Beef and Sheep Farmer Near Moffat. Trying to do more from grass.
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Joined January 2010
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Taking the chance before some rain hopefully tomorrow to direct drill new grass into this grazed paddock. @GrasscheckGB @ValtraGlobal @GrassSc
Listening to a digital farm walk while building fences @agriwebb well done been a great grass geeks day #DigitalFarmWalk
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The many changes made by the Marchant family over the three-year Monitor Farm programme at Clonhie will be the focus of the final Nithsdale Monitor Farm meeting on Thursday 27th February. For more information and to book your place -> bit.ly/39kDlq3 #monitorfarm
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Well done to 3 farms announced as finalists in the @AgriScot Beef Farm of the Year Award - Scholland Farm, run by Jamie Leslie; Firth Farm, Melrose run by the Livesey family & Kingan Farms, New Abbey run by the Kingan family.
qmscotland.co.uk/news/agrisc…
#meatwithintegrity
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Thank you all so much for the many messages we've received! We are very privileged to have got the chance to establish a farm business and to get a bit of recognition like this gives us a real boost and confidence to keep pushing on! #skysthelimit #BFA19 @FarmingAwards @MF_EAME
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A big Crown Estate Scotland welcome to the Jardines, a #newentrant farming family who have just secured a 10 year lease #farming #dumfries #galloway crownestatescotland.com/medi…
Weaned twins tonight and sorted Lambs for store sale tomorrow at Castle Douglas, really happy with performance on all grass from tupping to weaning 288g/day. @walletsmarts @InnovisLtd #grazing
Cows enjoying a fresh bite. This field was last grazed by lambing ewes on 4th of may and cover back to 3076kgdm/ha it grew 104kg/day last week. @GrasscheckGB @SalersCattle @BritCharolais
Alisdair Davidson retweeted
This weeks GrassCheckGB bulletin - Now with added weather data! Low temps last week have reduced av. GB growth rates by 9.5kg DM/ha/d. Air temps are now improving, but low soil moistures in SE areas and on drier farms are impacting on growth. See grasscheckgb.co.uk/bulletins… for more
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Wk2 @GrassCheckGB bulletin: Growth rates stall slightly with cooler temp & low sunlight. Rates should rise next wk with return of good weather. Higher av. farm covers for #dairy driving higher growth rates vs #beef #sheep Full report: ow.ly/WGoe30oo9Xg #GCGB
Call it lazy if you want, but it saves so much time. @RappaFencing @qmscotland @MilwaukeeTool #worksmarter
Single Bearing ewes tidying up grass on wetter old grass. @GrasscheckGB @qmscotland @RappaFencing #allgrasswintering
Twin Bearing ewes on the move. 3-4 day shifts round silage fields pre-lambing. @GrasscheckGB @qmscotland @RappaFencing
Alisdair Davidson retweeted
Brilliant to publish our first results! Check in here each week during the growing season to access the most recent data to help plan pasture management.
Excited to post 1st @GrasscheckGB bulletin! New #GB grass monitoring initiative with 50 GB #dairy #beef #sheep farms. Weekly growth & quality data published throughout growing season. Good start with >av. growth rates recorded on many farms. Full info: ow.ly/rKpQ30okfz1
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Nine beef and sheep farms in Scotland have been selected as pilot farms in @GrasscheckGB – a new initiative to help all farmers across Great Britain improve grassland productivity and pasture utilisation. bit.ly/2Xd7XVy
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Excited to kick-start GrasscheckGB. Great week spent with the participant farmers and finders talking all things grass #onfarmresearch #grassisgreat
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What opportunities are out there for farmers wanting to develop their businesses? Free Nithsdale @monitorfarm meeting on 7 Feb will analyse performance of Clonhie over the last year and look at joint ventures options and importance of enterprise balance. bit.ly/2DIZz8c
