Best advice for preventing staggers (hypomagnesium) in suckler cows. Last year I had high mag lick buckets out and lost 3 cows to the bad weather. Any help appreciated.
Friend has a small paddock..an acre ish in the countryside but with cottages one side..and a house the other..so potentially infill.
He's asked me..to ask on here what would be the the best way forward
A pre app?
A planning consultant
An architect?
Contact with a local builder/developer?
Any...
Does any one grow them in East Anglia?
Saw plenty in France but not so in the UK.
What are they like to harvest and where does the end product go to.
Plenty eaten in Ipswich by Eastern Europeans.
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Morning everyone. Could I have some suggestions for establishing clover (white and or red) in mature grassland. I'm looking for alternative methods what don't cost much.
I could graze it tight and drill it but timing, cost and weather really are big factors as I wouldn't have more than one...
Hi Everyone, I'm new to the forum and from what i've seen there are some really interesting topics to look at.
I wonder if anyone can help out with this question that i've been stuck on for a while. For the last 22 years or so i have been on very good terms with a farmer in Yorkshire and his...
As we increasingly become more “park keeper” thanks to SFI and CSS and have more cover crops and margins than in the past we have options that need management involving cutting
Having never owned a topper or mower bigger than a garden ride on I find myself confused by what i should buy...
I know it's very early still, but looks like my neighbour is making a bit of hay on a small field that he lets people camp on.
Couple of others seem to be underway with haylage.
I've just been and mowed 8 acres that is going to be haylage for a chap this evening.
It will be at least 10...
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Roadway and paddock system on Daly's farm.
Lameness can be an issue on dairy farms throughout the year, but heading into the autumn months is a particularly high-risk period.
Cows have spent the last number of months potentially walking long distances or on road surfaces that are in poor...
We put some in 2yrs ago, managed with cutting and sheep with good rest periods and not over grazing or cutting too low.
Most of the herbal part has vanished.
Ground has received a light dose of fym and 80kg ha of N. White cover looks well so does the rye grass but even the Timothy and...
I didn't plant any linseed this yr, instead opting for a summer cover crop. Painful decision, but first loss and all that.
Anyway, just been to check on progress, and saw this:
This is a 4m strip across the angle of the drilling where I had been messing around with a home made cultivator...
I have a livery yard. Sometimes there are un-grazed fields. Turn my back and those un-grazed fields are covered in brambles, nettles, docks, thistles and long grass. I cut it down but then the stuff lies on the ground spreading their seeds and choking new growth. I have looked for a rough...
Ive owned both, have both, and hands down sheep are smarter, poor sheep always cop the dumb label but they are not as thick as the cattle, with the exception of dairy cows due to daily handling.
Sheep learn routines much faster. Dont stand in lanes starving while they look across the paddock at...
I have just bought a new shearling ram. After quarantining, should I be worried about mixing him in with two mature rams? Both of which carry a fair bit of weight on him.
Trying to grow grass in ploughed harrowed field it failed IN June as weather thistles took over now been sprayed off , any one near Buckinghamshire thats reasonable price? to come sort power harrowed and seed it with grass seed for horses 5 acres to do .didnt know what area to post ? MK just...
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