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Question about animal drinking water (Urgent)

Hi, does anyone have information about the quality required for animal drinking water in the context of the treatment of stormwater using a wetland system? Is stormwater treated by a wetland system safe for farm animals to drink? Would greatly appreciate ANY relevant information/resources - thanks very...

Posted to Livestock Lines (Forum) by tiiiii12 on Thu, Apr 7 2011
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Posted to fwi photocomp 2010 gallery (Gallery) by Ellie_Losh on Tue, Nov 16 2010
Re: Forage shortage - what are the options?

Here's an update from sunny Surrey and Hampshire. I know of 2 small horse yards (once Surrey/Sussex border and one in Hampshire) who had hay made in July on 10 and 7 acres respectively and got less than 100 (yes ONE HUNDRED) small bales each; that's TOTAL, not per acre! (I don't know what...

Posted to Livestock Lines (Forum) by ogwi on Wed, Jul 21 2010
Self Locking Barriers

Visited a farm in County Laois yesterday where the topic of conversation was self locking barriers. Recent research has shown that dry matter intakes are reduced among animals fed using self locking barriers if they are not brought up to the barriers to feed. www.cows365.com

Posted to Cows 365 Blog (Weblog) by cows365 on Tue, Jul 6 2010
Re: Need a recommendation for a book on Farming developments in last 100 years

A really important book to read is this one by Agricultural Policy Expert Dr. Richard North.... www.pighealth.com/agriculture.htm A very outspoken, down-to-earth and yet factual guide to UK farming and food in the 20th century.

Posted to Talking Point (Forum) by HolisticHealth on Sat, Oct 31 2009
Re: What animals look for to eat and why?

You will find the researches of Cindy Engel very interesting, sheepbreeder3! " Wild Health - How Animals Self-medicate themselves to Treat Illness" www.lovehealth.org/books/animal-healing.htm

Posted to Livestock Lines (Forum) by HolisticHealth on Thu, Aug 13 2009
Re: Anyone selling feed wheat just now?

Hi everyone, I am new to selling feed wheat and need some assistance. A business partner of mine has asked for me to find out about the UK market for feed wheat. 1. Where can I get the UK "market" price for feed wheat? 2. Is there a directory of traders for "feed wheat" to whom I...

Posted to Crop comments (Forum) by costauk on Thu, Feb 26 2009
Guide to Antibiotic Medication

A new manual on using antibiotics for animal treatment has just been published. It covers pets and fish farming as well as cattle, sheep, pigs, poultry and horses. A contents list and review can be found here: http://www.pighealth.com/MEDIA/P/BOOKS/DISEASES.HTM

Posted to Livestock Lines (Forum) by HolisticHealth on Thu, May 15 2008
Re: Possible changes to HLS and ELS

Hi there, Sorry if this is in wrong place (Im new to this) and I wanted to make sure its on any parts of this website which are to do with this and as this section is about changes to ELS/HLS I thought this would be the best place to put it. I am a student studying Environmental science at university...

Posted to Talking Point (Forum) by student@mmu on Fri, Mar 28 2008
Help needed on farmers views towards agri-environmental schemes

Hi there, I am a student studying Environmental science at university and am in serious need of a bit more data for a project I am doing for ECM. If any of you have a couple of minutes (if that) could you please fill in the answers to the following questions (very small questionnaire)? 1. What size is...

Posted to Crop comments (Forum) by student@mmu on Fri, Mar 28 2008

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