Farmers Journal Scotland
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Arla holds milk price at 30.79p/l
Arla milk price is 30.79p/l from 1 April as retail demand is strong in the shops.
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Farm Profit Programme: Best approach for rough grazing?
Focus group members debate the best use of 30 acres of rough grazing. Declan Marren reports.
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Derek Robinson and his family have been self-isolating on their farm in Co Down.
Raine McKeever, age six, likes to make bread with her mommy. She also likes eating the bread with sausages. Baking buns is another favourite but that’s for the weekend #treattime.
Description: Maeve Kennedy, age six, is spending her time off school in the kitchen with her mom. Learning to cook is an invaluable life skill!
Aidan Brennan visits the Breen farm on 24th March 2020
Fermanagh farmer John Egerton has calved down around 70% of his spring calving cows and heifers.
Dairylink Ireland participant Stephen Wallace farms near Seaforde, Co Down.
Some of the champions and high sellers at the Irish Charolais premier sale March 2020
A selection of the high sellers and champions from the Irish cattle society premier bull sale March 2020
Advice on the Coronavirus for farmers. What farmers should do to minimise its spread in the community.
Driving down the calving spread
The Biffens family has worked hard to reduce their calving spread and reduce the average age of their herd. John Sleigh reports.
Raise the sheep margin by 18%
The gross margin per hectare for sheep on the programme farms rose by 18% over the three-year programme, writes John Sleigh
Getting calves thriving off grass
Last year Mark Mackay achieved an average growth rate of 1.26kg/day until weaning at 200 days on his cattle farm in Caithness.
Farm Profit Programme: beating the drum for beet
Andrew Biffen thinks his fodder beet is ‘top of the crops’ this winter as he kept 40 of his cows on it from November until the start of February.
