Livestock
Selling Spring Calves Store This Autumn
There are two good reasons to consider selling spring born calves store this autumn.
Read More >Should You Creep Feed Ad-Lib
Basil Lowman discusses the advantages of creep feeding.
Read More >Protecting Your BVD Status
With the Scottish beef herd becoming increasing naïve to BVD virus, care needs to be taken when introducing cattle into your herd.
Read More >Don’t Stack Bales Too High
Modern foreloaders are able to lift heavier weights to higher heights. One consequence is stacks of bales are getting increasingly high and each bale much heavier.
Read More >Supplying Minerals/Trace Elements Outdoors
Mary McDowell discusses the various ways of supplementing grazing stock with trace elements.
Read More >Trace Elements
As an industry we appear to have a fascination with trace elements, yet wildlife thrive without any supplementation!
Read More >Minerals And Their Role In Livestock Production
Minerals can be divided into two categories macro-minerals and micro-minerals (or trace elements).
Read More >How To Fertilise Paddocks?
The little and often approach to fertilising with any nutrient (but particularly N and S as they are so mobile in soil and easily lost to drainage and/or atmosphere) is the most efficient way to devise a fertiliser programme.
Read More >Mating Strategy For Replacements
Mating ewe hoggets increases productivity by around 10% but may reduce grazing flexibility as you then have another high priority group for feed resources.
Read More >Early Cut Silage In Rotational Grazing Systems
If silage is being cut after only 3-6 weeks of a field last being grazed there is a possibility that there could still be faecal contamination of the cut grass. The risks from this to the stock being fed it are likely to be relatively low, however it is likely to affect the feed quality of the silage.
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