The new year has started with a few lambings as the pedigree flocks get underway. Most of the routine work has now been tidied up with just a few herds remaining for routine Johne's testing. [...]

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. [...]

As the grazing season is upon us and lambs are starting to meet most of their nutritional needs from grass rather than the ewe’s milk, we thought it would be timely to share some advice [...]

April has seen us busier than usual with C-sections, calvings and the usual seasonal problems. The number of caesars are up significantly on 2023; one theory is that due to the wet back-end of 2023 [...]

At the time of writing the sun seems to be shining for once, though it appears to not be for long with yet more rain in the forecast ahead. The chronic rain is having an [...]