rolled barley

Our cattle calve easily but the odd calving goes wrong and so we bought a Jourdain calving gate years ago. It is similar to the one in photos below. There is a strap bolted on to the wall. The yoke fixes on to the strap but the other end is not supported on the ground. The gate fixes on to the...

Mulling things over … now I love farming ( mostly) and as some of you know, I’ve said it’s all I ever wanted to do . But times are changing and with the weather on top of poor ground plus my age and aches and pains, I’ve been wondering if it’s time to say enough Part of me feels guilty as if I...

wanting to start home mix ration what is requried as far as red tractor is concerned and what about cross compliance in case of inspection??? please help?

Currently feeding store cattle, various ages, rolled barley, they have different amounts per pen, we bucket it out of a matbro bucket onto the feed passage. Very time consuming and labour intensive. Does anyone have any ideas how we can make it easer while still being able to feed different...

Our farmyard is full of them,the Starlings are feeding on the TMR and the Sparrows,well,I'm not sure really. The yard is clean and concrete everywhere but the Sparrows have crapped all over the tractors and telehandler.I had to jam the Combine,which had been fully cleaned and washed post...

Hello All. Bought some more Pigs from a very fit 83 year old today. Smashing guy. Sure he thought we were clueless ! ( We are !) Anyway he said we should be feeding them Fodder Beet. Anyone know where we could buy some. Located South East Many thanks

So for nearly 10 years I’ve fed the same blend and ingredients with just an alteration in inclusion to get desired protein from one bin through robot and oopf. It worked well and did 9200/9300 Just 6/7 good quality ingredients. No extras. I did used to feed regumaize 44 ad lib in winter which I...

Just kicking some ideas around, I’d be thankful for your collective wisdom… I’ve got a small patch of easy draining, sandy loam land, even after all this rain I could plough it, an afternoon of sunshine on it would dry it out lovely. The plan was spring barley, but would I be of benefit sowing...

Hi I am looking into bed and breakfast cattle, and looking for any help/advice as I am new to it all. I will be getting them in around 150kg and taking them to around 550-600kg. I am scratching my head on what will be best for wait gain while keeping costs down, I am wanting them in and out...

Any suggestions on how to increase my butterfat level, they were at 4.2 but now have since dropped to 3.8. diet is still the same, grass silage and a 22% blend, litres have increased but just wondering if there is anything cost effective to raise the fat levels?

My 1st cousin, has been locked up with tb. He calves 80 dairy cows, all beef calves, sim,sh,saler. There is no market for tb calves in ireland and he would have facilities to house. Anyone fatten calves under 12months. He will be feeding high levels of milk, 8l to weaning and has dry silage...

Spring calving herd, grass from early feb to mid november. My dairy nut is very expensive. We are in a drought prone area in east of Ireland, feed 350-500kg of dairy nut and same of PK. Im hoping to swap dairy nut for rolled barley or maize meal. Feed acid buffer and minerals with PK at feed...

Good afternoon, I’m looking at ways of reducing me feed costs with me ewes pre lambing. I feed them 18% ewe nuts at present for 8 weeks prior to lambing raising 0.25 pound per head each week so by the final week they’re on 2 pounds of nuts per head (fed twice a day so 1 in the morning and 1 at...

Does anyone feed their heifers TMR if so how many rations do you feed to the different ages. I'd like to feed weaning to 9m with the diet feeder to get away from chucking a lot of nuts on top of straw or silage.

What happens if I drill winter wheat in the spring? I'm assuming the world won't implode and I am also assuming it's less than ideal however, will I have a combinable crop? I have extase wheat here that I would like to have seed treated and then plant in mid april next year I keep having...

How much does it cost to keep store cattle out at winter??

Thinking of using molasses for sheep during tupping until lambing time. What is the best type for sheep? United Molasses seem to be the main place to sell it here. thanks

Mixing own grain here for ewes and finishing lambs, looking for something less hassle & accurate than loader and wall. Anyone using a diet feeder to just mix grain, like idea of it as can make up tmr if want and also maybe propcorn grain if need be. Any other options that would be worth...

Thinking of trying to free up some time for fencing in jan/Feb this year and looking at puting out feed blocks rather than a daily feed of sugar beet pulp pellets. How does the consumption of the blocks compare? Obviously you can’t really regulate how much they consume…..so how much do they...

Currently feeding cereal blend out using bags (housed cattle, feed passage, into troughs). 330kg/day, twice a day feeding. Getting tired of filling and lifting 20/25kg bags. We have an auger bucket on farm which goes in front of telehandler. Is it possible with the auger bucket to have a...