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Wrong answerMarket to buy some more
Wrong answerMarket to buy some more
Ok we all know arable farmers go skiing when they have a
good year so what will be the chosen destination or event
for sheep/beef farmers this year?
Beat me to it, was going to say breeding sheep sale to buy some more and crash the market the following yearMarket to buy some more
Ok we all know arable farmers go skiing when they have a
good year so what will be the chosen destination or event
for sheep/beef farmers this year?
Are you saying shropshire agricultural show is about as good as it gets for most?Very few sheep farmers are actually seeing any benefit at all from current trade. Only those that actually have lambs/hoggs to sell now will be seeing any benefit whatsoever, which would be a minority.
Apart from store lamb buyers of course. They won’t be booking a holiday this year, but buying a holiday home somewhere sunny.
Quite a few hoggs laid up in lairage one place and another this week might have steadied the trade
When you only fatten other people’s sh!t… moderate is considered a complement!!If you were a vendor of hoggs in this sale, would you be happy for them to make this broad brush statement? Personally I’d be pretty f**ked off with themView attachment 1171152
Already ahead of the curve thenMarket to buy some more
I do both! So can I have a holiday somewhere nice please?Very few sheep farmers are actually seeing any benefit at all from current trade. Only those that actually have lambs/hoggs to sell now will be seeing any benefit whatsoever, which would be a minority.
Apart from store lamb buyers of course. They won’t be booking a holiday this year, but buying a holiday home somewhere sunny.
How did it not die? 6 days with no milk?We had a spot of good luck this week.
We brought a bunch of heifers in to calve last Wednesday morning. Tueday morning this week a wee calf appears out of the whins in the same field. took in to the shed, it went straight to its mother and sooked. I cant believe the wee fella was out for 6 days without a drink and didnt really look that bad.
Its doing great now, yes our fault for not noticing heifer had calved , but they can be a bit funny, she never roared looking for it anyway.
This is one of these calves that deserves a name and not a number though for sure
It must have had its first feed , then gone and hid before we took them in.How did it not die? 6 days with no milk?
Plenty dog walkers here, but here wasn’t the problem .Have you got 1000s of dog walkers in your area?
Do you graze very hard into the ground?
Sounds like a pita.
i've got a couple of areas which are regularly used but atm
are in arable rotation.
It did well , hope it's a wee heifer calf.It must have had its first feed , then gone and hid before we took them in.
Then sooked on whin juice??
I have no idea how on earth it lived tbh
Pays to be a bad shepherd this year!Very few sheep farmers are actually seeing any benefit at all from current trade. Only those that actually have lambs/hoggs to sell now will be seeing any benefit whatsoever, which would be a minority.
Apart from store lamb buyers of course. They won’t be booking a holiday this year, but buying a holiday home somewhere sunny.
We are having a bit of that, just put it do as one of those things.We’ve probably had 20 like it, lamb in fine, strong lambs from good condition ewes. They have milk initially then it disappears after the initial feeds. It sometimes comes back a bit, enough to rear one lamb, but not to normal levels.
That happens a lot having one of those things hereWe are having a bit of that, just put it do as one of those things.
How’s lambing going? You don’t have to answer that till nearer the end if you don’t want toWe are having a bit of that, just put it do as one of those things.