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    Transitioning Off Fodder Beet

    The importance of transitioning livestock on to fodder beet slowly, to allow the rumen bugs to adapt to the high sugar diet is well documented.  However, as calving and lambing approaches, the slow and steady approach should also be used for transitioning the livestock off the beet.

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    Newborn calf being licked by it's mother
    Newborn calf being licked by it's mother

    Calving Equipment Checklist

    Are you ready for the start of calving?  Do you know where your calving ropes are?  Is your medicine cabinet well stocked?  With the first calf often arriving quicker than expected it’s a good idea to have checked that your calving equipment and essentials are ready for use.

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    Spring Calving Checklist

    As calving approaches, it is a great time to take stock, and look at your management over the spring calving period.  Ensuring the management is tight over calving, will have…

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    Close up picture of white clover
    Close up picture of white clover

    Organic Newsletter January 2022

    This months newsletter is now available. Production without Antibiotics in the Organic Dairy Sector Pre-lambing rotation in 2022 White Clover Oxford Real Farming Conference Highlights How to improve your soils…

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    An above ground slurry store
    An above ground slurry store

    New regulations around slurry management

    The start of the new year brought us consolidation and clarification of existing regulations under the Water Environment (Controlled Activities) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2021. Both existing rules and new measures…

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