Sheep & beef advisor, grassland enthusiast, cricket & rugby (union of course) fan, father of two, dog walker, lawn cutter
Thornhill, Dumfries & Galloway
Joined May 2013
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Well attended on farm event hosted by @thistleyhaugh and organized by @RhidianJones2 Lots of good discussion on all things grazing and cattle.
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Follow this week to see updates from family run @Alnhamfarming our NE Monitor Farm. They’ve implemented so much positive change & driven profitability whilst building a subsidy resilient business with the support of their steering group & consultants, @ColdrochieEG @RhidianJones2
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What is the sweet spot between forage, feed & fertility❓
Get involved in this interactive workshop with RJ Livestock Systems Ltd, take part in a farm walk looking at improvements made & discuss fertility in the context of a grazing system.
Book now 👉 ow.ly/uAOn50RhcOz
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In my lifetime we have seen atmospheric carbon rise by 50%
We have also seen:
World population ⬆️76%
Cars on the road ⬆️225%
Air passengers ⬆️575%
Oh, and let’s not forget…
worldwide cattle ⬇️ 5%
Let’s act on on the true cause and not what the money “tells” us to do.
#COP26
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Great to see one of our Monitor Farms, @Alnhamfarming, feature in @FarmersWeekly. Hear about the changes they have made to their system & how those have resulted in cost savings in the links below.
Consultants @ColdrochieEG & @RhidianJones2 have been a great help to the team!
🐄 Trial and error are paying off for a Northumberland mixed farm that has transitioned to outwintering its suckler herd over the past three winters.
READ MORE: fwi.co.uk/livestock/grasslan…
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Well done all @Alnhamfarming for being brave enough to give this a go. This is exactly what a monitor farm should be about, trying and monitoring new ways on the coal face and being open and honest about the results. Keep up the good work 👍
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Great meeting at home last week with the Fold Farm Vets Beef discussion group. The rain held off enough for @RhidianJones2 to lead the group through chats about forage, grass and wintering options. – at North East, England
Excellent progress made over the last two winters at the Northumberland monitor farm at Alnham. This winter will see the roll out of even more cost saving options for wintering beef cows both on the hill and using bale grazing
Monitor Farmer @Alnhamfarming are already preparing for winter. Aim to keep cows outside until March.
✔️Nov - 68ha deferred hill grazing (video taken in June).
✔️Jan - 33ha bale grazing
✔️Leanest cows & heifers bale graze near farm
Outwintering info ow.ly/QT5l50PBmw7
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This week we are excited to introduce you to some of the farmers participating in the @IFarmers Bale Grazing field lab study coordinated by @PastureForLife and @howemill.
🗣Listen in to hear more about the research and the analysis being carried out.
#BaleGrazing #outwintering
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Bizy meeting yesterday with some great speakers shame about the weather🌧️ but we managed to get everything undercover thanks @SAC_Poppy @RhidianJones2 @farmvetali and aldo water solution for some great discussions @monitorfarms @qmscotland
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Come along to Barnbackle at 3pm on Tuesday 18th for the summer open meeting. Lots to discuss!
🐑Poppy Frater SAC
🌱Rhidian Jones RJ Livestock Systems
🐮Bruce Haggerty Stewartry Veterinary Centre
💧Peter Thorpe Ardo water solutions
Sign up here: summeropenmeetingdumfriesshi…
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Don’t miss next @AHDB_BeefLamb monitor farm meeting @Alnhamfarming Tues 20th Jun. We’ll be chatting through how to set up lambs to finish as quickly as possible from pasture - nutrition, minerals & parasites - with @RhidianJones2 and Joe Henry @BSFHealth ahdb.org.uk/events/northumbe…
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1️⃣ week to go until our North East B&L Monitor Farm meeting
Register here 👉 ahdb.org.uk/events/northumbe…
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🐑Finishing lambs off grass & forage? @Alnhamfarming will discuss this at their meeting on 20th June with @ColdrochieEG @RhidianJones2.
👇Ewes & lambs are currently grazing GS4 in a leader-follower system with cows tidying up afterwards.
🖱️ow.ly/f2o350OLOpT
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Our Bale unrollers now come with an options list. Road lighting kit and mudguards.
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Cows and calving finishing the bale grazing this weekend. Hay for a few days having finished the silage - and wastage has risen. Which I didn’t expect. Maybe DM allocation is too high now. Not worried but v interesting. Lessons form our first go at bale grazing;
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FAS famous 😊
Are you interested in Virtual Fencing and to hear how it is being used? Then check out this case study that explains how David Whiteford of Maxwelston Farm, South Ayrshire has used virtual fencing to improve his business.
fas.scot/news/virtual-fencin…
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"Grazed grass grows grass" - a theme at @alnhamfarming who are rotationally grazing 180 ewes pre-lambing. This will stimulate grass growth whilst also reducing hard feed costs. Before giving it a go make sure average farm cover is at least 1700kgDM 👍