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'Twas always thus - that 10-14 days in the run up to the start of lambing heralds the onslaught of TLD, prolapses, blown guts, abortions and the 1001 other things that can go wrong with sheep :banghead: Many moons ago, when I was young and keen, an old bloke once told me, "A farm or a piece...

Hi all, had a heifer calf die today, she was 3 weeks old but was premature (about a month early) i noticed she didn't drink this morning and tubed her along with some electrolytes took her temp (normal 38 degrees so didn't give antibiotics) but was looking OK so was feeling hopeful I'd caught...

Bad start to the day finding our third ever calf now aged 10 died overnight leaving a 4 day old calf. We need the calf to survive and today it wasn’t keen on milk replacer, just messing around and not sucking. Do we just persevere? Here are the other things which could help: In next pen today...

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Written by William Kellett from Agriland Two new independent rearing studies have confirmed that both small numbers and large groups of surplus lambs can be reared highly successfully on ewe milk replacer. The trial work, conducted at Harper Adams University (HAU) and Reaseheath College during...

Written by John Swire from Farm Business Two new independent rearing studies have confirmed that both small numbers and large groups of surplus lambs can be reared highly successfully on ewe milk replacer. The trial work, conducted at Harper Adams University (HAU) and Reaseheath College during...

Written by Michael Geary from Agriland For some early-lambing flocks, the first ewe has dropped, while for others, it’s a case of just being patient. If you haven’t done so already, before lambing starts, it is important to stock up on a few essential items that will make life easier at...

Written by Breifne O'Brien from Agriland “There will be challenges but also great opportunities in the coming months for Irish pig farmers, given the upcoming changes in EU legislation surrounding zinc oxide (ZnO) use in pig feed, but farmers need to act now.” These were the closing remarks...

We have been offered a weekly supply of pressed apple pulp. What proportion of the nuts can it replace for fattening pigs to save on costs ? Also, any benefit in feeding it to fattening lambs, they are indoors on adlib creep, will they eat some pulp to keep costs down ? Thanks.

We are pretty good at getting colostrum in calves but recently the cows that calve don’t give much colostrum. We bring them in for milking as soon as possible after calving (usually at the next milking) and they might only give a litre of milk for me to stomach tube in to the calf which is...

Written by Brian McDonnell from Agriland Scour is the biggest killer of calves on farms under one month of age and with calves arriving thick and fast onto autumn-calving farms keeping calves healthy is a priority. Unfortunately livestock will become sick in many cases which places a large...

Has the media been told to stop reporting food shortages? Has anyone else noticed a shortage of food items in restaurants and shops recently? Maybe its just me being stupid. Not essential by any means! But shortages I have noticed and on my mind are walkers ready salted crisps and diet...

Written by William Kellett from Agriland UK dairy farmers are becoming more discerning about the nutrition they buy for their calves and starting to question the origin of milk replacer ingredients. According to the 2021 Herd Futures survey, 47% of dairy units now firmly disagree with the view...

Written by John Swire from Farm Business UK dairy farmers are becoming more discerning about the nutrition they buy for their calves and starting to question the origin of milk replacer ingredients. According to the 2021 Herd Futures survey, 47% of dairy units now firmly disagree with the view...

Just had a call and was offered a "lot" of black solider fly larvae. Can anyone give me a quick summary of the product and its use? Of all the random calls I have had, this is well up there for @Farmdeals

Never have any real success with our pet calves (Beef HHerd. Try twin on all that we can as any we keep on the bottle and offer a calve mixture to with water avaliable just never seem to do! We have in the past kept them in the individual pens we calve in and unsure if maybe there just not...

Trying to redo the business plan as and when I have time and would be interested to know what everyone budgets for silage these are my figures I came up with at breakfast about right? Seems too much but I've done everything as realistically as I can for a multi cut system doing 6 cuts per year...

Who is the fastest/most reliable out there for getting urgent replacement cattle ear tags?

What does the title of this thread bring to your mind? I'm imagining native cattle on the moors, cows and calves on the clifftop's or sucklers in meadows. So I'd be interested in people's views on this; A brilliant piece of marketing for all the dairy calves that aren't now allowed to be...

In this special edition of KW Feedcast join Dr Michael Marsden, Product Development Director, Paul Mortimer, Sales Specialist and Richard Slack Reginal Sales Manager as they discuss why and when you should feed C*Traffordgold. This episode focuses on how farmers are utilising the unique moist...