selling cattle

Just goes to show what the war did for our timber as well as food / farm supplies We can learn and heed so much from (recent) history https://www.facebook.com/groups/462211149099296/permalink/803002318353509/

https://newsroom.pembrokeshire.gov.uk/news/substantial-fines-for-farmers-who-knowingly-kept-cattle-with-bovine-tb-reactors-on-farm Read the article. It brings the dairy industry into disrepute and in my opinion they should have substantial jail time as well as confiscation of assets on top of...

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Hi all wasn't really sure what to call this thread but one of my pedigree lim heifers is in a spot of bother. She's due to have her first calf in just over a a month, but got up last Tuesday morning and found her unable to get up out of the cubicle she was in. After eventually getting her up it...

Hello all, I have around 100 breeding ewes that run along side the family flock of 500 beltex ewes. I work off farm relief milking and odd full days calf rearing way from home making a decent wage for myself. But as I’ve hit the age of 20 I no longer have the inthusiasm to lamb ewes Meaning I...

We do livestock transport to a number of markets and abattoirs around the south and east and occasionally to the Scottish Borders, Longtown and Carlisle. Most markets and abattoirs charge nominal amount for washing or are on a token system and some are still free. For a lorry and drag the...

Anybody still dress smart to sell their cattle at market? Mainly breeding cattle and runs of store cattle. Used to be a tradition and I know a few Scottish lads that put a tie on for store calf sale day. Seems to be more and more homeless looking sellers at market these days 😂….not that it...

Looking around where we live the amount of unproductive land continues to increase. Now I know we are very different in the south east as other factors come into play, especially cost and lack of labour. There are hundreds of acres not being farmed now. Very large areas of ungrazed grassland...

Keir Starmer ,if in power,plans to force farmers to sell building land at its agricultural value,regardless of its real building site value.Will builders be lobbying local authorities to grab your land at a massive discount.Robert Mugabe was quite successfull in such tactics with his...

Last week, AHDB, the British Grassland Society and LIC ran a joint event hosted by Graham and Pam Clarke. Katie Evans reports on what their farm is doing to profit through grass. Sourcing calves Graham manages a dairy-beef system, from rearing calves to selling finished cattle at 24–32 months of...

Im just curious on peoples thoughts the way the interest rates are going will house prices drop? Or keep rising albeit at a slower rate, could be a good time to think whether to offload rental houses?

I would like others views on the reduction of Bps payments and the un fairness of this when Scottish farmers are seeing no change in their payments aswell as European countries. I am getting really annoyed at the lack of any union that is really standing up for us. The Nfu may as well be called...

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Written by William Kellett from Agriland A National Farmers’ Union (NFU) Cymru group of farmers has met with the Minister for Rural Affairs Lesley Griffiths to discuss improvements that could be made to the delivery of bovine TB (bTB) policy in Wales. The NFU Cymru TB focus group met...

This is a thread for those who feel guilty about cluttering up dear old GUTH’s beloved price tracker with the chit chat that stop us all being that miserable our families would throw us all out to sit with the dog in the porch. All are welcome, you can even post prices if you want. The only rule...

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So rumour has it interest rates to go up again by .5%,how can they reduce inflation by hitting the public to cut spending yet energy etc constantly going up.They now want food prices down to help but does that mean they expect industry etc to run at a loss .I just can’t get my head round the...

Written by Agriland Team from Agriland A livestock mart based in Northern Ireland has moved to tighten its policy on selling cattle that have been treated for parasites in advance of sales. Crossmaglen Livestock Sales in Co. Armagh took to social media recently to highlight a recurring issue...

Found a 13 month old heifer that was showing signs of calving yesterday. It hadn't bagged up or showed any signs of being in calf. Ended up doing a Caesarean on it last night as the calf was a huge Limousin calf which was dead of course. This was a bought in Heifer and the breeder was also...

Hi, I recently sold my 12month old Hereford x Heifers at market after having them indoors for 6 months over the winter with the associated costs of cattle nuts, hayledge and straw. Other breeds of cattle at the sale of the same age and same condition/build were fetching 50% more than my...