folk usually feed to keep ewes ticking over before starting concentrates closer to lambing? We usually just fed a small amount of ewe rolls from end December start of January on, but the feed bill would be scary these days. Tried beet but it’s expensive now.

At a ADA meeting yesterday I asked the EA head flood risk manager to give a straight direct answer to not dredging rivers. Answer, there is nothing saying they cant dredge, they cant however destroy habitat their own biodiversity department stops them even before they can start. They have to do...

Hi all. Don't know if I'm posting in the right place but I've got a sick ewe. She's off her back legs and just knuckling when assisted to her feet. Due to lamb around Christmas but not showing yet (I don't scan) so I don't think it's lambs pushing on anything. She's still wanting to eat...

Written by Francess McDonnell from Agriland New research suggests that the reduction or removal of antibiotics will not reverse antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Latest research from Alltech’s European Bioscience Centre, shows that while antibiotic reduction or discontinuation can be “valuable...

Hi, I'm a student, and not directly related to farming. You see a lot these days about plant based diets and the like, in common media, so I just wanted to do some fact checking with you guys. Anyone grown animals and crops on the same fields (perhaps in rotation)? Does it produce better...

Would have put this in the Arla thread but have been told i'm not welcome there. https://petersweden.substack.com/p/they-are-poisoning-our-milk-now Ignore the fact that it's some internet chancer trying to get people to pay for access to further detail. That's not the point. The point is...

Anyone doing an aphid spray? Agronomist thinks I should on the early stuff (drilled end of Sept), but I think only to cover his arse. I’m not convinced, especially with all this rain, wind and now cold we’re getting. Be hard enough to find a day to even spray it.