Livestock Features

LiveScot 2023

Who will lift this year's trophy?

Scottish National Fat Stock Club's two-day event at Lanark Auction Market

Best way to introduce and finish lambs on cereals

United Auctions' auctioneer Raymond Kennedy will be in the box at this month's sales

Stirling October Bull Sales draws big entry from seven breeds

Gregor Ingram runs 4000 ewes with his family at Logie Durno

Ingram family, Logie Durno progress from selling 50 tups a year to 1000 plus

Donald Henderson from Caithness has noticed a huge difference since he started AIing his suckler cow herd

Donald Henderson boosts genetic gain with AI and synchronised breeding

First cut silage will be underway in many areas and those looking to a second cut will have to consider what nutrients will need replenishing

Top tips on making the best quality second cut silage

Staggers can be a problem in beef cows going out fresh to young pastures

Beware of staggers on beef, sheep and dairy farms

Karen Stewart Ref:RH161121068 Rob Haining / The Scottish Farmer

Karen Stewart Nutrition planning critical for late summer and autumn calvers

Sandy Hunter reckons using a quality ewe roll has paid off for his sheep flock at Wedderburn

The Hunter Family Going for quality feed pays off raising the hardy sheep in Glens of Foudland

Poultry farms are being urged to reduce phosphate levels in laying units

Poultry nutrition: Wynnstay alters layer diets to reduce phosphate excretion

Callum Harvey technical manager at Agrimin

A new easy solution from Agrimin to tackle the 'hidden' vitamin E crisis in cattle

Rising feed prices now account for over 80% of costs on pig units

Helping to counter rising feed prices which are 80% of costs on pig units

New rules on calf rearing will mean more interaction between calves in the long run, says Canadian authorities

Chris McCulloch New much stricter welfare regulations just unleashed on Canadian dairy farms

Richard Bowdler is trying new ways of countering ketosis in his dairy herd

Dairy diets: Meeting highlights making transition easier with the right nutrition

Farmers are being warned against feeding spoiled silage to cattle at the tail end of winter

Warning against feeding spoiled silage to cattle

Minerals can be fed at grass in a number of ways

What are your plans for feeding minerals to cattle at grass?

Liver fluke study delivers win-wins for animal and environmental health

Rules for spreading slurry are changing

What farmers need to know with the rule changes for applying slurry

The Kiwi girls will explore more of Scotland and Europe once they finish lambing

Libby Dawson Dramatic start to Kiwi Libby’s journey to her Scottish lambing adventure

Farmers need to assess grassland and repair damaged soils for first cut silage

James Baird(center) with sons Jim(Left) and Alan Ref:RH030323098 Rob Haining / The Scottish Farmer...

James P Baird Livestock haulage: Local customers remain at the forefront for James P Baird

Andy Nelson has been able to graze all his sheep on farmer, rather than send some for wintering because of a focus on improving grassland on his farm

Andy Nelson's top tips Andy Nelson's top tips for establishing and getting grass leys off to a best start

The DLG records different measured values during the tests. Using different calculation models, farms can then calculate their consumption levels

ROBOT MILKING DLG testing proves GEA DairyRobot R9500's efficiency levels and water use

The latest De Laval VMS system will be produced in higher number following a revamp of its production facilities

Robot milking DeLaval invests in its manufacturing facility for VMS-300 series

Producing good grazing mixes has been DLF's aim for more than 150 years

DLF Seeds Scotland Using modern grass mixtures for Scottish soils and help reduce greenhouse gases

The new sheep handling system, Forklift Porta-Yards, are easily transported around and between farms

Sheep handling Landquip NZ race system fits on forklift tines and now in the UK

A fencing contractor has helped produce a new safety video warning of the consequences of not doing a proper search of whether pipelines might be lurking under your field of work

Safety first for fencing contractor after setting off underground explosion

New president of the Aberdeen-Angus Cattle Society, Finlay Munro of the Balaldie herd

