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  1. Farm Business RSS

    Shepherds urged to feed more good quality colostrum

    Written by John Swire Shepherds are being urged to feed newborn surplus lambs more good quality colostrum during the crucial first 24 hours of life because up to 80% of UK sheep producers may not be feeding enough. According to results from the annual Volac Lamlac surplus lamb rearing...
  2. Loftyrules

    Ferguson Breakers Wiltshire

    Does anyone know of any Fergie breakers in Wiltshire or has anyone got an engine off a MF35 (in working condition) they are looking to sell?
  3. Agriland RSS

    3 effective ways of controlling Johne’s disease this calving season

    Written by Agriland Team With the calving season almost upon us, it is good idea to keep the necessary steps in mind to limit the spread of a costly disease like Johne’s. For those unfamiliar with this disease, Johne’s is a bacterial disease of cattle, which can prove costly on farms...
  4. Agriland RSS

    Yuletide ewe: ‘Hardy’ sextuplet lambs born on Irish midlands farm

    Written by Agriland Team A farming family in the midlands had a pleasant post-Christmas novelty last month with the arrival of six hale and “hardy” sextuplet lambs a few days ahead of the new year. The six lambs are owned by Offaly farmer and J Grennan and Sons feed merchant employee Mervyn...
  5. Agriland RSS

    Sheep advice: Time to stock up on lambing essentials

    Written by Agriland Team The lambing season may be underway on some farms but, for the majority of farmers, their ewes won’t lamb down until January or February. This means the focus for the next few weeks is to ensure that ewes are fed adequately to ensure they have sufficient energy to meet...
  6. J

    Calf milk powder

    What milk replacers do people use for calves
  7. Wynnstay

    Milk Powder Prices

    Milk powder pricing, always topical and emotive on-farm (especially if you are part of the Wynnstay Calf & Youngstock Team!), however, it seems even more so at the minute. Milk prices are certainly not on the up and milk replacer prices are doing the opposite and increasing at a steady rate...
  8. Farm Business RSS

    Calf rearers wedded to skim urged to review dairy protein being fed to calves

    Written by John Swire Calf rearers being forced to swallow high skim milk powder costs are being urged to review the dairy protein they feed to their calves. “The reality is that modern, precision-formulated whey protein-based calf milk formulas deliver comparable young animal performance to...
  9. happycows

    Johnes scheme.

    Arla deadline for management plan end of the month. Flying herd with everything’s too beef. Any idea what the bare minimum I can get away with? Really don’t want to waste my money testing but am I forced too? Thanks
  10. spin cycle

    diary of a comedy sheep farm

    taking a cue from others with their own threads....and upon a suggestion of a friend whom i keep 'entertained':rolleyes: so today.....up at the sheds at 6am to check for lambings although we're not supposed to start for a month:banghead:....just a single....penned it up and back for school...
  11. Greythundercloudys

    Best artificial lamb colostrum?

    What's the best out there, as sometimes l wonder if there better stuff than l use, l get aps stuff when l order spray iodine etc from them.
  12. Kiwi Pete

    "Improving Our Lot" - Planned Holistic Grazing, for starters..

    :oops: Eh up! The idea of starting a thread about Holistic management has been on my mind for ages, if I am honest. Lets start by me putting my cards on the table - I have NO formal training, NO books, and NO interest in starting big wars on which way is best. I do, however, completely and...
  13. jade35

    Arla

    Must be doing something right(y) Arla Foods UK ‏@ArlaFoodsUK 3m3 minutes ago WIN - The @BestFactory2016 Supply Chain Award is presented to Arla's Aylesbury site #bfa2016
  14. rc mx110

    Milk Price Tracker

    Why no milk price tracker thread? We have them for; Beef Lamb Feed Fert Combinables Sprays Fuel
  15. Cows 'n grass

    All things Dairy

    Last week i upgraded my phone from a Nokia nearly as old as me to the cheapest smartphone on the market so now i have the TFF App and find myself taking photos of everything. So i thought I'd start a dairy specific picture thread where people can post pics of cows, calves, bulls, parlours...
  16. rob1

    things that make you smile

    As an antidote to the grind your gears thread perhaps we need one to make us smile. To kick off I had my daughter and grand daughter round to visit yesterday, dont see them as often as I would like as they live away, but having very little contact with her after my divorce due to her mother...
  17. Penmoel

    Today at work

    Just mentioned in Agricultural Matters it might be interesting if everyone just took a picture today of what you were doing, however mundane it maybe, would show the variety of work carried out, will start tomorrow.
  18. TFF

    Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker

    Another thread to help TFF members track prices. The official AHDB prices can be seen here: http://beefandlamb.ahdb.org.uk/markets/deadweight-price-reports/deadweight-cattle-prices/ Please include sale location in all your prices if it differences from the location on your profile.
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