Fraserb
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- Location
- Scottish Borders
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Today at work
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Dian Landman
Member
Finished maize silage today. Got to say it feels nice having this amount of feed stored away for winter. Also started planting our irrigation pastures. Picture of our oldest dairy attached. 24 years old. Overhauled 3 years ago.
d williams
Member
Im guessing that a lake? Not the sea in the distanceFinished maize silage today. Got to say it feels nice having this amount of feed stored away for winter. Also started planting our irrigation pastures. Picture of our oldest dairy attached. 24 years old. Overhauled 3 years ago.
Dian Landman
Member
Thats the Ocean. Farming on the coast of the Eastern Cape, South Africa
d williams
Member
Do you get any trouble with salt burn on crops
Didn't think wildlife got that close to the sea
Dian Landman
Member
No not at all. The other farm border's the ocean and doesnt have any issues.
- Location
- southern riverina Australia
Are round yards a thing over there? Seems to be the same in some parts of southern Victoria and South Australia here.....Seems to depend on the builder.....We had a round yard with the herringbone, rectangular now with the rotary. Gotta say I MUCH prefer a good rectangular yard.Finished maize silage today. Got to say it feels nice having this amount of feed stored away for winter. Also started planting our irrigation pastures. Picture of our oldest dairy attached. 24 years old. Overhauled 3 years ago.
Scenery is stunning by the way
Dian Landman
Member
Mix of round and rectangular yards over here. We just like the working of a round yard. All 3 my dairies have round yards.Are round yards a thing over there? Seems to be the same in some parts of southern Victoria and South Australia here.....Seems to depend on the builder.....We had a round yard with the herringbone, rectangular now with the rotary. Gotta say I MUCH prefer a good rectangular yard.
Scenery is stunning by the way
It's did well to be working any time recently!
And they wondered why the boiler wasn’t working
Wasn’t the easiest place for a live tank control change
Maybe now they’ll understand why it needs to be serviced every year and not every 5 years
Jon
Member
- Location
- South Norfolk
JohnD
Member
- Location
- Lancashire
Female?
- Location
- Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Long day fencing repairs on some new grazing yesterday
Long fruitless day driving up to Carlisle returning with an empty trailer after being the under-bidder on seven lots
GCS report:
Galloway Cattle Society
37 m ·
Carlisle Spring Sale
Harrison and Hetherington Ltd
Friday 5th March 2021
Galloways were in demand, with all but one sold and increased averages in all sections.
Lockerbie based father and son team, Walter and Ian Henderson from Whitehill had a great day and personal best price of 4300gns for their 14-month-old bull - Ace of Whitehill, he is by the 5000gns Everest of Gall-Way and out of Lady Nancy 503 of Whitehill, who was the dam of Lady Nancy 716 the top-priced heifer at the 2019 spring sale bought by Kilnstown Farms for 2000gns. Ace is the first son to be sold. He was bought by Norman Ireland, New House Farm, Drigg, Holmrook, Cumbria for his 50 cow herd. The Whitehill team also sold four in-calf heifers to average £1916.25, all in calf to Trojan of Whitehill, the top price was 2300gns for Lizzie 794 of Whitehill who is by Titan of Whitehill and out of Lizzie 671 of Whitehill, who is by another homebred sire Neilman of Whitehill, she sold to G & C Neve, Haining House Farm, Lambley. The next top price of 2000gns was for Lady Nancy 783 of Whitehill again by Titan of Whitehill and out of a full sister of Ace – Lady Nancy 664 of Whitehill, this March 2018 heifer is off home to Skipton with Mr A Haggas.
The top price female of 2900gns for Barlaes Brownie 252nd was from a great pen of three heifers which averaged £2187 from Robert McTurk, Barlaes, Dalry, Castle Douglas. This stylish 23-month-old heifer by Jake of Nether Rusko and out of Barlaes Colossus daughter - Barlaes Brownie 188th was purchased by Dumfriesshire duo R Nixon and E MacPherson. The couple also purchased another 6 heifers which included two lovely heifers from Emblehope Estate, Tarset, Hexham – Emblehope Freda and Fearless for 2500gns. These 23-month-old heifers are by Barlaes Pioneer who was purchased in 2018 for 2000gns. The 8 Emblehope heifers averaged £1785, you can read more about the Emblehope Estate in our newly published 2020 Society Journal. As at the autumn event, there was no show due to Covid restrictions.
Averages
2 bulls £3202.50 (+£1102.50)
4 in calf heifers £1916.25 (+£720.42)
19 bulling heifers £1738.02 (+£583.82)
Long fruitless day driving up to Carlisle returning with an empty trailer after being the under-bidder on seven lots
GCS report:
Galloway Cattle Society
37 m ·
Carlisle Spring Sale
Harrison and Hetherington Ltd
Friday 5th March 2021
Galloways were in demand, with all but one sold and increased averages in all sections.
Lockerbie based father and son team, Walter and Ian Henderson from Whitehill had a great day and personal best price of 4300gns for their 14-month-old bull - Ace of Whitehill, he is by the 5000gns Everest of Gall-Way and out of Lady Nancy 503 of Whitehill, who was the dam of Lady Nancy 716 the top-priced heifer at the 2019 spring sale bought by Kilnstown Farms for 2000gns. Ace is the first son to be sold. He was bought by Norman Ireland, New House Farm, Drigg, Holmrook, Cumbria for his 50 cow herd. The Whitehill team also sold four in-calf heifers to average £1916.25, all in calf to Trojan of Whitehill, the top price was 2300gns for Lizzie 794 of Whitehill who is by Titan of Whitehill and out of Lizzie 671 of Whitehill, who is by another homebred sire Neilman of Whitehill, she sold to G & C Neve, Haining House Farm, Lambley. The next top price of 2000gns was for Lady Nancy 783 of Whitehill again by Titan of Whitehill and out of a full sister of Ace – Lady Nancy 664 of Whitehill, this March 2018 heifer is off home to Skipton with Mr A Haggas.
The top price female of 2900gns for Barlaes Brownie 252nd was from a great pen of three heifers which averaged £2187 from Robert McTurk, Barlaes, Dalry, Castle Douglas. This stylish 23-month-old heifer by Jake of Nether Rusko and out of Barlaes Colossus daughter - Barlaes Brownie 188th was purchased by Dumfriesshire duo R Nixon and E MacPherson. The couple also purchased another 6 heifers which included two lovely heifers from Emblehope Estate, Tarset, Hexham – Emblehope Freda and Fearless for 2500gns. These 23-month-old heifers are by Barlaes Pioneer who was purchased in 2018 for 2000gns. The 8 Emblehope heifers averaged £1785, you can read more about the Emblehope Estate in our newly published 2020 Society Journal. As at the autumn event, there was no show due to Covid restrictions.
Averages
2 bulls £3202.50 (+£1102.50)
4 in calf heifers £1916.25 (+£720.42)
19 bulling heifers £1738.02 (+£583.82)
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- Location
- Exeter, Devon
Fed some birds in Dawlish this afternoon:
Sandy
Member
- Location
- Aberdeenshire
Almost finished for the spring
grainboy
Member
- Location
- Bedfordshire
One more bin down, can now get forklift in, but rather tight,
- Location
- South Lanarkshire
TidyThat'll do for a Friday
- Location
- Near Colchester
Just down the road the land doesn't look quite so dry.
