Beef Cattle
Podcast: The Thrill of The Hill – Beef
Consultant Alex Pirie speaks with Consultant Robert Ramsay from SAC Consulting’s livestock team about the current state of the Beef Sector in Scotland, and how to create synergy between your…
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Women in Agriculture, Caithness: Animal Health Part 2 – Assurance + Health = Wealth
Caithness Women in Agriculture group do you have a health plan in place for your farm/croft? Do you know what a health plan is or how to create one and…
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Women in Agriculture, Caithness: Animal Health Part 1 – Livestock Records – Don’t go Round in Circles
Are you keeping the right records? Do you need some help on how best to record flock and herd moovements? In part 1 of our 2-part November mini-series on “Animal…
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Rotational Grazing Vlog: Weaning Lambs at 90day
These lambs have grown at 325g/day from birth, an exceptional growth rate for twins. Jamie has shown us the leader-follower system in previous videos and discusses how he is…
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Rotational Grazing Vlog: Cattle doing well after a wet august at Oakwood Mill
Although grass is doing well and cattle are thriving (1.35 kg/day liveweight gain), rainfall is starting to increase poaching risk. Giles now looks forward to…
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Women in Agriculture, Lanark: Animal Health
Their Health is your Wealth! As we approach the winter there is never a more topical time to talk about animal health. As cattle move indoors following a summer at…
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Women in Agriculture, Lanark: Nutrition and Rationing
Just like humans animal diets are important for growth and overall health. Feeding cattle and sheep is something that everyone does but how do you know if they are getting…
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Ammonium Nitrate Storage
Following the catastrophic explosion in Beirut reportedly caused by a large amount of Ammonium Nitrate which apparently was stored incorrectly, it is prudent to review the storage requirements for this…
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Women in Agriculture: Case Study – Jo Wallace
Jo Wallace is a vet and owns Machers Veterinary Services, Wigtownshire. Together, with husband Wylie and three young children, they farm the 300 acre Whitehalls Farm in Sorbie, and run…
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Rotational Grazing Vlogs – Adapting the grazing management to stretch grass supply
Grass growth at 50kg dry matter per hectare per day and farm average cover at 1900 kg dry matter per hectare indicates that grass supply is not ideal…
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