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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…

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…

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…

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…

Keeping Pace with Green Policy

For over ten years, Scottish agriculture has come to recognise the importance of sustainable management of the farmed environment, mainly in response to the growing climate crisis and biodiversity decline.…

Stranraer Sustainable Dairy Group – Lameness Prevention

Reducing the incidence of lameness in the herd is a goal for every dairy farmer to improve animal welfare and reduce the financial costs. Sara Pedersen is a farm vet…

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…

The Future of Carbon Auditing in Agriculture – A Business-led Approach

Following on from my last article in the January 2020 edition of Milk Manager News around why it is important to carry out a carbon audit, I started to think…

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…

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…