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  • grass keep prices 2012

    Wondering if anyone could give me an idea of what I should be charging per acre for 10 months grass keep for sheep from april this year, in South Shropshire. The land is fenced but not been manured or fertilised recently. Access to water. Has been gazed by sheep every year. Was hoping that the tenant...
    Posted to Livestock Lines (Forum) by farmerfields on Sun, Jan 22 2012

  • Let us know your lamb inventions

    Do you have any nifty ways of handling lambs at lambing or have you designed other ingenious ways of managing stock? Perhaps you have an inventive way of getting water to pens or an interesting way of warming up lambs.... Share your thoughts and ideas here and who knows, you may get some inspiration...
    Posted to Livestock Lines (Forum) by alyb on Fri, Jan 20 2012

  • Time For An Unseasonal Haircut

    Now its time for something different! Last week we tried a new management practise with the early lambing ewes at Park Farm and that was to give them a very unseasonal haircut. Don't worry though, they have about 6 weeks before they lamb and then a further two weeks around the farm buildings which...
    Posted to Farmer Jake's Blog (Weblog) by anonymous on Mon, Jan 9 2012

  • Trying to identify cause of lambing problems

    FW's Pembrokeshire Management Matters farm had trouble with inconsistent lamb size and some abortions last season - part of the flock has had an anti abortion vaccine this time to try and identify the cause of problems. Red clover in silage is a suspect...any thoughts or experience?
    Posted to Livestock Lines (Forum) by Suzie H on Mon, Jan 9 2012

  • Sheep profligacy

    Scanned out our flock on Friday. 136%. Not bad for Southdowns although most of our Badger-Faced came up empty (different ram). How's everybody else doing?
    Posted to Livestock Lines (Forum) by hareley farmer on Mon, Jan 2 2012

  • Plumpton College. Moustaches for Movember charity

    Staff and students at Plumpton College have been cultivating some hirsute and fanciful facial decorations for the Movember charity event. The College campus has seen many facial hairy growths during November, while helping to raise funds and awareness for men’s health, specifically prostate cancer and...
    Posted to College & Uni photos (Gallery) by bn7sussex on Wed, Nov 30 2011

  • Sainsbury's 'Farm For Life'

    Well, on the 23rd November, at the BBC Good Food Show, the stage was set for Sainsburys second Farming Conference. The event was to show case and demonstrate the committment by the Sainsburys Supermarket to British Farming and they had asked me to talk about the carbon footprint of our sheep flock and...
    Posted to Farmer Jake's Blog (Weblog) by anonymous on Tue, Nov 29 2011

  • Lambing and/or farm work experience in London or Hampshire area

    I am currently studying my GCSE's and also my A-Levels a year early and hoping to become a vet when I am older. Looking for work in lambing, calving or just general farm work however I have not had any experience before so would need training. I have just turned 16, female and very athletic (dedicated...
    Posted to Livestock Lines (Forum) by Romy L on Tue, Nov 22 2011

  • Dude!!

    One of this years orphan lambs (mutt) sporting the new craze in sheep fashion - and looking very pleased!!
    Posted to photocompgallery2011 (Gallery) by sammyb on Thu, Nov 17 2011

  • local rambo

    Posted to photocompgallery2011 (Gallery) by jinnbo on Thu, Nov 17 2011
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