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  1. O

    Oxford Sandy & Black weaners

    7 birth notified boar weaners, 3 months old, £55ea, discount for 3+ taken. Based in South Cheshire, SY13 postcode. https://sellmylivestock.com/view/listing/oxford-sandy-and-black-growing-weaners-95702602
  2. LucT@Hrvested

    Surviving the battle against the supermarkets

    What coping strategies are you using to maintain a livelihood selling produce to the big supermarkets? At Hrvested, we support UK growers in the battle against supermarkets by providing access to real-time alternative wholesale demand, including food service demand, ensuring you realise the...
  3. E

    Native breed pedigree Red Poll bull for sale (Leeds, West Yorkshire)

    Hi, we are looking to sell our pedigree Red Poll bull ' Hepworth Skipper' as his daughters are now coming into the herd. He has a lovely temperament and has produced some excellent progeny (can be seen). He's only 5 years old so we would love to sell him for breeding rather than for meat...
  4. R

    Kerryhill ewes???

    Hi just wanted everyone's opinions on kerryhills, will be either crossing with welsh badger or finding kerryhill ram. Thanks
  5. farmer92

    49 north country mule shearling ewes with lambs at foot

    49 NC mule shearling ewes with 77 lambs at foot https://sellmylivestock.com/view/listing/texel-north-of-england-mule-cross-breeding-ewes-with-lambs-at-foot-37270905
  6. Clive

    security fence

    We need to erect a fence to deter people rather than hold stock ! 2m high (or will need planning) i’ve looked at the steel mesh type fences you see around industrial estates but its not a cheap option and doesn’t look very diy ? would clipex work ? can you get 2m high clipex ? thinking...
  7. E

    selling wiltshire horn lambs in the livestock market

    i’ve got a flock of wiltshire horns and i sell directly to the public. Can anyone advise me, is it worth selling them in the livestock market? Will they be comparable to the more commercial breeds?Any help would be appreciated.
  8. Wood field

    Bringing the ewes in

    We normally bring our in bye ewes in for lambing mid February ( lamb mid March to early April) The weathers so bad I am thinking of bringing them in Friday as we will be scanning them in the shed … however I’ve 100 gimmers bed blocking part of the shed and a pen of cows in another 😖 I normally...
  9. B

    The End Of Royal Mail?

    In the past, before the internet, spawned the massive growth of "carriers", a man in a van? The royal mail has a "monopoly", the joke of the check is in the "post", had gone now with internet banking, that and e-mails both for substitutes for letters etc and invoices, who the hell would now use...
  10. J

    Selling a small suckler herd.

    This year has been a disaster. The lack of any real rain since before Christmas has crippled me, burnt up fields from the end of june and dry streams since may. My field that the ram lambs go to in September was unusable because of a dry canal on the longest boundary and those lambs had to be...
  11. F

    Dexters

    Thinking about getting a few dexters, just not sure on where or how to sell them, I have never seen them in marts, or is all private sales
  12. JohnGalway

    Talk me out of buying dexters

    Idea being... They're lighter than other breeds so will be less of a poaching risk, very important if I go organic. I can out winter them reasonably easily. They have the same livestock unit value as heavier breeds so good for schemes. The plan is to direct market the meat. Cons... Can't bring...
  13. Anymulewilldo

    Confessions of the Sheep/Beef Cattle/Pig Addicts

    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...
  14. R

    Livestock management after the drought

    This thread may be interesting for all types of livestock. I'm kicking off with sheep. I'm in Gloucestershire. Zero grass, unhappy ewes, lambs not growing. No access to any extra grazing. Feed prices doubled....no stock of hay. Can't see the grass recovering for winter 🙈. Does one just accept it...
  15. ringi

    What are the rules on calling a sheep an Exlanas?

    My understanding is that Exlanas was created by a single company and there is no independent breed regulation, yet many farms sell Exlanas. So how does the rules with naming work?
  16. DanM

    Collie Pups

    Beautiful litter of collie pups bred for own use from our own working dogs! Mother and father (Graylees Flash - sired by Tweeddale Jamie) both registered and working large flocks daily and can be seen on farm. Two tri-colour bitches One “dilute” tri-colour dog One black and white dog All very...
  17. jackrussell101

    The Beef Tracker thread (no Sheep)

    Well here goes...
  18. Tim W

    Exlana Ram Sales

    The catalogues for our Exlana Ram auctions are now available online https://www.exlana.co.uk/sales This year we have expanded the options for ram buyers so you can now purchase Exlana rams in the following ways At our ‘’Data Driven’’ sale of elite maternal genetics on 2nd August at...
  19. farmer92

    Easycare yearlings for sale

    50 Easycare breeding yearlings, run dry, on Heptavac P £165 per head, location Northamptonshire https://sellmylivestock.com/view/listing/easycare-breeding-shearlings-39BB0307
  20. Janet Hughes Defra

    Sustainable Farming Incentive is open for applications

    Good afternoon all, I wanted to let you know that we've opened the Sustainable Farming Incentive for applications today. You can find a summary of what's available in this initial rollout here: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/a-summary-of-the-sfi-in-2022 - we'll be expanding the scheme to cover...
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