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One of our farms soil varies significantly from sand rises to silt loam flats. We've been planting veldt grass on the rises and phalaris on the flats. Just wondering how much this affects animal performance when they go from one to the other within a week or few days etc.?

Have had 3x young bulls in with 70heifers for 45days and am looking at buying another 90 heifers to mate and trade. Thinking about resting bulls for 6weeks and then putting them in. This is a bit out of season for us but think they will sell well. Nice heifers. Is 6weeks long enough? They...

We move cattle often sometimes everyday but more often I try to stretch it to between 3 and 5 days. I like having them trained but I don't like the behaviour of them all carrying on whenever the motorbike starts up. I'm thinking about going to automatic lift up hotwires so they don't associate...

We've been using a single wire with two insulated handles either end in front of steel gates to join electric fence sections. It's a bit of a pain to open and fails at times from kinking. Thinking about going overhead instead of underground. Anyone got any tips? Similar to pic

Hi everyone, we are looking to build a new holding yard to receive cows off pasture. As our herd is increasing we have outgrown out current temporary panel setup. How much room per cow/calf do they need? They don't come into the yards very often so I'm thinking a little more than average...

Have been castrating at birth last few years and this year decided to do them all at once at around 4-6 weeks age. They've just finished calving and am keen to get them done before grain harvest (or else leave them till January). Only trouble is its just me and my brother and im not sure we can...

3-4month old calves seem to be eating a lot of hay. They're still drinking from mum adequately I think, but starting to look a bit full in the gut of hay. Can this be an issue. Undeveloped rumen? Or nothing to worry about.