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Australian primary producers say they ‘can’t afford’ to pay proposed biosecurity levy Written by Eliza Spencer from the Guardian National Farmers Federation says farmers are already paying for the measures and should not be made to pay more Sign up for the Rural Network email newsletter Join...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland A study conducted by the University of Oxford has concluded that bats can be “valuable allies” for farmers by feeding on important agricultural and forestry pests. The study was released today (Wednesday, April 17), on International Bat...

Anyone done one yet with Feb/mar born lambs? Just started to notice the odd mucky bum, need to do a FEC count tomorrow to check levels of nemo as wells guess.

Is the minimum wage now abouve “Craftsman’s” wage (if such a thing still exists). Been looking on web but most information seems to be out of date. Looks like after 35 years farming using hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of machinery and applying the same in fert and chemical,I can say I’m...

Have to say it says an awful amount about our professions stoic demeanour as many people would be on anti depressants and in therapy in other trades faced with what has been thrown at us in the last 18 months. It is a constant diet of bad news, changing rules and options on top of unrelenting...

Rumen fluke here, and if it's here in the Highlands, it's everywhere 😱. We suspected a missing link, with losing a few healthy lambs last summer. Just suddenly going downhill for no reason, looking flukey but shouldn't be, and in spite of a very effective health plan. After reading the comments...

Bit of a background. Last yr we didnt dose pre lambing. We then went on to loose a load of ewes with lambs at foot and it was unknown. Fec come back good. Pms inconclusive then we bit the bullet and dosed all the ewes with cydectin triclomox off our own backs and it pretty much stopped deaths in...

2nd consultations underway for pylons across Scotland. Going off the new maps of the refined routes it looks ike they ignored all community feedback from my area and many others and are just carrying on regardless. Proposed 60acre substation at Beauly has now increased to 870 acres, although...

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...

Crickey ........ poor old Rochdale & its erstwhile voters for the forthcoming By Election on Thursday. Labour candidate - no longer endorsed by labour for antisemitic views Tory Candidate - off on his holidays in the run up to the vote (you really cannot make this up) Reform - Old Simon Danczuk...

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...

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...

Maybe we are getting this wrong. Double the Red Tractor fees and spend all the money on a marketing campaign. But... "If it doesn't have a Red Tractor on it, it's cheap stuff from God knows where, that has been sprayed and injected with God knows what" That would call out the supermarkets...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland Two German Shepherd dogs have been seized in connection with the deaths of at least 10 sheep and lambs in Northamptonshire since the start of 2024. The deaths of the sheep and lambs occurred in fields around Braybrooke and the force’s rural crime...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland Dairy farmers are being urged to vaccinate their youngstock and naïve cattle against lungworm ahead of the 2024 grazing season. Veterinary adviser with MSD Animal Health, Dr Kat Baxter Smith, said cases of lungworm have been increasing and that...

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/canterbury/news/amp/kent-sheep-farmer-in-london-hospital-with-mystery-bacteria-i-300637/

I’m hoping to find out a little of peoples experience of moving from claiming tax credits to claiming universal credit. We’ve been informed that later this year we will get notice and a deadline to move to universal credit. A quick search on the internet comes up with a couple of stories from...

On bloomberg now

Well worth a read in my opinion https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/why-i-pray-alan-bates-rejects-a-knighthood-nqmvwtcxb

Written by Agriland Team from Agriland Often at this time of the year, farmers who have their cattle housed for the winter notice a resurgence in lice symptoms on their cattle, and a secondary lice treatment may be needed. These cattle may have been treated for lice at housing, but a once-off...