News & Advice

The past month has seen us still busy with the routine work of preg scanning, Johne's blood sampling and TB testing. In recent weeks we've seen a wee spike of calvings and caesars; as a [...]

October has continued to be remarkably mild, and whilst most welcome in extending the grazing period, it does come with the hazards of a prolonged parasite season and greater respiratory disease risk for animals already [...]

The continued wet weather has seen a recent late flush of grass for many, as such we've been out to treat a a number of downer cows with staggers or milk fever. Ensure at-risk cows [...]

July has largely been a quiet one for us on the farm front but with a few cows bridging the gap between spring and autumn calving keeping us on our toes... This has been a [...]

June and early July have been seasonally quiet for us with the majority of any routine work now completed and stock healthy at grass. Grass growth seems to have been very variable across the area [...]

May has seen an amazing, if late, flush of grass with silage coming early for many. Coccidiosis outbreaks, classically characterised by scouring calves aged 4-8 weeks have been to the fore as have bull problems. [...]