Turn to FarmWell for help and advice Poor mental health can be a significant issue in farming. The never-ending volatility of the industry, the threat of animal disease, the uncertainty…
(source: NFU online) Storm Ciara, Storm Dennis and future events Storm Ciara hit Britain 8-9 February leading to extreme localised flooding of agricultural land especially in the north of England,…
Find out more about Crediton Milling in this months issue of NFU Poultry magazine and read about our new member of the team, Harriet Smith, who recently joined the poultry…
To assist us with our production & transport planning we would appreciate your orders in by: – Thursday 12th December for Pre-Christmas Delivery Thursday 19th December for Pre-New Year Delivery Read on for an update on the fire and a big thank you to all those that helped with the recovery ...
I thought I would take this opportunity to share a useful and relevant app, that will no doubt prove its worth in a rural setting, from giving contractors precise field…
On a recent CMC Study Tour of the USA, John, Pete, Mark and Karen discovered how farmers across the pond cope with significant changes in temperatures and weather conditions from…
CMC fully acknowledge the dramatic changes British agriculture has undergone in recent years. Technological advancements have made a significant impact but there still never seems to be enough hours in the day. You will be pleased to hear that help is at hand.
It’s an old adage, but one that tends to ring true, but as soon as you hear it makes you remember that sickening feeling in the bottom of your stomach that you had on exam day, when you realised that actually milking cows and driving tractors after school every night was unlikely to contribute to a successful outcome in your maths exam! Nevermind, most of us have attempted to confine that feeling to history, but there may just be more than a few of you that get that same feeling when you open your clamp of silage or look at your costings or bank statement?
Forages this winter presented a particular challenge on farm when it came to rationing. There were many instances of variability in animal response to diet ‘tweaking’, which were put down to abnormal silage profiles. Generally, first cuts were earlier and last year and did feed quite well but in many cases, there wasn’t a lot of it, but as the table below illustrates on average they weren’t significantly improved on previous years.
