This Farming Life

[easyram1]

So these lambs were intended for use in other breeders flocks then and not his own? Obviously can see the benefits not a common tool used within the blackie breed or am I wrong in saying probably most breeds

I am not sure how many get sold outside the group ( probably not a lot as I expect their horns are not the right shape ) but I would suggest that in general people would benefit most from recording by first improving their own flock because that is where the quickest benefits will be.

 

[Will 1594]

B&B ?

Yes superb place. Shantron. One of the best we stayed at on our Scottish tour

 

[Surgery]

Yes superb place. Shantron. One of the best we stayed at on our Scottish tour

Thanks

 

[Farma Parma]

presume it was undersown coz there was rather alot of grass or wickens surely...
Maybes too tight to use any Roundup... ! Enjoyed it all tho...

 

[topdown]

Really enjoyable TV, looking forward to the rest of the episodes

 

[wee man]

So these lambs were intended for use in other breeders flocks then and not his own? Obviously can see the benefits not a common tool used within the blackie breed or am I wrong in saying probably most breeds

Bobby has been performance recording since the late 80's. He does it mostly to improve his own flock but he does sell some tups every year. I've just been on the phone trying to get him to get him to join the forum so hopefully he will be on soon to answer some of your questions soon.

 

[marco]

He clipped the ewes feet!!!!

For those of us not in on the joke, could you explain? Has he been advocating culling not clipping?

 

[Nithsdale]

For those of us not in on the joke, could you explain? Has he been advocating culling not clipping?

He was turning up every sheep and trimming every foot on the farm.

A practice which nobody should be doing.

His sheep looked like good stock, mind.

 

[blackieman83]

For those of us not in on the joke, could you explain? Has he been advocating culling not clipping?

http://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/grrrr-not-trimming-sheeps-feet.104594/

 

[glasshouse]

good programme, real life on the farm.

 

[Farma Parma]

Welcome to the real world of growing cereals

Id say everyone south of the Humber would struggle to know what cutting cereals at 18/19% on a good harvest CLOUDY day is like.
This is the first year in easily 10 that we actually cut Winter Barley at around 16% & it was Sprayed off 12days previously with Roundup
there was no grass either & plenty of stour....

 

[Farma Parma]

Read the FW every harvest & the Southerners are cutting WB & then WW at 13/14%
No chance even this close to the scottish borders... even worse for the lads up North

 

[BlackieBob]

Bobby has been performance recording since the late 80's. He does it mostly to improve his own flock but he does sell some tups every year. I've just been on the phone trying to get him to get him to join the forum so hopefully he will be on soon to answer some of your questions soon.

 

[possumbility]

Read the FW every harvest & the Southerners are cutting WB & then WW at 13/14%
No chance even this close to the scottish borders... even worse for the lads up North

why do you grow it then, take your wheat out of uk production and the rest could make money.

 

[Farma Parma]

am only speaking the truth....

 

[BlackieBob]

Bobby has been performance recording since the late 80's. He does it mostly to improve his own flock but he does sell some tups every year. I've just been on the phone trying to get him to get him to join the forum so hopefully he will be on soon to answer some of your questions soon.

To answer a few of the questions above. I started recording Blackies for easy care traits in 1979, then started a nucleus flock of 400 ewes that was recorded by signet in the mid 80's, and was a founder member of the Blackface Sire Reference Group in 1990. The nucleus flock has been recorded ever since. The best recorded ewe lambs go into the nucleus flock and the remainder go into my unrecorded flock. I uually keep 15 to 20 of the best Ram Lambs. The best 5 or 6 Ram lambs are used in the recorded flock and after seeing their progeny, the best 2 or maybe 3 will be used as shearlings in the recorded flock. I usually sell 5 or 6 shearlings usually to outwith the group to other breeders who are trying to improve their flocks, the remaining Shearlings then go to the 1100 non recorded ewes.

 

[Farma Parma]

At-least weve got the world record wheat per ac. heheeee !!!
I know the farmer personally.
Its decent wheat land up here but coz of where we are we just get forgotten about.

 

[Farma Parma]

infact there was spots in that record breaking crop that hit 23t/ha would you believe it.

 

[Will 1594]

why do you grow it then, take your wheat out of uk production and the rest could make money.

Some want the straw for bedding and grain to feed their stock. The borders and some parts of Scotland have very good land They are to their detriment slowly importing black grass. Longer growing days

 

[Philip Watkins]

why do you grow it then, take your wheat out of uk production and the rest could make money.

Because it grows very well, it's only harvesting it that's hard .