paddock

some pretty generous grants about, all seemingly based on reducing out put. we know from sheep and cattle prices, numbers are short, if they were not, prices wouldn't be where they are. the world is getting more dangerous by the day. And yet, politicians here, from all parties, think we can...

Written by Agriland Team from Agriland New Zealand police have confirmed that they shot a ram after a couple were found dead in a paddock. “On undertaking a risk assessment, the ram was shot and died at the scene,” the police force stated. The police today (Friday, April 19) released further...

Hi all, this year I've decided no more fert.....for now. Got fed up with fert and spray market profiteering and making sure even if we got a huge lift in price for any produce we were only allowed to make the same money as they'd take it all back the next season. Didn't help not having the space...

I could have A right moan on about how hard things are here currently but that won’t change anything and there are plenty of farmers of what ever guise having just or much worse time of it. so my question is this. We are constantly told we need to build resilience into our businesses.to you...

I have been given to mollie lambs, the ewe's milk has dried up, and the lambs have lost condition/weight, they are eating haylage.. Would it be best to try and give them some bottled milk, or just keep topping up a creep bowl? they are about 8 weeks old, I have a small fenced grass paddock and a...

Heaps of manure in pens cows laid in /on it. sh!t everywhere. Is this normal practice??

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

Hi, is rape tge best drought hardy summer crop? I only feed dry silage in summer to weaners, its not great pasture at farm (started reno this year). The end of jan till end of April hurts me growth wise as its our dry period here. Margins are tight atm so need economical method of keeping...

Wanting a small parcel 1-3 acres for "amenity" purposes as the agents seem to like to call it. Once I find one I want to go ahead with buying what is the process? Many of them say things like private treaty but most say they are auctions. I don't understand what private treaty is. I have read...

I need to fence off 2 acres what energiser, s do people recommend ( hoping to use solar energiser) recommendations please.

Cows have to be out , no plan B. Strip grazed and back fenced daily. Ground sodden so cutting up. What would you do? Will it recover? How best to speed recovery if it ever stops raining?

Our bull has stopped eating and is making a low grunting noise with every breath, started 2 days ago but yesterday seemed better but worse now. Will be phoning the vet shortly, just wondering if you have any ideas? My father is thinking a wire. Been no change in his diet so ruling out acidosis...

With the way things are and no improvement on the horizon ,how long will it be before a huge dealer shuts up shop.they mostly got very large expensive premises and massive stocks of parts and machines but they will be suffering the same as the smaller dealers.seems to be a weekly occurrence of...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland DM Hall has brought 0.62ha with steading and annex by Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park to the market. Badshalloch Steading and Badshalloch Annex is being marketed by the Scottish firm of chartered surveyors for offers over £480,000. The...

Neighbours have asked me to help them out. They’ve a couple of paddocks they cut for hay but got let down last year and it never got cut. So now it’s about 6-12” deep of last years crop and needs something doing with it. 1 flail it to about 4” and hope new growth comes through and the...

As per title is there any way to do this easily and without making a mess. Will be spreading a good bit of urea this year as opposed to blends, urea has more nitrogen in it so I think this situation will arise. Would like to be prepared

Anybody out there , I’m sure There are . Got a dog run comingnearby any issues other than more traffic and yapping dugs .? Think we’re getting one next door

Had a bunch of lambs tested, egg count suggested needed treatment for cocci as moderate infection. It’s now 3 weeks since treatment can they return to that paddock on the rotation now? It’s been empty for the three weeks. thanks Hughesy

Written by Brian McDonnell from Agriland Ensuring that cows are getting adequate amounts of dry matter (DM) and energy is now a challenge on many farms. Supplies of high quality silage on the majority of farms are now running low, and access to grass has also been limited. The challenging...

I'd like to get a real world value for my smallholding as I don't believe the several auctioneers we've asked over the years are anywhere close to the truth. Here are the details: •Seven acres of VERY heavy clay, meaning the field is unusable for six months of the year •Rusty old three-bay...