John Evans

Mixed farmer in the mountains of Fife

[John Evans @RaemoreFarm]

@RomanyHerefords I’m doing this currently with spring calvers.

[John Evans @RaemoreFarm]

@DouglasChristi9 What next? Wheat? 🤣

[John Evans @RaemoreFarm]

@brucemcconachie Was up that way a few weeks ago and walked past it. Looked great and good value with the Sunday rate. Will definitely play on my next trip north. Have you played Covesea links? I thought it was excellent.

[John Evans @RaemoreFarm]

Simmental bull for sale. Finished his duties but still has plenty in the tank. 6 years old, easy calving and breeding well. Moving him on as too many of his daughters now in the herd.

[John Evans @RaemoreFarm]

@vaderbogger A kuhn machine by any chance?

[John Evans @RaemoreFarm]

@brucemcconachie Correct we are attempting to play 100 holes of golf across 6 different courses on 21st June for Macmillan cancer support.

[Bruce McConachie @brucemcconachie]

My friend John and his mates are doing something daft for very good cause. Give them some money:

https://t.co/z5WVhHlpN8

[John Evans @RaemoreFarm]

@bankhousefarm01 Would we take an awful March early April if we knew things were going to grow like this in late April / may? 🤔 some difference to the countryside in 4 weeks!

[John Evans @RaemoreFarm]

@DouglasChristi9 @BalbirnieFarm @howemill Incremental changes I suppose. But then a shift may also help tighten up the calving. It’s been quick for me this year so calving interval still about 365 days. Although the last few stragglers will alter that a bit.

[John Evans @RaemoreFarm]

@BalbirnieFarm @DouglasChristi9 @howemill 4-5 inches of snow here yesterday up at the ewes. It didn’t melt very quickly either. Lambing still about a week away. Shifted calving date by 2 weeks this year to 10/3 but could go later if this is what we get. No cattle out yet….

[John Evans @RaemoreFarm]

@DuncanMillerr @howemill @ThrimbyFarms Looks good! Planning something similar, shifting some bales to next door for bale grazing. Slightly concerned about vermin for the main stack.

[John Evans @RaemoreFarm]

@ClynelishFarm @beefshorthorn This happened to me two weeks ago, cow lost both her twins and is rearing a spare. Passports already here and as you say no way to record loss (except possibly the collection of dead calves)

[John Evans @RaemoreFarm]

@Merry_Meredith Interesting to see how they deal with an intentional shift in calving date.

[John Evans @RaemoreFarm]

@WhitriggsStuart Makes sense vaccinating at this stage although I was under the impression they are ideally vaccinated empty so post calving. Have you found any down sides of doing them before?

[John Evans @RaemoreFarm]

@RomanyHerefords Thanks. Yes I’ve had success with a low rate of brassicas through it however this years field was in forage crop a couple of years back so left them out. Generally undersow with a low rate an Italian rye grass for an early bite.

[John Evans @RaemoreFarm]

@CammockSalers @bankhousefarm01 @EdinvaleFarm I know the big red portequip cow isn’t very popular on Twitter but it has kept calves right this autumn for me. Heifer calves weaned and housed last week in big form. They will now be fed a modest ration until turnout on 1st March.

[John Evans @RaemoreFarm]

@DavidAglen @EdinvaleFarm David has drunk so much regen ‘kool -aid’ he no longer thinks drains are required

[John Evans @RaemoreFarm]

@DouglasChristi9 Looks like we’ve switched positions. Terrible go last year for me but much improved this spring. Finished in April for the first time. Great thing about farming is that you get to try again next year.

[John Evans @RaemoreFarm]

@stuartajamieson @duncanmor @ClynelishFarm @StuartGrant2 @FearnFarm @EdinvaleFarm Got to be a tine drill to give the clover a chance. I do the same, undersown barley then add clover with Simtech after harvest.