Sheep Farming News
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Find your farm niche, says scholar
Mikaela Baker took her first agricultural studies in Year 9 and after a placement on a sheep farm for one day a week was so impressed she set her goals on an agri-business career. Ms Baker decided to study a Bachelor of Agricultural Science at Charles Sturt University and in 2013 she was awarded the Horizon Scholarship, which supports future agricultural leaders. Later she spent ...
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Agrilevante, a resource for Mediterranean agriculture
The 2019 edition of the showcase of technologies and machines for agriculture, to be held in the Bari exhibition centre from 10 to 13 October next, was presented in Bari. Growing numbers and a new section dedicated to animal husbandry, with the exhibition of fine breeds of cattle, horses, sheep and goats, characterize the review, organized by FederUnacoma and Nuova Fiera del Levante with the ...
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The Dangers of Mad Cow Disease!
For the first time in over ten years Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) better known as Mad Cow Disease has reared its head again in the UK with cases recorded on a farm in Aberdeenshire, Scotland this October. A highly problematic virus that has previously devastated livestock in 1986 when 180,000 cattle were found to be infected, which led to a mass slaughter of 4.4 million cattle in the ...
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Fourth Fellows Summit Held in Europe
Anna Jamieson (2010), who runs Pasture Beef Sweden, hopes to preserve semi-natural grasslands in Sweden by creating a market for pasture beef and lamb. For Anna, having the opportunity to network with like-minded professionals is an important benefit of being part of the Fellows Community. "The Fellows Community gives me access to a whole range of people with different knowledge and experiences ...
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The Catastrophic Cost of Foot and Mouth Disease
Foot and Mouth disease has never completely disappeared. Although it has been almost 20 years since the last major outbreak of Foot and Mouth disease in the UK, which cost the industry more than £8 Billion, it does not mean that the disease is not still a very real risk to the economy. This August the first outbreak since 2001 in the UK was identified at an abattoir in Brentwood in Essex. ...
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Fantastic success at the 2018 Pig and Poultry show Record number of visitors came to see our agricultural incinerators
With the sun bearing down on us during the first day of the show the Addfield team began a truly tremendous two-day exhibition at the bi-annual Pig and Poultry show in Warwickshire. Welcoming farmers from across the UK, Ireland and beyond it was a fantastic opportunity not only to speak to farmers that are looking to buy an Addfield Agricultural incinerator for the first time, it was also a real ...
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When is Lambing Season and what results can you expect this year?
The lambing calendar generally ties very closely into the arrival of spring each year, as Farmers everywhere begin to prepare themselves for what is often a very hectic lambing season. Incinerators may be the last thing that you would think of at this time of year, however, with the large numbers of new lambs being delivered, there is a downside. As the numbers of lambs increase so too does the ...
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When is Lambing Season and What Results Can You Expect This Year?
The lambing calendar generally ties very closely into the arrival of spring each year, as Farmers everywhere begin to prepare themselves for what is often a very hectic lambing season. Incinerators may be the last thing that you would think of at this time of year, however, with the large numbers of new lambs being delivered, there is a downside. As the numbers of lambs increase so too does the ...
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Lambing Season Predicted to be Longer and More Challenging Than Usual
This year lambing season has started earlier and is predicted to continue longer than normal , meaning livestock bio-security is more important than ever. ...
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Livestock Scales
How It Works Livestock producers utilize Osborne’s innovative ACCU-ARM Scales for easy, fast and accurate weighing of a variety of farm animals. Our “rock solid,” animal-friendly scales use precision levers to reduce sway and bounce and are completely cable-free. With Osborne’s Scales, the entire operation of weighing is more efficient and less stressful—for both ...
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Harvester achieves 800 tonne day
Melbourne-based contract harvester, Blake McGrane cracked an 800 tonne day last wheat harvest using a Midwest 60ft draper. While he admits that it was a big day, starting at 6am and finishing after midnight, he says he's able to get around 600-700 tonne a day off the paddock "without question". "Getting across an average of 500 acres a day is easy to achieve and when yields aren't as thick, we'll ...
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FarmWizard Launches New Look App
Farm Wizard, the Belfast-based developer of innovative farm data management solutions, has launched a new version of its market-leading Farm Management app for beef, sheep and dairy which will improve the ease of data access and interpretation to improve effectiveness of decision making on farm. FarmWizard is a leading provider of agricultural software for the effective management of farm ...
By FarmWizard
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Latest FAR Module gives practical advice to reduce livestock emissions
The Agricultural Industries Confederation (AIC) has announced the launch of its latest training module for the Feed Adviser Register (FAR). Module 3, Section 2 will highlight practical ways that feed advisers can help to reduce emissions on farms. It builds on information gained in FAR Module 3, Section 1. Inge Verwoerd, Technical Manager for Feed and FAR at AIC, said: “One of the main ...
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Cows’ diets get environmental boost
It is a tiny molecule with a mouthful of a name, 3-nitrooxypropanol, but European scientists say it could make all the difference. It could convert a cow or a sheep from a monstrous methane-producing machine into something a little more environmentally friendly. In doing so, it could increase the energy that a ruminant could employ in making milk or meat. And, according to a new research ...
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Impact of Free Trade Agreements on livestock sector in focus at AHDB Outlook Conference
The impact of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) on the livestock sector’s global competitiveness will be in the spotlight next month. It will form the basis of a presentation by Andrew McLay, of Promar International, at the 2016 Agriculture & Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) Outlook Conference. Hosted by the three livestock sectors of the AHDB, representing beef and lamb, pork and ...
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Helping Rural Families and More on Milk
Enduramaxx is proud to supply rainwater tanks, fertiliser tanks and all other vertical and horizontal tanks to the wider agricultural industry. With Christmas approaching, we like to hear about issues affecting the agricultural sector. We were warmed to learn of an initiative that’s helping less well-off farming families enjoy a plentiful Christmas. Rural Support, the country’s ...
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El Niño lowers early production outlook in Southern Africa
Crop and livestock production prospects in Southern Africa have been weakened by the El Niño weather phenomenon that has lowered rains and increased temperatures. A reduced agricultural output would follow on last year's disappointing season, which has already contributed to higher food prices and "could acutely impact the food security situation in 2016," according to a special alert ...
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EuroTier 2016 will again include the World Poultry Show
Frankfurt/Main, Germany, 1st December 2016 - EuroTier, the world’s leading trade fair for animal production, will once again include the World Poultry Show in 2016. This means next year’s EuroTier will be the only international exhibition for animal producers to include all livestock sectors – dairy, beef cattle, pigs, poultry, sheep and aquaculture – in such a ...
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OriginClear and Farm Equipment Distributor Team Up to Treat Agricultural Effluent
OriginClear Inc. (OTC/QB: OOIL), a leading provider of water treatment solutions, and Renewable Water Technologies (RWT), a spin-off of Wisconsin’s Renewable Algae Group, plan to form a joint venture (JV) to offer complete treatment solutions for agricultural effluent reclamation, with a focus on dairies equipped with anaerobic digestion systems. Headed by Steve Herman, Owner and CEO of ...
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Corn Residue Great Option for Livestock Supplemental Feed
Corn residue left over from harvesting can make an excellent source of supplemental feed for livestock, according to a forage expert from the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences at The Ohio State University. This is especially true for producers who are facing lower hay crop inventories thanks to the excessive rains that impacted the region during the beginning of the ...
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