Another day in the glorious Coquet Valley. Team Black or Team Riggit? Galloway Cattle Society Riggit Galloway Cattle Society
About 4x average October rainfall on this farm, and still raining… as you were ☔️
Haven’t seen the final NZ vlogs yet? Head over to YT and have a look 😁
Timelapse x Rotary sheds 😍
Planting trees will not save the planet
The ‘Farming bad, trees good’ philosophy is faulty.
No doubt there is room for more trees in Britain - but the right trees, in the right place, and without displacing other human activities with economic, ecological and cultural significance.
When political parties or corporations pledge to plant X million trees, consider whether it is more likely because:
(i) It is the ecologically sound thing to do; or
(ii) It provides a neat soundbite for Question Time.
Seeing productive farms destocked and planted, often in monocultures, does make my head spin. How many years will it be before land owners are paid to pull the trees back out again? And in the meantime how many farmland species will be predated to extinction? How many farming families, institutions and cultures will be extinguished?
Decide for yourself!
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I couldn’t find this video to share on Facebook so here is a screen recording lifted from Twitter BBC Ros Atkins
The Sheep Game Rural2Kitchen National Sheep Association Suckler Beef Producers Association National Beef Association Gareth Wyn Jones Bainbridge Farms
LOVE LAMB WEEK 2021
LOVE LAMB WEEK 2021
Have you got two and a half minutes?
I may be preaching to the choir but sometimes it's good to reaffirm why we do what we do.
Love Lamb Week runs 1st - 7th September, and is now in its 6th year.
AHDB Beef and Lamb Love Lamb Week The Sheep Game Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) Acklington Mart Hexham and Northern Marts Harrison & Hetherington Cotswold Seeds Gareth Wyn Jones Bainbridge Farms BellionTexels Cartington Farm Wester Campsie Farm National Sheep Association Innovis Breeding Sheep
‘Spot’ the pet lamb we treated in the ‘Entropion in Lambs’ video, now with new mother and looking a lot better!
If you haven’t caught the mid-week vlog then go and take a look. I go back to the lambing shed I learned how to lamb sheep in. Spoiler: I’ve still got plenty to learn...
A technical is on its way for lunchtime as well so keep your eyes peeled for that.
