Cuckoo flower just starting to flower up here in Aberdeenshire 🤩

#wildflowerhour

Thank you Farmers Weekly for the talking point article #inclusivity

Our first calf of 2024 has arrived 🎉🎉

One of our Fordel Angus cows has had a wee bull calf by our fully native bull Dunlouise Captain Blake.

Lovely wee chonk of a thing, full belly and soundly sleeping when I arrived at the field…

“As little as possible but as much as necessary”

FEC is a relatively cheap and very easy diagnostic tool for livestock exhibiting poor growth, weight loss, poor condition.

A pheasant nest I’ve been keeping an eye on for the last ten days got raided this morning 😔

A few minutes later I spotted the culprit!

Want to know what the presence of bats tells you about your farm’s biodiversity? Come along to Culzean Castle on Thurs 2nd May to join Ayrshire & Arran bat group & SAC Consulting & learn how to identify bats & why they are important for your farm. fas.scot/events/event/b… Bat Conservation Trust

SUMMER COVER CROPS
Where do they fit and how can you make them a success? ☀️🌾A thread 👇

Lovely evening for a pootle about with a pony or two 🐴🦄

It’s dry and the sun’s out 🎉🎉

A few of our cows and heifers bagging up (their udders are getting filled with milk) ready for calving soon! 🐮

The Royal Agricultural Society of England Farms with 30-45 paddocks, higher stocking density, and frequent herd moves (every 1-3 days) achieve the best results.

Regenerative Agriculture Seminar
Richard Teague, PhD
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Martha Hayes AHDB AHDB Beef & Lamb National Farmers' Union

Delighted to feature on Growing Solo 🐄🍷🧀🇬🇧🍇’s excellent Growing Solo series on BBC Radio 4 today talking about better beef 🥩

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These absolute monkeys had been adventuring….

Slow and steady low stress handling to get them back to where there are meant to be, grazing deer lawns for Highlands Rewilding

We are thrilled and honoured to have exceeded our fund raising target in this year's Big Give campaign. The support you have shown us in donations and sharing our campaign has been incredible and we are very grateful to you all. 🙏

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Now Pasture For Life have smashed their fundraising target I can put some time into encouraging donations to other excellent causes!!

If you have a few pounds rattling around and want to contribute to better food systems then this is where to go 👇👇

If you're like me & busy lambing & calving at the moment, here's a 5 minute video to accompany my Nuffield Farming report.
My video editing skills & internet speed are the reason it's taken so long 🙈
#FatFemales
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Offal mince for dog food being prepped - look closely and you’ll notice the pointer and the spaniel are planning a doubled up offensive to trip up Mr Y and steal the mince!! 🥩

#TheWeeMob waiting to move 🌱

There are times we could all use a helping hand. Here's one for arable farms: How to gain easy entry to beef finishing for regenerative and financial benefits

The best neighbours and beef customers are the ones who are also on curlew patrol!!

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