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EXCLUDING heifers with smaller pelvic sizes prior to breeding can help avoid traumatic deliveries, increased vet costs and, in severe cases, cow and/or calf mortality, as well as the often-hidden interruption to cow fertility. This can all ultimately improve the productivity and profitability of beef farms. Difficult calvings bring layers of economic loss for beef farmers and genetics play an important part in calving ease. Pelvic size in cattle is a highly heritable trait and selecting heifers that have a larger pelvic area can rapidly reduce calving problems and the associated costs by ...

by Robert Ramsay Regenerative agriculture is the new buzz-phrase in farming circles. Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up The most recent buzz-phrase to grip the rural chattering classes – particularly those of us who like to make a loud noise in the farming glossies or social media – is “regenerative agriculture”. Like many trends, this nomenclature seems to have a polarising effect; not in terms of the wro...

Topsham Police Beat: Jan. 19-24 Share Arrests 1/23 at 5:45 p.m. Johnny Staples, 56, of Burrough Road, Bowdoin, was arrested on Winner’s Circle by Sgt. Robert Ramsay on a warrant. Summonses Fire calls 1/22 at 11:03 a.m. Assist Lisbon. 1/23 at 5:35 p.m. Assist Lisbon. 1/24 at 11:58 a.m. Smoke investigation on Augusta Road. EMS

Weather conditions in recent years have tended to become hotter and wetter, or hotter with drought, producing variable grazing conditions around the UK.

Farmers trial solutions to commonly breached pollution rules 17 December 2020 | Unchecked livestock access to watercourses can lead to a breach of regulations and financial penalties Alternative watering systems, including solar-powered water troughs, have been trialled by livestock farmers as a way of complying with diffuse pollution regulation. Scottish farmers are developing four cost-effective, practical solutions to the most commonly breached diffuse pollution regulation - General Binding Rule 19. Autumn and early winter are important times for managing diffuse pollution - as rainfall i...