Herbal leys – are they for you? We weigh up the pros, the cons and the must-do’s when it comes to growing and feeding sheep and cattle herbal ley. As Single Farm Payment is phased out and the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) somewhat takes its place, farming herbal leys has become increasingly popular in the […]
Category Archives: Farming Interest
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May
May
Want stress-free weaning? You might just need to consider offering your weaning lambs a feed lick this year… Weaning lambs is all about keeping stress to a minimum. With this achieved, lambs are less likely to suffer growth checks that can hurt the balance sheet. Weaning lambs without stress requires producers to get a few […]
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Apr
Apr
If you know anything about organic production, you’ll know that sourcing a cost-effective organic feed can be tricky. But organic feed doesn’t have to compromise performance, and it doesn’t have to be pricey either! Over the last decade, human health, environmental sustainability, and animal welfare have driven the demand for organic food production. This growing […]
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Jan
Jan
Having access to the correct nutrition is never more important than in the lead up to calving. Here we consider the suitability of a cattle mineral block in achieving this efficiently and effectively. For any beef or dairy system – calving health, calving ease, calf ‘get-up-and-go’, and colostrum and milk production – hinges on effective […]
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Dec
Dec
Before Simone Dawson perfected her pre calver management strategy, she was on the verge of significantly cutting down cow numbers to a more manageable level. However, her calving issues swiftly resolved after she introduced a simple yet effective tool: a humble yellow feed bucket. With almost half a million followers on TikTok alone, you might […]
16
Dec
Dec
With forage reported to be (variably) reduced in quality and quantity this winter feeding season, neither grass or silage can be relied on. This makes feeding pre calver minerals to bolster nutrition even more critical, especially in the calving transition. Fully meeting the nutritional needs of pre-calving suckler and dairy cows in the six weeks […]
12
Dec
Dec
The average livestock grazing system targeted to produce and consume as much as 10 tonnes of dry matter per hectare (4 tonnes per acre). However, 50 – 80% of forage-producing fields are currently underutilised. The right livestock mineral block can make all the difference. Whether grazed all-year-round or housed in the winter, ruminant animals hold […]
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Aug
Aug
is Whatever your land type or market target, the number of lambs you rear will impact the income you reap from your sheep enterprise. Tupping sheep is the starting point for avoiding those empty sheep that don’t pay the bills. The best thing you can do is to look back at your previous lambing’s. What […]
13
May
May
Crystalyx Garlyx is the natural way to prevent summer mastitis cases this summer, containing concentrated garlic 5 x more potent than pure dried garlic.
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Apr
Apr
Although the annual rate of hypomagnesaemia (AKA grass staggers or tetany) in UK dairy cows is less then 1%, one third of those affected cows will die. Clinical low blood magnesium cases remains one of the very few veterinary emergencies on farms, but are the tip of the iceberg. The rest of the group may […]
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