Finlay Munro takes on new position as president of Aberdeen-Angus Society

Rebecca Duncan explains the cattle system at Lands of Drumhead

The Duncan Family Strong family base and focus on future will drive Stirlingshire Monitor Farm

Semex UK and Datamaars have formed a new partnership with the result being the latter will be running the breeding company's successful ai24 programme

Semex's ai24® New partnership with Semex and Datamaars Livestock

Professor Phil Garnsworthy told delegates improved fertility and calving at 24months reduces costs of production and methane emissions

Improved fertility boosts efficiency and margins

Lower methane emitters

Methane emissions from beef cattle can be reduced by 7% per year

Harbro's Caitlin Palmer Rising to the challenge of making the most of 2022's silage

New born lambs are reliant on sufficient amounts of good quality colostrum as early as possible

Do you know the best way to improve lifetime performance at lambing time?

Winner of the Royal Dairy Innovation Award will be announced at Dairy Tech on February 1

Royal Dairy Innovation Award finalists from HerdVision, UFAC and SmaXtec

Use of a bedding sanitiser can help reduce mastitis levels in dairy cattle

Feature Actisan 360 helps reduce bacteria that can cause mastitis infections in dairy cattle

Smaxtec app is able to accurately record the amount of water an individual cow drinks

Feature SmaXtec TruDrinking accurately records a cow’s water intake and helps improve health

Two new models are available - the Q Catch 748

Feature Arrowquip adds another two models to its Q-Catch mobile cattle handling range

Rising feed prices account for more than 80% of all costs on pig units

Feature Pig producers can reduce feed costs by working with nutritionists

Healthy hedgerows have a place to play in bio-diversity on farm, as well as being useful stock barriers and shelter (Pic credit: PTES)

Field boundary advice Taking simple steps to create flourishing hedgerows on your farm

Hydor's forced ventilation system at Cats Hill Farm has helped maintain calf health

Livestock Forced air ventilation system proves its worth in maintaining health in calf shed

James and Angela MacLean, with some of the trees planted at their site

Livestock Purely Organic: A brand now certified as fully carbon neutral by The Carbon Trust

Ben Strugnell at the livestock health meeting in Penrith

Livestock Penrith Mart meeting focusses on animal health topics

Some simple steps can be undertaken to up biosecurity for poultry units in the fight again avian flu

Simple steps to help stop the spread of avian influenza – BASF hygiene expert

Owen Daley from Best of Breed Livestock, says the collaboration between breeding company, VikingGenetics UK (VGUK Ltd) will simplify the import of animals from the Viking countries

VikingGenetics UK links with Best of Breed Livestock for easier importations

Abristhor had on display its simple livestock housing solutions

Chris McCulloch Huge EuroTier show in Hanover highlights the future trends for farm buildings

Champion lambs from the Moirs topped the trade at £420

Aberdeen & Northern Aberdeen Christmas Classic gears up for two big days

Michael Carpenter says the product can greatly reduce dust in very dry cereals when they go through the bruiser

Livestock Technique to cut dust when rolling this summer’s dry grain for livestock feed

Matt Colston says sheep farmers should vary their worming strategy to get best effect and reduce resistance

Livestock Sheep farmers are being urged to use a newer wormer active this autumn

Warning of palatability and digestibility issues in second cut silages

Livestock Silage quality warning from second cuts results

Dr Nicole Baldry says now is the time to put control measures in place against respiritory diseases

Feature Top tips on how to reduce risk of respiratory diseases pre housing

Feature Calves need milk feeding twice a day – legal requirement for 28 days

For long lasting, full fleece protection, the IGR’s should be applied using a calibrated gun with fan nozzle in a band approximately 10cm wide (the 4 stroke method)

How best to treat for increased risk of blowfly this autumn

A HerdVision camera sited above the race can assess cows after every milking, with alerts sent to a mobile phone notifying when the mobility of an individual animal begins to decline

Feature Lameness can cost £200 per cow – time to rethink mobility scoring