Farmers Journal Scotland
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Scottish prices: farmers paid £6.45/kg for hoggets, lamb legs £5.50/kg in shops
Strong Scottish cattle and sheep prices continue into spring in Scotland.
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Grazing sheep in winter crops
This week we caught up with Peter Lindsay of SAC Consulting who has been involved with trials grazing sheep on winter cereals.
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Declan Marren caught up with Shaun Diver on Tullamore farm for an update on grazing.
Gary Abbott caught up with Wicklow man Peter O’Sullivan, last year’s farm level innovation award winner to find out more about his home built multipurpose drill and his plans for the future.
Declan Marren outlines the current grass situation on the demo farm as well as targets for yearling cattle over the coming weeks.
Bringing the countryside into your home has never been as easy with a myriad of talented artists scattered across the country. Here is a lookback at the talent Irish Country Living featured in our Artists in the Countryside series.
Don't miss your free 20-page supplement inside this week's Irish Farmers Journal. Focusing on all things dairy calf to beef, from purchasing calves, health management, grazing advice, completing budgets and taking a look at the markets for dairy beef.
On this week’s show, we talk suckler breeding with Adam Woods, where lamb prices are going with Darren Carty and pre-breeding checks with the dairy herd with Aidan Brennan.
Agricultural science case study videos: This week, we have the sixth case study video from sheep farmer Joanne Devaney, as part of Irish Farmers Journal agricultural science study guides 2020/2021 for Leaving Certificate students.Topics discussed in these videos includes: Preparations for lambing, advantages and disadvantages of lambing outdoors, breed selection, diets and finally, essential products to assist with lambing, and how they help.
Aidan Brennan is joined by Bernard Stack, InTouch Feeding Specialist at Alltech. Bernard discusses the importance of Rumen health, one of their key areas for their BEAT THE DROP programme which shares management tips and advice with farmers in managing and maintaining milk solids. If you have a question for the Alltech nutrition team you can contact them by clicking here: https://share.hsforms.com/1XcduwwWyTPWpyXl0cBk8Swfz5f
Jack Kennedy is joined by John O’Loughlin, Sustainability and Technical Specialist at Grassland AGRO. John discusses closing ground for silage.
SPONSOREDFarm Profit Programme helps three businesses make change
This week, John Sleigh speaks with three farmers who have changed their business with help from the Farm Profit Programme
SPONSOREDFarm Profit Programme sets Biffens up for continued success
Taking part in the Farm Profit Programme has seen a number of positive changes on the Biffen's farm at Arnage.
SPONSORED£220 increase is gross margin per cow at Greenvale
John Sleigh finds out more on how Mark and Shona found the Farm Profit Programme and how they increased gross margin per hectare on the farm by £423.
SPONSOREDGrowing neeps at 1,000 feet
Robert Gilchrist and John Sleigh catch up with Andy and Debbie Duffus at their farm beside Tomintoul.
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