Author Posts: Farmers Guide

In the UK it is estimated that a quarter of high yielding dairy cows suffer from sub-acute ruminal acidosis (SARA). David Bonsall, animal nutrition technical manager at Omya says it gets worse over the winter when a large percentage of the UK herd is housed, but there are management changes farmers can make to prevent and cure it.

As the end of 2023 looms we have seen extreme price movements in the dairy price. As the milk price has dropped, the pressure on dealing with the winter waste intensifies, says PFC.

Applications are now open for the Smaller Abattoir Fund, which offers grants to support smaller red meat and poultry abattoirs across England.

A collaborative effort to allow a vital seed treatment for 2024 sowing of onions has succeeded.

Merlo UK has announced the launch of two new additions to its extensive agricultural product range on offer in the UK at LAMMA 2024: the Turbofarmer 30.7 and the Turbofarmer 27.6.

Bradley Engineering has added a range of weighing and packing machinery to its portfolio, which includes palletisation and robotics products.

Farm vet Faye Heath, of Westpoint Farm Vets in Winchester, provides some top tips to ensure a successful lambing season.

Wox Agri Services says it is looking forward to delivering its new Scorpion front Reeler unit to the LAMMA show, which has been entered into the event’s Innovations competition.

Offences include keeping animals in a poor living environment, repeated overdue TB testing or breaching avian flu housing orders.

Protein-rich peas and beans are replacing concentrates in the winter ration of sheep and cattle at a Radnorshire farm.

Colostrum is critical to the short and long-term health of lambs. Nettex provides a guide on how to supplement both ewe and powdered colostrum.

Growers planning to apply a pre- or post-emergence herbicide to late-sown crops must be aware of the potential risks to crop safety and efficacy where conditions are sub-optimal, agronomy firm Hutchinsons warns.