⭐️ BALMORAL SHOW 2024 🙌🏼

It was a fantastic couple of days for FG livestock reporter Katie Fallon and photographer Marcello Garbagnoli at Balmoral Show 2024.

Get all the show reports ⬇️
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#BalmoralShow #showtime

Q&A with the new Ruminant Health and Welfare chair, Gwyn Jones, on his outlook on the future of the ruminant industry ⬇️

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Farmers Guardian is proud to partner with the DIY AGM to produce a first-of-its-kind conference for its Young Farmers #youngfarmers #nextgeneration #DIYAGM #YFCAGM

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Vet, Rob Hall, of LLM Farm Vets Farm Vets, takes a look at the signs and symptoms of Schmallenburg within dairy herds amid a UK outbreak and encourages dairy farmers to keep an eye out for difficult calvings this year.
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#animalhealth #teamdairy #schmallenburg

I hope this feeling never gets old. Such a reward to see my recent dairy special out in print.

15 pages of all things dairy including technical advice on mineral balance and managing silage, and two features on two different breeds delivering great results.

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Some great advice from Annie Williams on mineral requirements in the dairy herd in this week's FG dairy special.

From copper to cobalt getting the mineral balance right is key to cow performance.

Check it out here⬇️
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5.5k #BootsToTheSenedd to highlight sustainable farming scheme comcerns
Most faced outwards
3 pairs faced into the chamber
Smallest wellies for our future generations
Tallest wellies for our present generation
Yellow wellies for #farmsafety
Cows 🐄🐂 to mark bTB situation in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Today is the day, the final consultation for Wales’ Sustainable Farming Scheme closes. Welsh farmers have created a symbolic display of 5,500 pairs of wellies on the steps of the Senedd to represent the jobs that could be lost if the scheme is to go ahead.

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Today's Twitter Poll: Do you know a farmer (or food producer) directly, either as a customer or as a friend?

The aim is to testing how personally linked people are to UK agriculture.

PS Thanks to Jan_Mccourt for suggesting this poll.

🔴 LIVE from the steps of the Senedd with Rachael Brown and FGEllieLayton. For all the latest updates on today’s demonstration in Cardiff, be sure to head to the FG website ⬇️
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NFU Cymru 🚜 FUW Nigel Owens MBE Gareth Wyn Jones #Wales #welshfarming

Farmers are very busy people but putting yourself first once in a while might just save your life. Loads of advice in our latest health series and a heart breaking story which might make you think twice before putting off that doctors appointment. Farmers Guardian

Focusing on nutrition in the last few weeks of gestation is key💪

Watch my full interview with minette batters 🎧. We talk about the highs and lows of her presidency, what she plans to do next, her views on Red Tractor and if she has any regrets, as well as her thoughts on farmers calling for Chief Executive, Jim Moseley to stand down 👇👇

I’m concerned for the farming industry
It’s under attack worldwide in UK, France, Germany, Belgium, Canada, Australia etc & they’re protesting being forced out of business by supermarket prices rising for customers but being bought from farmers at a loss to produce
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We carried out a social experiment at the @RoyalWelshShow Winter Fair.

Please watch and share.

Mental health needs more sunlight, more honesty and more conversations #MindYourHead

I’m looking to speak to someone who has experienced a heart related emergency on farm for a new health series we're running at FG. Someone who is willing to share their story to help raise awareness on the importance of looking after heart health. Get in touch! Farmers Guardian

Heart breaking. The pressures which farmers face need much greater understanding and much greater empathy.