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Which part of Scotland are you in?

I've tried establishing forage/rape stubble turnips after spring barley. Same harvest date and its a bit of a waste of money in my opinion.

We sow winter barley for putting in stubble turnips after. Has been a success so far.
middle of nowhere, inverness nearest city, do you not find the lower gross margin of the winter barley adds to the costs though?
 

andybk

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Livestock Farmer
Location
Mendips Somerset
Have you had these sheep tested to find this out or trail and error?
Ive seen the folks down under injecting with B12 yes
It’s obviously made a big difference in your sheep?
We are very deficient in Selinium Copper and iodine here also Cobalt definitely shows up from August
we had real problems with all those , small smart trace bolus sorted them out at weaning ,
 

Shebb90

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Location
Devon
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That's all my hoggs gone, was pleased with them today especially the first two pens for what they was.... And a few odd ones that didn't want to put weight on.
Store cattle good money had £1135 for 18 months char xs
And best a char x bull calve month old £390. 😊
 
Yes and the cobalt bolus and selenium and iodine bolus made a big difference. The latter move to Troy and iodine Drench mix has been done as the lambs can be done after 3 weeks via injection instead of them having to grow to 3 months to take bolus. We had been using Smartshot B12 but moved to Troy as it's more competitively priced both are good products. Imported via vets and would highly recommend blood testing as everybody's land soil structure/minerals/way lands been farmed is different hence the goodness of trace elements coming out of the ground.Panning of the ground with the modern heavy machinery is another looming problem as roots cannot penetrate and have a deep root system to access the minerals/trace elements. Chicory is a pan breaker .If you get a chance Google the Clifton Park system of farming (some 100 yrs ago) it will give you pause for thought! Book copies can be found on Abebooks or ebay.
Mayo do a Bolus that can be administered after 4 weeks of age.
 

Estate fencing.

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Livestock Farmer
Anyone know what cull ewes have done this week. Got 40 old ewes and feb born lambs that are short of grass so I’m going to kill the ewes tomorrow and wean the lambs.
 

sheepwise

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Location
SW Scotland
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There's a B12 injection called Troy from Australia that we inject the lambs with it is something all should look at . From very early age 1 mil every two months. Ewes also 1 mil every 4 months.Were bolusing but not anymore. Iodine Drench now with powder bought off ebay and mixed to complement.
That will work well for cobalt deficiency but what about selenium?
 

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quote: “Red Tractor has confirmed it is dropping plans to launch its green farming assurance standard in April“

read the TFF thread here: https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/gfc-was-to-go-ahead-now-not-going-ahead.405234/
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