Sexed semen best practice key to high beef conception rates

9 February 2012

Beef producers using AI and sexed semen can gain greater control over their breeding strategies, but only if they plan and follow best practice, says Cogent Breeding beef breeding, adviser Gareth Scott.

Trainer’s tough love approach tackles sheep worrying dogs

5 February 2012

With cases of sheep worrying on the rise and one farming organisation launching a hotline to monitor the problem, Ben Briggs speaks to one woman who is trying her best to improve canine calmness.

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Experts react to DECC solar FiT changes

10 February 2012

INDUSTRY experts have reacted to the Government’s plans to reform solar subsidy payments, calling them a ‘significant improvement’.

One-man fencing machine from Bryce Suma

February 10, 2012

Bryce Suma’s latest fencing machine is based around a 46hp tracked unit designed to work in harsh and inaccessible conditions, says managing director Jock Bryce.

Tony Shepherd & John Henderson: Muck spreading gets under way

9 February 2012

January has continued to be mild and wet, apart from a few days of frost, which allowed us to get bedding muck spread on some pastures, writes Tony.

Target rusts with mid-March T0 spray

8 February 2012

SENSIBLE use of fungicides will be critical this spring if the potential double threat of yellow and brown rust fully materialises.

Schmallenberg found in cattle on Sussex farm

7 February 2012

SCHMALLENBERG Virus (SBV) has been identified in cattle for the first time in Britain, the Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency (AHVLA) has revealed.