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Clipping the backs of cattle when they are housed in the autumn is now common practice.  By avoiding cattle over heating their performance is improved as they eat more. 

Basil Lowman gives 5 tips on how to minimise calving difficulties in heifers.

From birth to weaning the ewe provides most of the feed for lambs through milk and eats the majority of the grass. 

During May and June 2016 SAC Consulting Veterinary Services investigated three separate incidents of lamb deaths following inhalation of mineral drenches.

Semen testing stock bulls now will give you time to put plans in place if there are problems.

Infection with Nematodirus battus causes scour and death in lambs during late spring and early summer. 

In the first 4 weeks the ewe lets the lamb suck anytime, then she only allows the lamb to suck on her signal which is heads up. 

Work by Teagasc in Ireland showed that if you want quality silage, pre grazing before shutting fields up can have an effect by removing dead and senescent material. 

Jonathan Firth a fencing contractor in Dumfriesshire got fed up repairing fences damaged by floods, only to have them washed away again the following winter. 

Hydrogen sulphide/slurry gas is one of the biggest causes of death on farms.  The highest concentrations are released when slurry is first mixed so please follow the code completely.