Choosing calves' sex saves waste
	COGENT Sexed Semen plays a significant roll in the management of the Sanders family Holstein herd at Higher Landazzard Farm, Liskeard, Cornwall.

Renowned flock is dispersed

PHILLIP and Alison Chappell of Great Moor Barn, Pales Farm, Kerswell, Cullompton, have dispersed their breeding ewe flock and sheep equipment.

Treating cows with heat stress

SUMMERS might be getting hotter but for modern dairy cows heat stress has become a year round problem, says MDC extension officer in the South West, Piers Badnell.

	Review offers advice on aspects of rearing heifers
	ADVICE on feeding new-born calves can seem confusing and full of contradictions but Chris Coxon, Milk Development Council (MDC) extension officer in the South West, sheds some light on the topic by looking at findings from a recent MDC review on all aspects of heifer rearing.

First on-farm sale of year

AUCTIONEERS Greenslade Taylor Hunt conducted their first on-farm suckler dispersal sale of the year at Townsend Farm, Yeovil, for Robert Mead and family.

	Helpline to aid farmers
	THE RSPCA launched a new telephone helpline to help farmers and their animals struggling to cope because of the current emergency ban on moving farm animals.

	New look for Exmoor Mules
	WESTCOUNTRY hill farmers are staking their claim in the breeding ewe market and it's creating an upturn in demand for a "new look" Exmoor Mule.

Increased performance

SELECTIVE breeding through performance recording may be worth nearly £7 million to the English beef and lamb industries every year, calculates the English beef and lamb executive from a new study by international breeding consultant, Peter Amer with the Meat and Livestock Commission and SAC.

Herd auctioned

KIVELLS conducted the auction of the entire milking and dry portion of the mainly Pedigree "Supermoo" herd of Holstein Friesians, held at Melbury Farm, Parkham, Devon, on behalf of Messrs B D & R M Scambler after the successful sale of the farm by Kivells farms department.

Dairy cows from Devon sell well

Auctioneers Greenslade Taylor Hunt report a continued strengthening in the dairy trade when they sold Andrew Doble's non-recorded dairy cows at Culmbridge Farm, Hemyock, Devon.

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