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
@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.
@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.
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
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...
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! 👍🐑 🌳 🐄 🐦 🌺 💩 🪲
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
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. 🌞🌞🌞