Livestock Farmer Focus FARMER FOCUSFarmer Focus: New weaner house sensor improves monitoringI hope everyone is well. It continues to be very warm here in Essex, with winter barley really moving on quickly. A few more weeks like this and I think… FARMER FOCUSFarmer Focus: More expense as nations split on cattle techOn a Monday morning in early January, I was at the Moredun Institute just outside Edinburgh, where many of the great and good of the bovine sector – including the… FARMER FOCUSFarmer Focus: Bird scarer bangs upset locals but saved cropIn my last article, I wrote about the desperation for rain. Just to update everyone, it’s arrived. We have had a run of heavy rain and warm weather fronts, giving… FARMER FOCUSFarmer Focus: Can I be Jeremy Clarkson’s dairy consultant?The new season of Clarkson’s Farm reminds me I’m glad I’m not in the hospitality business. It's nice to see copies of Farmers Weekly in his pub office, but I… FARMER FOCUSFarmer Focus: New role with outdoor farrow-to-finish operationA few months back, when it became apparent to me that my time with LSB pigs was going to come to an end, I found myself with an opportunity to… FARMER FOCUSFarmer Focus: Grass stressed but rain in time for wholecropWell, getting out the paddling pool worked. Almost too well! It can stop raining for another six weeks any time now. We’ve had more rain in the past two weeks… FARMER FOCUSFarmer Focus: Welcome rain for reseeds and silage spruce-upThe rain came at last and saved the day. The last week in May we had plenty of showers to give our fields a good old soak, and it brought… FARMER FOCUSFarmer Focus: Bulling heifers grow at 2.25kg on grazed grassRain, finally! An exceptionally dry spring for us was beginning to take its toll on our grass availability, with many areas burning up. Thankfully, we have now had a timely… FARMER FOCUSFarmer Focus: Maize amazes, but turnips are flea beetle feastI thought I would get this article in to Farmers Weekly in plenty of time. A few easier days have been enforced after an accident while shearing. Contrary to the… FARMER FOCUSFarmer Focus: Haylage stocks hold out after lambingFeeding ewes haylage in May is a first for us here at Gelston. We have split all our fields into fours and started to rotationally graze, to try and make… FARMER FOCUSFarmer Focus: Store buyers hit by ‘tremendous’ beef priceCalving is almost over. As I write this article, we are heading to France for a wedding. Travelling by train, the countryside is looking extremely well, as it should be… FARMER FOCUSFarmer Focus: Intensive setups inspire calf health plansIf there’s one thing that we Northern Irish farmers are good at, it’s having a strong, unwavering opinion. Whether it’s spring or autumn block, compactor or no compactor, small cows… More articles
