Beef Cattle

Forage Crop Ground Preparation

Good ground preparation of forage crops is a large contributor to their yield potential, with a fine, firm seedbed, with the correct pH and nutrients being the ideal. Peter Lindsay, SAC Consulting Senior Consultant discusses ground preparations in this short video.

Cattle EID – Making It Work For You (Pairing Reader to Weigh Head)

By pairing a canner and a weigh-head, you can make weighing animals paper free and time efficient. This short video shows the simple steps you’ll need to take to pair…

Cattle EID – Making It Work For You (UHF Tags)

In this video David Kerr from ScotEID discusses the differences between Low Frequency RFID and Ultra High Frequency RFID technology. Highlighting some of the reasons why Scotland are forging ahead…

Cattle EID – Making It Work For You (J & M Anderson)

In this video we meet Tom Nelson from J and M Anderson farm supplies. He is one of many companies supplying cattle and sheep Tags. Recently he has added UHF…

Cattle EID – Making It Work For You (Coull Farm)

In this video we meet Andrew Jones from Coull farm Islay. Andrew is one of the many Scot EID Pilot farms. Andrew has started using UHF tags to help simplify…

Cattle EID – Making It Work For You (Girtridge Farm)

In this video John Howie introduces us to his EID system. John got involved with EID through his time as a QMS monitor Farm. John is using UHF management tags…

Johne’s Disease – Control Options Post Turnout

Johne’s disease causes significant financial loss within beef herds reducing fertility and productivity. It is also a significant welfare concern because clinically affected animals have severe diarrhoea and suffer from weight loss. Early detection and removal of infected stock from the herd is a crucial part of controlling the disease.