Livestock Farmer Focus FARMER FOCUSFarmer Focus: Beef herd assessment rewards longevityThis October, we hosted our final Monitor Farm meeting and drew the four-year programme to a close. It has been an enjoyable time, during which our business has undergone considerable… FARMER FOCUSFarmer Focus: Welsh farming scheme is at least workableOn a recent train journey to Birmingham, the whole countryside looked picture perfect: good grass covers in fields, cattle and sheep grazing, fields harvested and being drilled. To the urban… FARMER FOCUSFarmer Focus: Farm shale cuts costs of new cow trackWhen it comes to what value we put on an acre of land, we often consider the age of the sward, the soil type, or even the money spent to… FARMER FOCUSFarmer Focus: Ewes on grass nuts ahead of tuppingYet again, Lincolnshire seems to be missing all the rain. The turnips went in well and had a nice drink afterwards, but it has been extremely dry ever since. See… FARMER FOCUSFarmer Focus: Solar pump boosts drought resilienceAs I write my last article for Farmers Weekly, here are a few reflections. First, we continue with succession planning, which has been ongoing for the past six years, involving… FARMER FOCUSFarmer Focus: Tough decision as tractor purchase loomsWe are in the middle of drilling winter wheat. All being well, we should have the majority finished by early October. The soil is dry, but has been working nicely… FARMER FOCUSFarmer Focus: Nant Ffrancon project spells end for farmersI've been thinking about the resilience of the farming community while attending the breeding sheep sales dotted about North Wales. We have endured a really tough time over the past… FARMER FOCUSFarmer Focus: Show win softens fifth-cut silage fiascoSeptember is always extremely busy, and this year was no exception. We harvested the maize in three days during the first week of the month, and it was a very… FARMER FOCUSFarmer Focus: Just enough forage to see us through winterThe recent good weather here meant we managed to cut some more forage this month. That’s more than we have done so far throughout this year. It is good to… FARMER FOCUSFarmer Focus: No mud on road as maize brought inThe day my previous article was published, the weather finally turned and we had some very welcome showers. The grass turned green within hours and it hasn’t stopped growing since.… FARMER FOCUSFarmer Focus: Rain gives clover-rich reseeds perfect soakingLampeter Serengeti is now green. To say that we planned for the rain to start on 27 August would be a lie. I finished sowing grass seed with the new… FARMER FOCUSFarmer Focus: Ration prep tweak stops cows sorting feedHow is it the middle of September already? Thankfully, we managed to finish harvest in the last days of August, as the weather has returned to its usual theme of… More articles
