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Read More >Planning ahead for Spring crops – March 2020
Planning ahead With wheat bulb fly egg underway and slugs increasing their activity, these and other pests are potential threats to crops yet to go in the ground. Leatherjackets will…
Read More >Spring barley – March 2020
Pests Wheat bulb fly can attack early-sown spring barley, particularly crops sown after potatoes, field vegetables or fallow. Egg hatch is now underway but may carry on until late March…
Read More >Field Vegetables – March 2020
Forward planning – pest monitoring With strict treatment protocols being demanded by supermarkets and consumers, the role of pest monitoring in determining whether an insecticide treatment is justified is an…
Read More >Pre Breeding Checks
Having a pre breeding examination carried out on breeding bulls up to 8 weeks before the bulls are due to go out with the cows you can save yourself the stress of finding out later that the bull was not fit for the job.
Read More >What Causes Lamb Deaths On Your Farm?
Recording lamb death is not a fun activity but it can be useful to identify patterns early on and refine management for next year.
Read More >Creep Feeding Lambs
Conditions haven’t been favourable as yet for grass growth, with many waterlogged and cold soils. To compensate for limited grazing, it is worth evaluating creep feeding of lambs this year.
Read More >Preparing For A Wet Turnout?
If the wet weather continues turnout will be delayed due to wet ground conditions and the risk of poaching.
Read More >Feed Borne Abortions In Spring Calving Beef Herds
In a recent two year study by Tim Gergahty of SRUC Veterinary studies into calf losses from suckler herds in the North East of Scotland from PD’ing to weaning 3% of losses were abortions. This is a significant loss of potential income to the producer alongside the cost of running a cow empty for the year.
Read More >What To Do If Your Forage Is Affected By Flooding
If you have had forage damaged by flooding than there are a few things you can do on farm to assess the nutritional effect and minimise the risks. A good first step is to calculate how much forage is available.
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