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To start with before anyone says, I don’t mean the ones on your head or lack there of! Over the past few years the number of brown hares across our farm and the neighbours as well has increased dramatically. This is probably due to a zero tolerance approach to corsers and the change in the law...

Seem to be getting a lot of these this year. They tend to land and scraper fairly quickly. What do others do when this happens? As kids we used be taken up in them and dad was given a bottle every time they came.

Further funding to tackle endemic diseases Written by The Team By reducing the levels of endemic disease in livestock, we can increase productivity, support businesses and unlock wider benefits too — from reducing greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) to slowing antimicrobial resistance (AMR)...

I am also a child from a rural area in China, and I used to be very poor. I had very little land to cultivate. Our family of four had only 7,175 feet of land. Very little. We farmers were forced to go out to work to barely make ends meet. I would like to know how much arable land you farmers in...

How do people judge if it’s weather this thing and hard start to life for them affecting them or underlying issues ? Been white dosed and got cocci dose about 2 weeks ago going by vet advice and the nemo risk forecast

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland Cargill UK has appointed Tom Lovett as its new technical sales manager for the south of England and south Wales. The food producer said Lovett has a “wealth of experience” in the pig industry with nearly 20 years of experience in managing both...

Is the Livestock sector, especially sheep and beef at a significant crossroads? The present long overdue higher prices for sheep may not mean that there will be an increase in production. Statistically there will be a significantly lower lamb crop this year, so it is likely that prices will...

So, things have changed a little, organic is the old school, flat cap wearing, tweed kinda feel. Regenerative is the new kid on the block, rather edgy, slick style but promising a down to earth feel. So in the marketing eyes of the British Retail Consortium who are they going to run with? Who...

Got 7530 that’s not allowing air to come out of the dash vents will blow against the windscreen but not towards you, when you alter direction on switch you can here it change direction but nothing happens! Any ideas where to start?

Someone said today that the best smell is freshly rolled cereals in the spring. My entry would be freshly spread rotten muck in the autumn or possibly freshly mown grass. Any other thoughts?

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/foodanddrink/other/the-era-of-cheap-food-is-over-says-waitrose-chief/ar-BB1m1RgF?ocid=entnewsntp&pc=U531&cvid=5d621007c54744bd82a9d519360dd520&ei=28 James Bailey, the executive director of Waitrose, says he is determined the supermarket should lead the way in...

Just wondered on the state of peoples farms, personally I strongly dislike a messy farm with junk and rubbish getting in the way but not everyone feels as strongly as me it seems unfortunately. Its improving but not its not as good as I would like. How about your farm?

worst I've seen here for years, reckon the rain made autumn sprays short lived and broadway star seems to have done very little this spring Rye grass and not blackgrass thankfully, but 2024 is certainly not a year where its easy to take a lot of pride in a farm Is it just me or are others...

a 4 acre section of ancient woodland in Kent called hoads wood, also a sssi, was illegally felled last year, and used as an illegal waste dump. at its height 20 to 30 truck loads per day were dumped, with no licences at all. Locals contacted police, who said it was a civil matter. They then...

Written by Agriland Team from Agriland By Chris McCullough In an idyllic region of southern Spain seemingly unaffected as yet by climate change, a special breed of pigs roam the open countryside producing one of the world’s most famous meats. These are Iberian pigs which are renowned for...

Dad worked on farms in the 1950's-1970's. He bought his first house in about 1976 when no longer working on farms so at least he managed to get a foothold outside of tied cottages. Always a mixed blessing.

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The 2024 British Pig & Poultry Fair will feature two days of forums, networking, expert advice and new products, organisers have said. The biennial event, which is organised by the Royal Agricultural Society of England (RASE), will take place...

Written by Aisling O'Brien from Agriland The benchmark for world food commodity prices edged higher in April, as rising meat prices and modest upticks for vegetable oils and cereals more than offset decreases for sugar and dairy products, the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United...

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Anyone know what holds it in place , mine came half out just as I finished , managed to get it back in but all that's holding it seems to be grease tia