Slatted shed costings

Our cattle finish as well on the mats as they do on straw bedding, could never say that before with slats.
In this part of the country with the price of straw, slatted sheds with or without mats are a godsend.
There was a study recently in farmers journal I think it was that found that cattle done as well no matter if they were on slats, mats or straw which is what I find here! There is some straw 'bedded' sheds locally and the cattle would be happier in a swamp
 

zyklon

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Livestock Farmer
Not a fan of pillars. Nightmare to mix the bigger the tank you have. Internal walls are a better option and very rare to see anyone using pillars around my way these days.
 

SFI - What % were you taking out of production?

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Red Tractor drops launch of green farming scheme amid anger from farmers

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As reported in Independent


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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