stock feed

  1. The Ruminant

    Cull cow fattening

    What are the figures like for fattening cull cows? I’ve quite a lot of mature hay that needs using up, plus a lot of straw too. It would be good to pass it through an animal to turn it into FYM. I’d need to supplement the hay with cake / molasses etc but was wondering what the figures look like...
    • The Ruminant
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    • Replies: 20
    • Forum: Livestock & Forage
  2. Mythoughts

    Food security is a silly argument…

    Perception and perspective are very different things. Generally individuals and old farmers see food security as an existential threat eg if we had a major war (see WW2) and we struggle to have enough food in the UK. Retailers and governments see food security along the lines of “are the supply...
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    • Replies: 541
    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  3. J

    Sheep Minerals

    Looking for a cheap way of getting minerals into ewes Currently Feeding Stock Feed Potatoes ,Distillery Draff and ad-lib Silage Been advised to feed an GP mineral alongside I would imagine free-access minerals will be a lot cheaper than any licks/Tubs but question is how to feed outdoors with...
  4. D

    £4000 in 1974

    Just found an old will from 1974 £4,000 mentioned was that a lot of money in 1974? what would it buy?
    • Devil's advocate
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    • brother cattle claas cows death family fendt financial fire flock lambs loader market massey milking overdraft paddock potatoes poultry sheep silage spitfire stock feed
    • Replies: 133
    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  5. D

    How to stop the give away veg.

    Its a high price year for veg there is a shortage. Yet supermarkets are giving it away. It is not grower funded this is loss leading by supermarkets & must be costing a lot. As farmers we should clear all the shelves & feed it to our animals. Just spending a tenner would likely cost the...
    • Devil's advocate
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    • Replies: 170
    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  6. W

    feeding carrots

    anyone on here feeding carrots to fattening lambs ? If so how have you got in in the past ? good and bad opinions please thanks
  7. A

    Good loader tractor or telehandler

    I am a little fed up with telehandler reliability yes I run Merlo’s but have experienced other brands and none seem as reliable as a tractor.So my question is for loading quads and 80x70 haylage in the field onto trailers (a lot ) would a good loader tractor with the associated better comfort...
    • Alfred the average
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    • boots clamp compaction fuel jcb loader loader tractor maxxum merlo operator silage stock feed t6 telehandler
    • Replies: 23
    • Forum: Machinery
  8. Grass And Grain

    GFC disgrace: Here's what NFU, AHDB and RT have signed us up for

    I'm livid about this, and I hope British Farming Union will hold NFU, RT, AHDB and the other farming unions to account over it. Read on.... According to F Weekly article, Red Tractor planned to introduce the GFC to help several supermarkets meet their “WWF basket” commitments to source 50% of...
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    • Replies: 630
    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  9. J

    Precision Drilled vs Hand Single

    I am a trainee agronomist who is currently reading Lockhart and Wiseman’s Crop Husbandry Including Grassland. One part reads, “In sugar beet, monogerm pelleted seed is now the norm and has enabled the crop to be precision drilled, removing the need to hand single.”. What does the term “hand...
    • jxckhind
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    • Replies: 18
    • Forum: Cropping
  10. willyorkshire

    Climate myths

    Watch this. Very interesting counter arguments to the CC monster.
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    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  11. D

    Last field to be harvested.

    17 acres of May drilled spring barley to harvest here, praying for Saturday to be as good as forecast. 14 acre of it looks ok, 3 acre in a remote corner not seen it so hope so. Am I the last?
    • Devil's advocate
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    • Replies: 110
    • Forum: Cropping
  12. Dry Rot

    Tail corn, lights, cleanings, small potatoes, etc for ducks?

    In a fit of enthusiasm, I got a "flight pond" dug for duck flighting when the contractor was here cleaning ditches. Recently, I had someone wanting to rent it for shooting. (It is very small!). That's all well and good but I decided it was just going to be another annoyance having people...
  13. D

    Groundswelms

    02.20 onwards That's why ELMS is a sh!tfest. Not because of the Goldsmiths, or Carrie, or Packham, or the Moonbat, or Craig Bennett, or Tony Juniper. Because of farmers putting it into the head of @Janet Hughes Defra that there are 'good' and 'bad' ways of farming. That's why countless...
    • delilah
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    • Replies: 193
    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  14. T

    Where do farmers look for food waste feed and what is the going rate?

    I work with numerous Food factories to reduce their waste. Many sell their food waste (cake, bread, carrot peels, hydrated pasta) direct to farmers, AC Shropshire’s or Sugarich. There’s not much material on who is looking for food waste feed or what the competitive rates are. Where would I find...
  15. E

    Selling imperfect/ wonky produce

    Hey team, We're testing a platform to help farmers sell wonky and surplus produce direct to food production and retail business. We think there is a real opportunity to reduce food waste and improve the profitability of businesses on both side of the equation. We want to improve farmers...
    • eth.atkins
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    • animal feed carrots cattle death digital gate harvest learning liability market milk platform potato potatoes stock feed sustainability transport
    • Replies: 49
    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  16. N

    Sunflowers Schedule

    G'day everyone! I am from Australia and we have had a horrifically wet start to our cropping season I have been unable to plant 300ha or there about of my annual program. I am now looking to grow something in the early spring instead on those unspent hectares. Sunflowers seem like a good one to...
    • Nickbrain120
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    • agronomy cargill grass market oilseed seeding stock feed weed control
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Cropping
  17. N

    Sunflowers

    G'day everyone! I am from Australia and we have had a horrifically wet start to our cropping season I have been unable to plant 300ha or there about of my annual program. I am now looking to grow something in the early spring instead on those unspent hectares. Sunflowers seem like a good one to...
    • Nickbrain120
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    • agronomist agronomy cargill compaction coulters cows cultivations diesel diquat direct drilling drilling drills establishment grass irrigation management market oilseed plough ploughing potatoes seed seeding stock feed stubble tillage weed control
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: Cropping
  18. Laminated

    Sugar beet price 2024

    What do you think the price will be for next year. Following at 48% increase for this harvest how big a drop are we expecting.
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    • Replies: 1,038
    • Forum: Root Crops and Vegetables
  19. D

    The cartel are coming for you.

    I have been posting about this pincer movement on other threads but you haven't been reading it. You do need to. https://foodmanagement.today/new-collaboration-with-8-uk-supermarkets-to-drive-action-on-cutting-climate-impact-of-uk-food-and-drink/ The cartel have planted Dave Lewis in WWF UK...
    • delilah
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    • Replies: 325
    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  20. Down and Dirty

    Cultivating unharvested carrot ground

    Any one got any tips on cultivating un harvested carrots (30 odd acres) Not been strawed down and not much top, and starting to go mushy, as still ridged would they plough? Or do they need spading in or similar 1st ? Just seeing if going to be feasible for me to do ( charging grower for doing...
    • Down and Dirty
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    • agronomist barley beet carrots cultivating cultivations disc herbicide plough residual sclerotinia stock feed wheat
    • Replies: 24
    • Forum: Cropping
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