Stuart Mitchell

Young Scottish farmer living the dream!! Organic Cattle, Deer and Arable farmer. Mob and bale grazing, Low input system that works for family, animal & farm

[Stuart Mitchell @WhitriggsStuart]

@cvfarming @RandJOglesby Its not for catching calfs. Idea is to keep everything calm. You drive to young calf, catch it with a crook and pull it in. When in your safe. Trailer has a box for carrying calf if need be.

[Stuart Mitchell @WhitriggsStuart]

How its done at @RandJOglesby

Calving while bale grazing and them moving them onto new grass with our "Whitriggs calf bunker" trailer

[Stuart Mitchell @WhitriggsStuart]

@Farmer_Tom_UK Switch the doom and gloom off, switch off social media. You cant blame anyone else for the position your in. We all live 1 life. Yes the gov is ridiculous but build your life not to be at the mercy of them.

[Stuart Mitchell @WhitriggsStuart]

@dea_farm Hi, sorry we currently don't ship to Ireland.

[Stuart Mitchell @WhitriggsStuart]

99 cows and calves chomping away quite happy. Daily moves of
0.75 ha. Nothing other than grass.

[Chapelton Farm @beefshorthorn]

It’s that’s time again. James R out with the bale unwinder offering some hay to our AA cows to slow the very wet lush autumn grass in thier rumens. We see ☀️ here but it feels very autumnal.
@WhitriggsStuart

[Pasture For Life @PastureForLife]

From Problem to Product, The Whitriggs Bale Unroller

Outwintering cattle raised a new challenge, how to feed them without wrecking the ground or using a tractor.

Stuart Mitchell came up with a simple, effective solution, he designed and built a bale unroller that...

[Lizzie Hulton-Harrop @LizzieHarrop]

We bought a bale unroller from @WhitriggsStuart last winter and it's been brilliant! Definitely got us out of a few tricky situations in the snow 👌

[Philip Skuce @philip_skuce]

Fab day with our @SEFARIscot Environmentally-sustainable Livestock Farming (ELF) Working Group @MoredunComms today, including a trip out to our institute farm at Firth Mains, lots of great discussion and ideas for future research! Thanks to all concerned! 👍🐑 🌳 🐄 🐦 🌺 💩 🪲

[Stuart Mitchell @WhitriggsStuart]

Wool on the new hedge doing well fighting off the drought and now the weeds

[Stuart Mitchell @WhitriggsStuart]

@EdinvaleFarm What are you trying to achieve with the collars over electric fencing?

[Stuart Mitchell @WhitriggsStuart]

Well that's the quickest I've jumped out my bed for a while #run #iykyk

[Stuart Mitchell @WhitriggsStuart]

Could get used to this weather for calving time. 3 weeks in today and just clocked 80% calved. Just another 3 weeks to go. Cows bunching up into their mob for ☀️ @ScottishOrganic @PastureForLife

[Stuart Mitchell @WhitriggsStuart]

What glorious weather!! 🌞🌞🌞

[Stuart Mitchell @WhitriggsStuart]

@EdinvaleFarm Do you think with a lack of grass at that time you get much extra growth being early to worry about finishing dates?

[Stuart Mitchell @WhitriggsStuart]

@EdinvaleFarm Is your plan to keep moving forwards until your calving when grass is growing quicker?

[Stuart Mitchell @WhitriggsStuart]

Some year for frog spawn! It's everywhere

[Stuart Mitchell @WhitriggsStuart]

That great time of year again!!

[Stuart Mitchell @WhitriggsStuart]

What a glprious week it is for doing some drainage and installing an extra water tank. Awesome place we live. The spring sun fairly lifts the mood. 🌞🌞🌞