All animal medications, in particular those used to control blowflies, must be administered properly. It will save you time and ensure that you get the most out of your items if you take a little time to plan and consider the entire task at hand before you do anything. Specialists at Elanco recommend following the below steps to keep your flock free from blowfly infestations.
Due to reports of fly seasons starting earlier and lasting longer, sheep farmers are being urged to apply blowfly strike protection early in the season to prevent strike and stop the first wave of blowflies from breeding.
Preparation is key, make sure you know when to shear and have all the equipment you need to complete a successful shearing.
You may be familiar with the fundamentals of sheep shearing, but do you want to take it a step further? We can help you improve your shearing technique or learn some useful methods.
Although the high fertiliser and fuel prices are scary to think about, all is not lost when it comes to managing grassland this spring.
Home-grown forage remains the cheapest form of feed available, and we need to keep this front of mind when making decisions to see the full value of the investment. Here are my top tips to maximising your investment.
If your lambs are struggling on low-quality forage or limited grazing options, you should turn to creep feeding your lambs. Read our top tips to consider when creep feeding.
Congratulations to the Albutt Family of Winchcome who recently won our January prize draw in conjunction with QLF. The family chose the prize of an IBC of L-CBF BOOST as they already use QLF Allstock Lite molasses.
With another lambing season fast approaching, or even underway for some, thoughts turn to how to ensure an efficient and profitable year. How taking tips from competitor markets, can help to ride the storm of a potentially challenging, and expensive, 2022.
Here are few areas to focus on in the build-up and during this year’s lambing season.
Meet Dyfrig Bowen, and his partner Lyndsey, at Pengelli Farm in Cardigan. Their system comprises 40 head of Pedigree Aberdeen-Angus cows and 900 Aberfield-Cross ewes. They also buy in a further 1,500 store lambs and sell their finished lambs direct to slaughter. Around 180 ewes are lambed indoors early on and then the rest are lambed outside in April.
