Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland
A Rotherham man has been disqualified from keeping livestock for ten years after neglecting a number sheep, including one ewe which was discovered emaciated and covered in maggots.
Paul Desbro of Hall Broome Gardens, Bolton Upon Dearne...
Is there one?
All we want to do is divert a public footpath round instead of it going the middle of our farmyard. Everybody thinks it’s a good idea for health and safety and to provide a pleasanter walk. The problem is the council want £3125 plus a bit and we can’t really afford it esiecially as...
Even after 7 or 8yrs, I still consider myself as a newcomer to sheep rearing.
As my own lambing comes near an end and my mind starts to function somewhat nearer to usual, I'm wondering what others consider an acceptable or even inevitable level of lamb mortality at time of lambing itself and...
Hi all, looking for some advice please.
Having some difficulty with twin lamb, had 5 cases in 48 hours in freshly housed ewes.
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Problem specifically in twins. No issues in trips or singles. Twins were on good quality stubble turnips until last Weekend (2 weeks out from lambing)...
I have a lamb born last Tuesday. Went to put him outside the next day and noticed his breathing was rapid and noisy. Gave him a dose of metacam. Then later some antibiotics. He is lively and feeding and seems well in every other respect. I put him out to a small paddock. Still chesty. Gave him...
Iv started lambing my flock last week and let first ones outside today. Really want to try to make the best off grass again. Have electric fences already got and used last few years. My question is, is it better to start ewes and lambs on paddocks soon as they be let out in spring, some fields...
I'm looking to buy a place with about 20 acres in the future so only asking out of interest at present but what paddock size and stock numbers are suggested for a rotational grazing system of this size? And how is (a Scottish) winter factored in? Or any resources for working on a smaller scale...
Tempted to try a pure stand of chicory rather than turnips or kale/rape treat it as a break crop and full reseed in autumn
Dry field several access points
Thoughts?
A biggish fat lamb (50kg?) is worth £160. (the same as a ton of barley)
A small fat beast (500kg) is worth £1600. (the same as 10 tons of barley).
Has the value of finished stock compared to the price of grain ever been a high during the last 10,000 years?
Is there not some kind of interactive map that shows if there is capacity in a region for energy to be exported to the grid?
Or are we stuck with the old process of fill in some form, get quoted a fee for them to tell you no.
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Consolidation continuing at breakneck speed across the pond. 39% reduction in dairy farmers from 2017-2022.
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So who will be the 1st in the UK to buy one of these? 830hp (boosting to 913hp) and a ballasted weight of 38 tonnes. There'll be some here in Lincs no doubt. I suspect the bigger announcement by Deere yesterday though was the autonomous tractor capability being built into many of their new...
As the title suggest considering going down this route with the cattle.
Mega simple system, no breeding stock, one stock class. 12 month old bought in 400kgish animals, groups of 40 grazed from March to November on good free draining ground. Fresh cell every day, grazing herbal lays, no corn...
There appears to be very little land on sale in the North East. I'm really struggling to find something.
I'm not sure if I'm looking at the right places?
Ideally I'd like from 6-15 acres.
It would be for 6 horses.
Any advice would be appreciated.
Or if anyone is selling I'm a cash buyer 😀
Hello Landowners,
I live in the Croston, Leyland area, and I was wondering if there is a scrappy piece of land near to where I live that I could turn over so that I could use it. I would like to turn it into a piece of agricultural land which I can use for my attempts at a self-sustaining...
Feel like i need to make a decision on what to do with this SFI. What are your plans?
There are quite generous payments on offer. I have heard of several local farmers putting everything into SAM3, £360ish/Ha, buying some seed and throwing it around and thinking it's easy money. Even the...
Hey. So I’ve just got a start up loan for a business to get into farming I’ve got a loan of £10,000 would that be enough to get started I know the cost of land and so on but I’m looking at contracting like horse haddock’s, land clearing/ grading, livestock services and so on I’ve had plenty of...
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