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How a dedicated isolation unit helped a calf-rearing business

How a dedicated isolation unit helped a calf-rearing business >More in Setting up a dedicated TB isolation unit and selling weaned calves has allowed Farmers Weekly Young Farmer of the Year Bertie Newman to increase output on his 607ha (1,499-acre) organic farm in Dorset. Mr Newman, 25, set up a dairy-beef calf-rearing facility in autumn 2019 by converting an existing shed on rented ground and sourcing dairy-beef calves from TB-restricted holdings. “We are organic, and part of being successful in that is having lots of hectares,” he says. “But that has its limitations. I got to a point where I realised there were only so many suckler calves I could keep, so I started thinking about how I could produce more beef from a smaller number of hectares.

How a Northern Irish suckler farmer is reducing costs

How a Northern Irish suckler farmer is reducing costs >More in Sam Chesney © Steffan Hill Sky-high farm input prices and rising rents have prompted Sam Chesney to re-evaluate his business and take a slight change in tack, in an attempt to improve suckler-cow margins. This spring, he is introducing Stabiliser genetics into his continental beef herd to reduce feed costs and improve fat cover of finished progeny. He is also planting a further 8ha (20 acres) of herbal leys following a successful European Innovation Partnership (EIP) project, during which he grew 2.5ha (6 acres) of the mixed swards for 40 heifers he is finishing on contract for Blade Farming.

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How award-winning pig farmer tapped into China export market

How award-winning pig farmer tapped into China export market >More in Loading a crate of pigs on to the freight aircraft at Stansted © Charlie Thompson Since 2018 China has lost half of its pigs to African swine fever, equating to about 30% of the global population. Although the viral disease continues, the country is trying to rebuild its herd with the help of imports of top genetic breeding stock.  Up until last year, there had been very few breeding pigs exported from the UK to China in the past 15 years.  However, China has allowed imports of live animals from the UK as well as Canada, Denmark, France and the US. 

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