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Farmer Focus: Hoping straw matches timely BPS payment

bitcoin hoy precio www.survivalprep.net Orkney seems to have been lucky this year with the weather. We had a decent summer, and, so far, a decent but mixed harvest is a lot better than what…

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Farmer Focus: Induction should make new staff feel valued

Harvest is in and dry. Cultivations are progressing well and getting there. We will start drilling from the beginning of October. We have recently had Gemma join the pigs team.…

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Farmer Focus: Good farming looks similar wherever you go

A year has passed since I somewhat nervously headed off to London as a finalist in the Farmers Weekly Awards. I knew winning would mean a lot to me, but…

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Farmer Focus: Sawdust means ￡9,500 saved over sand bedding

We are more than a month into bedding on sawdust and mattresses, and I can say with a degree of confidence we made the best decision for the cows and…

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Farmer Focus: Clamps full after what seems a summer of cuts

This is the third time I’ve written a post-harvest article. I’ve just reread the previous two years’ articles to remind myself what had been happening. Apparently, the last couple of…

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Farmer Focus: Are the seasons changing?

It has been an interesting year weather-wise. Winter was mild here in the Borders without excessive rain, allowing for good winter crop growth. Spring was damp, which delayed spring sowing,…

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Farmer Focus: ￡10 less for stores as they aren’t Suffolks

On 4 August we sold 300 store lambs at Dingwall and Highland Mart’s first lamb sale of 2023. These were our top draw of lambs, and we were happy enough…

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Farmer Focus: Longest wait for straw ever

I couldn't wait for this lovely weather (5 September) and decided to wrap our first-cut hay a couple of weeks ago while waiting for the straw to dry. I've never…

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Farmer Focus: Silage work was fraught, but we got there

Due to the significant change in weather that happened around the summer solstice, we could refer to this summer, as the "summer of two halves". Considering the drastically dry conditions…

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Farmer Focus: Lush dry cow paddocks need ration tweak

Calving is in full swing. We have had 150 calvings so far in week two of our 12-week block-calving period. We had a 74% six-week in-calf rate. We’ve had a…

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Farmer Focus: Let's see how homebred shearlings perform

The year seems to be whizzing by and we are now getting everything ready for tupping. We have retained 110 of our 2022-born females, which will be joining the main…

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Farmer Focus: Ammonia reduction better in feed than stores?

Ammonia emissions have been a hot topic in the pig industry in recent years. Our family business is exploring how we can reduce any contribution for which we’re responsible in…

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