rolled barley

Apart from the aquaduct of course.

So had my farm assurance inspection 3 weeks ago, I failed due to not having my health plan up to date 🙄 waiting on the vet now…..anyway at the end of the inspection the inspector said I wouldn’t get the failure report on paper this time (he normally prints it out on site) as they are trying to...

Currently feeding maize, barley soya and straw and urea to beef cattle. But the maize is going fast and im looking at options to bridge the gap til next maize harvest. Usual options of Hay more straw etc. but is there another cost effective route? I appreciate different parts of the country...

Advice please Will it be all right to store rolled barley in one of these? Boythorpe cropstore Agered out to telehandler bucket in winter Will it run? Thanks

We are arable farmers traditionally, but have taken on a lot of grass recently. We have a small herd of pedigree herfords that we love, although will take forever and a fortune to build them up to get all of our grass eaten off. Keen on not calving and maybe buying young and fattening. I see...

With my new vets as part of a package I have monthly body condition scoring + mobility scoring done by a vet tech. I had the first visit last week and am just trying to work out what to do with the data. Mobility scoring is easy, anything 3 pick up asap in one big session, score 2 is easy again...

I'm currently weaning calves off their mothers around 9/10 months old..Some have already stopped suckling themselves.I've noticed one or two are losing condition in going backwards losing weight..What would be best to give them? They havent gone out to grass yet, i have rolled barley which they...

We have 5 sows and finish and sell all our pork through direct sales. Looking into reducing our feed costs by feeding straights instead of a nut. Does anyone do this? What do you mix to feed sows at different stages and growing pigs?

Has anyone ever kept calves in housing over the summer? not enough grass for my animals this year so thinking of keeping 20 3/4month old calves in and feed them silage and nuts has anyone done this before and how did he get on. tia

Hello there. We’d like to convert to tmr for in lamb ewes and overwintered store cattle, to make use of a small area of homegrown cereals. The trouble is we currently do everything with just one loader tractor. Are there any options for running a feeder wagon in this situation or I’m guessing...

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 ...

How are people getting on now we are paying for a dry Jan/Feb? Spring barley drilled 2 weeks ago, not through yet. Drilled this first as on heavy ground which we managed to muck in Feb but no ploughing and it went in well. Some spring beans drilled 10 days ago and had another go this afternoon...

Hi, looking for rolled barley for our horses

Hi all. Looking ahead on rearing some milk powder calf’s, just getting some ideas on what is a decent/good sort of Ration Years back when I reared a few, we used a sort of course mix, The last batch was reared on an open mix, interesting reading on another post about the milk powders, to avoid...

I sometimes give grazing youngstock on poorer ground a kilo of hard food, has anyone just feed wheatfeed pellets?. I was hoping I could put it through a snacker if they'll clear it up. Ta

I’m doing my ewe feed plan for pre lambing and need to feed organic nuts due to the ground I’m on. Because of cost, could I feed anything instead like rolled grain to keep costs down?

Someone local has rolled barley very reasonable has anyone ever mixed it with sheep blend cake to bulk it out was thinking of using it with twins, singles and std sheep cake for triplets? Gonna get a few tonne less of cake and bulk it with the barley Cake is upto 380 this year which is...

I am considering swooping every other 20ton load of 70%barley blend with just rolled barley for my 7month charx store cattle, what do you think? Likely price of rolled barley delivered?

Just for a bit of fun and some general discussion what is everyone’s thoughts on there own ideal suckler cow? Maternal and paternal breeds? Size/weight? what would you/do you put her to?

Some of our weaned heifers (80 to 100 days old) have developed very loose, watery, grayish muck. Smells bad, not like normal muck. Current diet is 3kg calf cake + deccox (split 50/50 morning and afternoon), ad lib hay and barley straw. Vet has been out and taken samples, negative for cocci...