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Introducing our NEW bespoke Silocrab Designed in conjunction with the team at Metcalfe Farms in North Yorkshire, I've desinged a bespoke product which efficiently collects up any left-over tmr from the feed passage before fresh ration is dispensed in front of the cows. The machine was...

Selecting the correct maize variety has always been a major factor influencing crop success but proved even more so in the 2018 growing season While most maize growers in 2018 achieved reasonable yields and good quality forage harvested early in near perfect conditions allowing early...

Introducing our NEW bespoke Silocrab Designed in conjunction with the team at Metcalfe Farms in North Yorkshire, I've desinged a bespoke product which efficiently collects up any left-over tmr from the feed passage before fresh ration is dispensed in front of the cows. The machine was...

Selecting the correct maize variety has always been a major factor influencing crop success but proved even more so in the 2018 growing season While most maize growers in 2018 achieved reasonable yields and good quality forage harvested early in near perfect conditions allowing early...

How do Due to start next week. Tex X lleyn in lamb to tex. Brought them in ny eve. Week later one had prolapse but another one had (my gaffers words, I wasn't there) just shot everything out its fanny. He insists it not a prolapse and everything had come out in bloody mess, obviously dead. Two...

Any jersey herds out there using xzelit calcium binder in the dry period?

Trying to find an easier way of feeding our weaned calves. Feeding about 800kg of blend currently a day and as they grow going in to put it into troughs isn’t going to work. If we chucked it into the mixer wagon would we need some molasses to make it bind? could we just add the blend on top of...

This was brought up at the OFC - it was part of a report used to find out why obesity exists in a population. I had no idea just how complex is was. A full scale version is here...

Considering getting a heat detection system e.g. collars or peds. Don't need them for maiden heifers as easily detected using estrotech patches. In the herd there's always a few barren cows that I don't want to breed, so wouldn't need heat detecting... For a 200 cow unit how many devices do I...

Currently have 400 indoor lambing mules and texel/mules. I bought 15 sucked hoggets and 25 ewe lambs to try over the next year. Ewe lambs purchased for £105 weighing roughly 45kg in September and sucked hoggets for £150 at around 60-65kg. Tupped half with Charollais and other half to beltex...

I'm needing something to feed bales to sheep in the paddock. Like the look of these side discharge feeders (Keenan). I've got some good red clover silage. Would I need one with knives or would a mixer suffice? Maybe knives would be best as then it could feed finishing cattle inside as well?

I’m planning on making some sheep feeders I want to make the timbers of of similar stuff that goes on the skirting of cattle feed fence so I know the size but what type of wood should I ask the timber merchants for I want something that will last and won’t shrink too much to let meal out

As finding good staff becomes harder and harder would a service using a sensible sized self propelled diet feeder with up to date diets automatically loaded to feed your milking, dry cows and who ever else gets a TMR on your farm accurately, mixed and presented consistently be of interest...

I'm thinking about getting a quote for a 15ft by 75ft slatted shed. Just wondering if that is a good size for young stock. One of the main reasons I'm considering slatts is that I'm concerned about future availability of bedding materials. TIA James

how do people get on with lambs getting mixed up using walkthrough feeders after lambing ., we generally feed in troughs for first few days , some have come up locally

Lallemand Animal Nutrition is offering a free rumen efficiency investigation (REI) to help dairy farmers better understand rumen health and forage digestibility within their herd. It is recommended that an REI is undertaken either when there is a significant change in the diet such as winter...

We never get this right. We put cows onto straw for a day. Only milk them once. Dry them off. Leave on straw for another day. Then introduce the dry cow diet. during this period they are very noisy obviously hating it. It was bare able when we dry off over a week now we do it over 4 days. It’s...