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Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland According to Scotland-based research scientist, Jamie Robertson, much more can be done to improve the cleanliness and hygiene standards of calf-rearing units in the UK. He approaches this issue from the point of view that a wide range of pathogens...

Written by Dan Robinson from Eurofins We have created new soil tests that will help farmers and agronomists understand their soil in a more detailed way than ever before. The tests have been launched in the UK and Ireland to provide chemical, physical, and biological insight, offering farmers...

In conversation with a soil health pioneer Written by Janet Hughes https://www.buzzsprout.com/1657363/8311877-janet-hughes-and-gabe-brown-the-six-principles-of-soil-health.mp3 In this month's Future Farming podcast, Janet Hughes talks to Gabe Brown. Gabe has been named one of the...

Soil Health - applications and opportunities for climate-smart farming, food security and environmental integrity Written by Neil Douglas Fuller of the Atlas Sustainable Soil Programme Soil health is a product of interactions between plant roots and the living fraction of the soil...

Mod note: This thread has been moved from the Tracker thread. I’v still got singles outside and none of them aborted as yet... the twins are a bit comfy on space and I think its because they’ve been scrapping at feed time... all enzo vacc’d but not toxo... 3 aborted now so Vet is gonna have to...

Get ready for a barrage of local walkers and tourists to Yorkshire walking everywhere New website with walks uploaded coming soon It’ll end in tears(tiers), with people rampaging where they shouldn’t go https://www.yorkshire.com/walkshire ‘Public goods for public money’ will be the HMG...

We have a small field that has been in a cereal/rape/legume rotation for a good few years now and needs to be put back to grass. I would like to get away from using the plough every time we drill but I'm never sure our soils are quite light enough to min till (we are mostly clay with some loam)...

Written by Rachel Martin MSD Animal Health has completed its $55 million acquisition of the worldwide rights to Vecoxan (diclazuril), an oral suspension for the prevention and treatment of coccidiosis in calves and lambs, from Elanco Animal Health. Vecoxan can be used on lambs, against...

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January began settled and cloudy with mild weather for most of the month except for a cold, wet period towards the end of the month. Consequently, the provisional UK mean temperature in January was 5.6oC, which is 2.0oC above the long-term national average (1981-2010). Regionally temperatures...

Written by Dr Nicola Cannon, Associate Professor of Agriculture, Royal Agricultural University, Cirencester, Gloucestershire GL7 6JS Introduction Herbicide resistance has become a major challenge to UK arable production and is forcing farms to rethink cropping choices and in some cases is...

Got a field that cows get Redwater in about 8 acres not been grazed now for about 15mths, now I am thinking theres lots of old grass in there if I put my sucklers ...outwintered right beside this field... in now for a couple of weeks what would be the risk of them getting Redwater at this time...

Written by Agriland Team Up next is the first of the international beef farms that AgriLand visited in May 2019 – as part of ONE19: The Alltech Ideas Conference – the Wrangler Feedyard. This feedlot is one of 10 feedlots operated by Cactus Feeders – located close to Tulia, Texas. The company –...

HOW TO IMPROVE YIELD AND QUALITY AFTER APPLYING YOUR NORMAL INPUTS? Written by George Hepburn from QLF Agronomy I have worked with farmers on their inputs for the last 15 years. I worked with Soil Fertility Services for 12 years as a Soil Fertility Advisor, advising many farmers on soil health...

When I was at school, the lights kept going out: we were in the middle of the 'energy crisis' of the mid-seventies and the country was struggling to function properly with three day weeks and queues at petrol stations and all the rest. Great fun for us kids, you might as well play outside, if...

Had 4 cows abort with neospora- any quick fixes to this?

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Mike Donovan writes... Joel Williams is a familiar face to many with an interest in soil health and biology, and first spoke to a UK farming audience in 2010. The Australian plant and soil health educator has a global audience and Direct Driller magazine caught him at the Overbury Estate in...

Hey guys Dissaster has struck my silage crop! over the past week or so, dozzens of geese have taken over my silage crop:mad:!! They have hundreds of acres to be munching on but they only eat.. flatten... and sh!t:poop: on the only bit I am trying to grow for silage!! Being so close to the sea...