Drystock

A variety of enterprises are looking to recruit full time staff including a pig farm, a dairy farm, a drystock farm and an accountant manager with experience in the veterinary or agricultural sector.

Stock numbers and farmed area dropped across beef, sheep and suckler farms in the 10 years since 2013.

Grace Hoare interviewed farmers about their outlook on the future of drystock farming and discussed any concerns they have regarding the industry.

Jack Nolan called on farmers to assess their margins with the averages on organic farms when considering conversion.

The ICSA claimed the increase in payments were justified given the significant farm management changes which are being sought to meet heightened climate, biodiversity, and water quality targets.

In this week's Beef Management, Adam Woods takes a look at the anomalies in the beef welfare scheme, reseeding on drystock farms and buying barley off the combine.

The target for feed on hand after first-cut is 70% for dairy farms and 77% for drystock farms.

The whole-of-sector approach taken by dairy to save the derogation has dominated headlines for months. But has no equivalent emerged for drystock incomes, the Dealer wonders.