Written by William Kellett
United Auctions will be enforcing a strict set of regulations and security controls to ensure the safety of staff and customers in order to facilitate a live bull sale this month.
The business-only auction, which does not include a pre-sale show, will see 635...
Hello all,
I am considering buying 2 new young bulls, they will be of the same breeding, from the same place, and have already been raised together.
The plan will be to run them together with a mob of 50+ cows for 9 or 12 weeks every year, and then keep them together in a field or pen for the...
So, as some of you will know, I have a bit of an interest in DNA testing in pedigree livestock. I wanted to ask people on here who do this a few questions which have occurred to me recently.
1 If you take samples at the request of your breed society, do you send the samples direct to a...
Hi everyone
I’m currently feeding my cows 14.5kg good Haylage, 5.5kg straw and minerals for their maintenance diet, I’ll start adding oats and protein as we near calving. My question is has anyone grown wholecrop oats as a complete feed for sucklers? I was thinking that if I left cutting it...
I presume that as far as the consumer is concerned,the term ''Pasture-For-Life'' infers that beef cattle have been grazed on grass for life.
Does it exist, or is it just a figment of someone's vivid imagination?
Hello all,
Is there anyone who is making a living from a few hundred breeding ewes and a 10 to 20 suckler herd or am I mad.
If anyone had any ideas how you can make a living from a similar system please do put
a comment
Many thanks all.
Was there ever a more labour intensive crop grown on a farm?
Plough, prepare for drilling, then drill.
Single out by hand with hoe -took two or three men a couple of weeks.
Scuffle once, maybe twice - if too wet for scuffle return to pull lambs tongue by hand at later date.
Finally return to...
Thought I should help @Bald Rick up the points league and have Christmas fun
The only white cow I’ve ever really liked. Came from a Dutch cow we imported so no clue on the bull but would be an out and out Holstein. A little too narrow if I was being really picky but doesn’t stop her having some...
Two beef shorthorn bulls for sale due to change of circumstances, 4 and 6 years old, both roan in colour, easy calving nice bulls! Pm for price, pics available, based west mids
Anyone using blue bulls on angus x cows? We’ve tried a few AI for spring calvers due in march but had debated doing some of the autumn calvers but unsure what calves will turn out like?
Just wondered if any of our TFF community had any experience with similar cattle?
TIA
H-C
i see a lot of the smaller herds disappearing and a surprising number of herds up over 400 cows now is this the scale businesses now need to be at if farm support goes? what are everyones thoughts? personally i think businesses will need to have a turnover of 500k minimum and be hitting current...
Written by Rachel Martin
A Co. Down Jersey has been crowned Winter Fair People’s Champion of the Decade, in an online competition run in place of this year’s cancelled show.
A spokeswoman for the Royal Ulster Agricultural Society, which organises the show, said: “Today, Thursday, December 10...
Hi all, we currently run an ayr calving suckler herd which are limmy x Friesian (from the old dairy herd here) put to a Simmental bull which produce some cracking calves. His offspring have then been put to a Saler bull as a separate herd, but the calves have been disappointing in comparison to...
Written by Agriland Team
Co. Tyrone exhibitor Alan McCrea hit the jackpot when winning the Supreme Interbreed Beef award at this week’s Royal Ulster Agricultural Society (RUAS) Premier Beef and Lamb Championships.
He stormed the field with an immense British Blue-cross steer. The Bready man...
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