Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland
A Nuffield Farming report has highlighted the current problems faced by the UK sheep industry due to anthelmintics over usage and has outlined sustainable steps for addressing resistance.
Carried out by Welsh farm veterinarian Miranda Timmerman...
Couldn't find a thread on it and just wondered what people's experience of it is? £250 twice a year for investigation, diagnostic, and follow-up. From a prescribed list which doesn't include testing mineral levels!!! 😤
If we had, say, FEC test on lambs and it came back low, therefore no follow...
Morning
8 days ago moved 70odd Feb born lambs onto new grazing.
Before moving had a good few mucky so zolvixed the lot & kept in yard for 3 days. They dried up.
Checking them this morning & see around 5+ looking mucky again! The ground isn't lush by any means, certainly no better than what...
Hello -
Couple of questions - it's our first year for our ewes breeding this autumn - having had them from lambs last summer.
When they were due fluking I was told by the breeder that it was ok to use combinex on the lambs, but not on ewes (which they now are!) - having already bought a bottle...
Just had our welfare review , with defra , where they do fec resistance as part of it , turns out we have a slight resistance to ivermectin at one of our very dirty farms we rent , nemo is ok had a few lambs scour about 2 weeks post treatment , farm was continuous sheep long before we had it ...
Never had any trouble with my back , rest of my limbs are arthritic but backs been good.
Worming and crovecting a bunch of away ewes yesterday, nothing over strenuous in a 3ft working race for a few hours
Got home and sat down for a brew then couldn’t get up, it’s a stabbing pain in my lower...
There is a discussion on the livestock forum about the loss of BPS and rents which in theory should fall after BPS disappears and the small offering of SFI by my calculation in no way will compensate.
I have a block of 23 ha of Downland that I rent, it is very steep in places and not possible...
Hi - hopefully not too obvious question!
My understanding was always that lambs should develop an immunity to nemo quite quickly after being exposed and wormed.
I've found nemo in dung samples twice this year (once at 8 weeks and once at 12). Lambs dosed on both occasions (white drench) and...
Seen one of our lambs on the moor ( just off out to try and catch it now)
Had streaks of watery blood on its face and both ears looked chewed away 🤔
Mrs says mineral, I think either it’s had it’s head through a fence or something, or it’s got infected/ maggots
If I find it I’ll get a photo
Read a couple of articles on this lately, with supposed all sorts of benefits from dwg to natural worming & even pain relief.... Just wondering if anyone here been doing it long enough to comment on it? We've plenty of willow growing in certain parts of farm, happily harvest some & chuck in to...
Hello.
just after some advice or pointers on rotation. Having had sheep on the ground here for 3O plus years lambs are not doing so well as they used to. I’m awaiting some FEC results etc but is there any golden rule with rotation or resting ground so I can improve things. Such as ewes certain...
Is anyone else seeing a high challenge at the moment?
Very rarely do we worm any stock over 9 months old but I have a significant chunk of the milking cows coughing at the moment. They have no other symptoms, no runny noses or eyes and no temperature or milk drop yet so we think lungworm is...
Without going into details, looking for some wisdom on the following.
We have some help on farm with regular livestock work, over the past year they have got slower and slower for doing near enough the same job. To the extent they are taking significantly longer than either I used to do it or...
Afternoon all,
Today we've published a handbook containing all the detailed information about the sustainable farming incentive offer for this year.
The handbook is here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sfi-handbook-for-the-sfi-2023-offer
An overview blogpost is here...
Please post the new SFI handbook 2023 on this thread when they publish it today or tmrw and we can discuss the "Devil in the Detail" finally? Press announcement attached.. This is probably the most important document DEFRA will ever release to decide the future of our farm business plans..🤔
What are people drenching their growing lambs with? This year I’ve been give a sizeable variation in prices. Between Natutal Stockcares grow a drop and Growvite.
Any prices for liquithrive?
I am on panel chaired by David Exwood next week at the cereals event speaking with Janet Hughes
I have been asked to talk about my experience of Sfi pilot and Sfi so far .............. frankly I don't have a lot to say on that as it's been pretty straight forward other than issues around how...
Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland
An on-farm meeting organised by the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) will focus on working with nature to improve efficiency and profitability on the farm.
The event, which will be done in partnership with Elanco and Torch...
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