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Ready to reserve now! 4 gilts and 1 Barrow. Both parents can be seen. Parents are very friendly and piglets handled daily. Ready to go on October 19th. Gilts £100, Barrow £80. £50 deposit to reserve. for more information or photos please contact me. [email protected]

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...

Animal Health and Welfare Equipment and Technology grants: help shape the next round Written by The Team Alison Day In March, we took another step forward on the Animal Health and Welfare Pathway by launching the first round of the Animal Health and Welfare Equipment and Technology grant...

Im needing some toys to keep the BNB pigs entertained , im looking for some bouys off boats such like anyone got anything suitable ??

Written by Agriland Team from Agriland By Barbara Collins “I always say I was born two generations too late,” said Robbie Neill from Stonebridge Cottage Farm in Crossgar, Co. Down which specialises in pedigree pork. “I was always into sustainability. I prefer the times when people had their...

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...

Got two pigs im going to put in the freezer. Is it just a case of booking them in to the abattoir? Or is there more to it??

We picked up our 12 week old piglets a week ago and one of them has a hematoma on his right ear. His ear is about 2.5 inches thick, filled with fluid. We lanced it one time and it filled back up in 12 hours. We have given him 3 injections of penicillin over 4 days, which has reduced his...

Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF Could hybrid rye be the new crop of the moment? CPM delves deeper into a series of trials which has flagged the benefits of hybrid rye both in terms of the crop’s growing requirements and its market potential. By Melanie Jenkins The...

https://www.fwi.co.uk/news/explosion-and-fire-kill-18000-cows-on-us-dairy-farm Job to get your head around 18000 cows in one shed.

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The UK government has today (Thursday, April 6) committed to regulating written pig contracts. The new regulations, announced by Farming Minister Mark Spencer, aim to bring stability and security to the pig supply chain and strengthen the...

Piglet boxes, homemade from ply with metal edges and corners, 2 hatches per box, hole for heat lamp Advert added by: Verity Nicholson @WHFarm23 Machinery Details Category: Livestock Equipment Livestock Handling Equipment Price: £10 Condition: Used Description We...

We have moved in to an old pig farm and the previous owners had made these clever crates out of ply wood with sliding hatches for piglets. They are reinforced with metal corners and edges, have a hole for a heatlamp in the top and are open at the bottom. Sorry it is hard to describe them but...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) has said that the latest data on UK pig meat shows a “significant” decline in production in February. The statistics from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)...

AKA true self sufficiency - is it actuality posible in the UK today in 2023 ? anyone know of anyone truly living a self sufficient (food and energy) lifestyle ? I reckon energy / transport is easier than ever with solar, wind , battery tech and ev's but could food be done ...

I hope those that use the above are better at keeping them reasonably clean and tidy than they used to. Could never understand why some people had no pride in keeping restroom facilities reasonably clean and not letting them become filthy. Used to think if people can’t clean a restroom sink...

Sheep are generally good at coping with extreme weather conditions, but the challenge is intensified when the cold temperatures are matched with snow fall and high winds or extreme weather is prolonged. Maintenance requirements increase during cold weather, with sheep using a higher...

https://www.fwi.co.uk/livestock/health-welfare/two-lamb-castration-methods-that-put-focus-on-animal-welfare How long before rubber rings are banned?

Saba Amir, IBERS, Aberystwyth University. Since the ban on the use of in-feed antibiotic growth promoters, gut health has been the focus of animal nutrition to improve performance and reduce the burden of enteric diseases A number of different feed additives, pre, probiotics and synbiotics...

First few delivered now and speculators are selling for over list already I see ...