Winter feeding

Once the silage pit is open, it is important to keep the clamp face clean to prevent high levels of waste forage accumulating.

Housing is a good time to weigh cattle, as the information gained can be used for multiple herd management decisions over winter.

Having the loader tractor and telehandler serviced as winter feeding gets under way is good practice on livestock farms.

Adam Woods has all the details of a suckler marts roadshow taking place around the country over the next few weeks

Milking 400 cows and finishing over 200 cattle, Andy and Jerry Darmody rely heavily on the use of a diet feeder all year round, Gary Abbott reports.

Alongside its wide-spanning portfolio of trailers and implements, Redrock Machinery will also exhibit the recently acquired Ktwo brand for the first time at the Ploughing Championships.

With straw supplies set to be tight this year, Martin Merrick calculates how much straw you will likely require and how best to save on straw usage.