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Who's growing it, and what are the up/down sides. I'm wondering about feeding it to young stock and restricted to sucklers along with straw. TIA

There's a tv advert showing something that looks like milk but isn't How is artificial milk made?

Today’s Feedcast special covers everything you need to know about NovaPro. A high rumen bypass rape expeller that provides a sustainable and cost effective solution to meeting the protein requirements of high performing cows. NovaPro is made from 100% British grown rapeseed which undergoes hot...

Historically we’ve always fed cake and straw and they’ve done very well and it suits our system as we’ve not got any fixed facilities for them so we can just use tubs and a ring feeder. with cake price climbing higher we need to consider the alternatives as see how others are doing it. We fed...

So following on from the discussion in all things dairy, when's the best time to graze grass? My butterfat is low - too low really, it was around 3.8-3.9 but has dropped over the past 10 days to 3.6 I can obviously increase that by feeding a fibre source which is what I'm doing currently as...

Written by Agriland Team from Agriland Mineral Series in association with Terra NutriTECH In the last few weeks there has been a surge in reports from farms of cows eating stones, soil, plastic or any other random object they can find. While these cows may appear healthy, this behaviour can...

No it's not a wind up; an award's just been made (£50k) to see this superb idea promoted; will it happen? :unsure: https://www.rca.ac.uk/business/innovationrca/start-companies/zelp-zero-emissions-livestock-project/

Written by Bernie Commins from Agriland A new UK-based report has highlighted the role that reducing key endemic diseases in ruminants can play in reducing methane emissions by 30% by 2030. The report, ‘Acting on methane: opportunities for the UK cattle and sheep sectors’, details available...

Written by Bernie Commins from Agriland A new UK-based report has highlighted the role that reducing key endemic diseases in ruminants can play in reducing methane emissions by 30% by 2030. The report, ‘Acting on methane: opportunities for the UK cattle and sheep sectors’, details available...

Carmarthenshire dairy producer explains how he has used pre-cut grass testing to help improve silage quality and milk production. Making the decision to take a first cut of silage in April has paid dividends for Kevin Jones, Carmarthenshire dairy producer at Talfan Farm, St Clears. Also...

I’m outside lambing and seem to have a far few 1 and 2 crop ewes lacking milk, they are very fit and plenty of grass, they where run on beet for 4 months and I’m thinking maybe they are lacking something. It’s not a major problem but am having to lift some of the twins off and would like to sort...

A report published by CIEL (Centre for Innovation Excellence in Livestock) has identified that greenhouse gas emissions could be reduced from the main livestock types by 23% and ammonia emissions by 15% if wide scale and highly effective mitigations are adopted across UK farms. Published this...

Morning, We have an old track running alongside one of our fields, it's had hardcore on in the past but is now just a boggy mess. We've been offered a load of clay for free (loads of it) and we're toying with building the track up with clay, levelling it off, then hardcoring the top. Ideally...

Lallemand Animal Nutrition is launching a new practical guide to help farmers harness the full potential of fibre from forage, a crucial area of opportunity for those looking to build business resilience in the face of industry change and rising input costs. The Forward with Fibre guide sets...

Ok, I know I have asked many times before about milk issues and general issues. But this year is affecting me badly. Maybe a brief startinf post but I shall add to it all as time comes. Issues this year so far are, ewes milking really badly, which resulted in low colostrum. Thst in turn...

Getting the most out of grazing this spring Harnessing the full value of grass at turnout provides a prime opportunity for dairy farmers to boost margins and will prove particularly crucial this year as input costs remain at an all-time high.

600 ewes on beet up till lambing then on to grass to lamb. Lifting excess to sell atm. Is it worth keeping some back to spread in lambing paddocks. Or will they ignore it to eat grass. 4-5cm of grass atm but sheep will get on top of it by the end of lambing

Just had a price for Nitram. £955/ton for artic load and CF 24-8-8 plus sulphur at £905/ton, again artic loads. If you haven’t yet secured your Spring fertiliser needs, don’t leave too long. Delivery dates now stretch two to three weeks hence and there may not be any to order again soon. Yara...

With Soya in the £500s a tonne are there any cheaper alternatives to increase protein to mix with rolled oats/barley?

Looking for some advice. Wife's got a handful of zwartbles and this lambing has been a balls up. There's just no go about them, no intakes and not cleaning after lambing. There fit but wouldn't say fat. As soon as we brought them in they went off feed and haven't recovered. There adlib 1st cut...