Ian Ratcliffe

Dairy farming with my wife and son milking 350 autumn calving cows in north Devon near Bideford. Mad about cows,grass,sport and beers with friends

[Ian Ratcliffe @ratta7uk]

Nice to have a weekend off to enjoy time with our new son Freddie,born yesterday weighing 9lbs 12 #whatawhopper

[Ian Ratcliffe @ratta7uk]

@fordcows @RansonNick @pull_the_udder1 we may have to buy because of tb,but every1 wants august calvers because of A litres we find

[Ian Ratcliffe @ratta7uk]

@HefinR yeah definitely merit in the right system,just need to use the best bulls of each breed

[Ian Ratcliffe @ratta7uk]

No baby over night so at least we can get tb testing out the way before its arrival

[Ian Ratcliffe @ratta7uk]

Big fan of our swedish red x heifers,will make cracking cows,these are incalf to a milky fresian #longlifecows

[Ian Ratcliffe @ratta7uk]

@cvfarming nope clinging on until mid way through tb testing tomorrow me thinks!

[Ian Ratcliffe @ratta7uk]

@cvfarming @neilquinlan show off rob, some would call that geeky 😂

[Ian Ratcliffe @ratta7uk]

2nd baby due any day, tb testing tomorrow could really do with it not happening in the next 24hrs,#legscrossedcath

[George Ramsbottom @teagascgrams]

Found this in the archives today 2009 Adrian vanBysterveldt Poaching Damage

[Weston AgrDiscussion @WestonAgriDisc]

Next meeting is our members night at Betley Village Hall.

[Ian Ratcliffe @ratta7uk]

It still amazes me what people send in as a CV for a job,the best ones are from foreign applicants that have had careers training

[Ian Ratcliffe @ratta7uk]

We have had a gd drop of rain but the wind has dried the job out well,fertiliser and slurry washed in and a dry 10 days ahead #letsgograzing

[BBC Weather @bbcweather]

Crying out for some #spring sunshine? Here's some optimism for you... https://t.co/tA13Pq5Vuw Jo

[Ian Ratcliffe @ratta7uk]

So calm outside at the mo,just got all the grazers in to prevent a royal mess,it's going to get wet and wild! #sotheweathermansays

[Ian Ratcliffe @ratta7uk]

@philasbury @Blakedairy @SamuelDown we have tried on off a little this year and found it worked well,not as much disruption as we thought

[Ian Ratcliffe @ratta7uk]

@Blakedairy @SamuelDown @philasbury we have done worse on one paddock,yeah tricky conditions,slow regrowth aswell but it's coming

[Ian Ratcliffe @ratta7uk]

@SamuelDown @philasbury yeah not massively concerned, apart from its right outside the farm visible from the road 🙈🙈#schoolboyerror

[Ian Ratcliffe @ratta7uk]

The damage to the feed on the left was 75% the weather man's fault 25% our fault,a few showers turned into a monsoon

[Ian Ratcliffe @ratta7uk]

@hughwarmisham - slow,mud on road,thanks
Must have been too offensive

[Ian Ratcliffe @ratta7uk]

@DairyWifeHailey @JRfromStrickley probably,they even sprayed out the sign that warns them about the mud and says thanks! #morons