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Any recommendations please? We want to learn! We have less than 30 calvings pa and our traditional native breed cow is an easy calver. But there are still times we need to intervene, so few we have little practice and even less confidence. This leads to vet calls I think we could reduce given...

66k members. Safe to assume that many hundreds will be lesbian/gay. We know, for sure, that Muslims are members. Important posts made about keeping abattoirs going. Yet there is a constant dribble of homophobic and racist posts. Often presented as humour, or thinly disguised as political...

Coverage about upcoming border checks Written by Defra Press Office There has been misleading reporting this morning (19 April) claiming that health and safety checks for EU imports won’t be “turned on” as planned from 30 April 2024. However, as has been previously outlined, we will be...

Written by Maeve Hennessy from Agriland Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution (RABI), a farming mental health charity, announced on Wednesday April 17, that it would be increasing its spending on mental health services by £10 million over the next five years. RABI’s pledge was made as...

Just knocking a few ideas about. Before epoxy was banned we used adexar 62.5 g/litre (6% w/w) epoxiconazole and 62.5 g/litre (6% w/w) fluxapyroxad. Would buying straight fluxapyroxad and adding .5 of teb do the same thing. Would work out at £22/ha as apposed to revistar at £51 or vimog plus...

FiPL spotlight: the Central Dartmoor Farm Cluster Written by Mark Ward Dartmoor is a distinctive landscape. Open, windswept moorland sheltered woodland valleys, enclosed farmland, varied geology and unrivalled opportunities for recreation are just a few reasons why it was designated as a...

Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF Being left behind is a frustrating situation to be in, and while many countries have adopted crop spraying with drones the UK and the EU are yet to take this leap. CPM speaks to two firms that are advocating for the adoption of this...

Written by Claire Sammon from Agriland The Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Andrew Muir MLA, has announced payments totalling £9.4 million to Environmental Farming Scheme (EFS) participants have commenced. It means the total amount paid out under the scheme has hit £66...

Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF As increasingly technical sprayers become mainstream in the market, the future of widespread spot spraying looks set. CPM pinpoints some of the latest technologically advanced products to hit the market for a flavour of what’s around the...

Suggestion in the Times yesterdayday that land bought by Compulsory Purchase should be limited to existing value plus a percentage for disturbance. Suggested that to Farmers would limit value paid to 200% of current land value. This would enable houses to be built very much cheaper when...

Aye up, We have a feedstore business that can have over 100 cars and customers per day visit us. Add to the mix regular deliveries from vans up to artics, forklift trucks and the odd child wandering around whose parents are oblivious, or just as likely the “new” type of parent who lets their...

I was shocked to see world war 3 trending on twitter last night, hadnt given much thought to the israel and HAMAS conflict until i read last night Iran were now involved firing 200 drones/missiles directly at israel and the USA was now involved trying to defend Israel..... this seems to be...

Warm, damp…it can’t be far away? I know my dead bin was alive with the wrigglers last week. 🤢

A bit hypothetical , but if it goes really dry how would you cope ? I'd be fine as I've written off this year .

As a farmers son, almost 40 I do feel stigmatised by my farming friends and family for actually wanting to go home in the evening and weekends to my family. Quite a few of the farmers I know work constantly (12-16) hours a day 7 days a week and do nothing else. Of course they talk they have...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland A team of vets have been called “heroes” for helping to save 33 cattle from an overturned lorry in Gobowen, Shropshire. The incident saw a double-decker vehicle carrying 40 cattle flip over, prompting an urgent call to the veterinary teams at...

Written by Justin Roberts from Agriland Tractors powered by internal combustion have been around for for just over 120 years now, and for half of that time, they have been built at Basildon, Essex in a factory built by Ford, but now owned and operated by Case New Holland. This is a strong...

Your basis membership just got better Has anyone else had an email saying that the fee is going to go up by £55 per year? I'm struggling to work out what last year's cost was but I think it was around £150 (basis + facts), does that make it a 30% increase? They are trying to justify it with...

long story...my usual🙄....anyhoo got some tender cades ...want to give little vitta heat ....worried infra red wot fire risk? other options?

Hello all! I have recently been made redundant, and I am looking for a seasons hard work in the agricultural field. Though I have no specific experience in farming I have a lot of experience doing manual labour, I am fit, strong, and hardworking. I am available from now until the end of the...