Unless it has other breeds in it??
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pine_guy
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- Location
- North Cumbria
No
It works more by educating the farmer on potential outlets and breeding policies.
pine_guy
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- Location
- North Cumbria
Arla calls for industry to help support dairy farmers ensure every calf has a value
With support building from retailers, foodservice companies, industry and Government for Arla’s new calf policy, the cooperative is now turning to companies at the forefront of innovation to help those farmers who will be revaluating their current calf rearing practices.
news.arlafoods.co.uk
dinderleat
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- Location
- Wells
Arla 360 has ensured that all viable calves are reared until 8 weeks since it started. Which was one of the main Standards at the start of the scheme. But this has primarily been the sole responsibility of the farmer to ensure they comply. The Arla team have worked hard creating outlets and building relationships in order to find homes. I think they have used the Arla 360 farmers as a group to see what best works.
@Rossymons , reading the cogent catalogues some bulls are available sexed and some 4m sexed. How many sperm are there typically in ordinary sexed? How many in a conventional unsexed straw?
Dead Rabbits
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- Location
- 'Merica
The assistant and I took a brief break from milk this evening to haul a few loads of silage in.
Jdunn55
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- Location
- Helston, cornwall
I think I got told it's 1 million in normal sexed
Obviously 4 million in 4m
And 16 million in conventional
Which bulls are you looking at? Looking through the catalogue some are offered as only 4M sexed whilst others have the choice of conventional if the farmer wants that option. But everything I use currently is 4M.
TheRanger
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- Location
- SW Scotland
I was told Cogent no longer do the original version of sexed semen. They only do 4m sexed semen or conventional semen
Some bulls are only available in 4m, some are only available in conventional, some are available in both.
No worries.
New proof day today - PM me your address and I'll get a new catalogue sent out.
- Location
- somerset
4m, sexed, and all you need is 1 !
rescued a barn owl last night, it had landed in a water trough ! poor bugger, looked a bit bedraggled, lets hope it recovers, love to see them hunting.
rescued a barn owl last night, it had landed in a water trough ! poor bugger, looked a bit bedraggled, lets hope it recovers, love to see them hunting.
I thats it
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Was the barn owl a young one?
- Location
- somerset
couldn't decide, looked a bit to large, but seemed quite strong, soon scuttled off, when we got it out ! It was lucky, only checked the trough, because pressure was down a bit !
Haven't seen any around here this year. Usually have a couple. Plenty of buzzards and foxes so there is something out there worth eating.
Seeing lots of hedgehogs too which for us down here is very rare.
frederick
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- Location
- south west
I think it likely that the hedgehog situation will change markedly in the entire southwest.
However I'm sure the scientists will decide it is for a completely different region than the obvious.
- Location
- somerset
we had an EA chap out, transferred out of london, couldn't understand why no hedgehogs - assuming plenty in london, well pleased when i said i was seeing a few, till i said, badger cull, complete blank look, i said badgers ate hogs, complete blank look again. The trouble is, people like him, are deciding future ag policy, he really didn't have a clue.
Monty
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- Location
- Nantwich, Cheshire
Second calf Milo cow
Good strong cows gonna get shot on farm tomorrow along with 10 others. The effects of tb don't really hit home when you can load them on a lorry and " out of sight out of mind" but tomorrow's going to be a bit more of a struggle.
