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silage analysis 4 forage for profit 11 red meat markets 13 shooting season 30-31 stabling 29

Moist feeds Soil testing product review 10 the importance of knowing your soil 16 Time to reseed organic farming 15

maintenance Autumn events scheduling at the mills equine events 29 news 5 heating days 32-33 SHEEP market news, performance, fl ock lameness p7, 18-19

Sheep near Fyldon, North Molton picture by Sally Clarke

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SEPTEMBER 2014 Chairman’s letter

Different areas of the world are currently but it took several years to bring production in a state of fl ux with seemingly new or up markedly, by which time the war was over. escalating confl icts emerging on the newsreels It wasn’t until the Second World War that food with some regularity. Having said that, a lot production really ramped up again, following of news is never caught on camera, so it’s the depression of the early thirties. never deemed to be news or newsworthy. Despite the macabre nature of WW1 and the I digress. Many of these confl icts seem scale of human loss in the trenches and fi elds, incomprehensible, not only in the nature of amongst other things there still seems to be a the unrest, but the devastation of people fascination as to how the challenges were met and infrastructure which results. The rest of and overcome, including the sequestration Graeme Cock the world is unable or unwilling to intervene of assets such as horses, the emergence Chairman effectively, because of political, social or of the Land Army and signifi cant pressure economic restrictions, so the suffering and to increase food production with some grain in a clamp also opens up the harvesting loss of life continues unabated. urgency. At its worst point, when the U boat windows quite considerably where moisture campaign was at its most damaging, coupled Recently there has been a great deal of contents of 20% plus are commonplace. with successive poor harvests, food stocks coverage of the outbreak of World War One Additional products such as Maxammon also dwindled to a matter of days’ worth of supply. a hundred years ago in the summer of 1914. offer not only a huge harvest benefi t as crimp A timely reminder of how many things have The irony being that until recently, ninety plus grain does, but it can also bring nutritional changed in a hundred years, but equally how years later, food production has reverted to benefi ts, due to increased protein content, some things haven’t changed that much. being taken for granted, and even now there making the processed grain almost a complete Different areas of the country reacted and is as much importance placed on the amount feed in some instances. It also helps deter helped the War effort in different ways. of permanent pasture which exists rather the pesky vermin such as birds, mice and Certainly agriculture contributed considerably, than how effi cient and productive agriculture rats, making them seek alternative feeding but paid a heavy price for its efforts. has to be. Political infl uences and priorities grounds. Signifi cant numbers of men who worked on change over decades but essentially, when Another area which has enjoyed some the land would go to war, never to return. diffi cult situations arise, food production soon success in recent years, bringing further becomes important again. Just thinking, as Another key contributor to agriculture was the fl exibility to rotations, is the introduction of you do, if Tb was an issue in 1914 to the horse. Hundreds of thousands of horses went hybrid winter barley which can bring yields extent it is today and war imminent, do we to war too, of which very few returned. The comparable to that of winter wheat. Despite surmise that in order to protect the cattle challenges of growing and harvesting crops being excluded from the home saved seed industry, which is the lifeblood of many rural without suffi cient horse power and reduced scenario can have lower growing costs, with communities and the livelihood of many manpower must have presented many lower nitrogen requirement and smaller risks livestock based businesses, how much fuss problems. This is when tractors fi rst started of fusarium, whilst harvesting early, as does would have been made in dealing with the to play a meaningful part in agriculture. conventional winter barley varieties. With issue and the causes of it. If food was in Even prior to WW1, the Government took three crop requirements and businesses short supply, then it wouldn’t be an issue, food production for granted, but as the war looking to reduce capital spends, widen priorities change, common sense prevails and developed, food became very scarce and harvest windows, without compromising yields real solutions are put in place to remedy a extremely expensive. Surprisingly, at that signifi cantly, it might have greater appeal. If problem very quickly. time, we imported a huge proportion of what my information is correct, a good harvest was we consumed, so as the U boats patrolled This current harvest has proved to be as expected and taking place in 1914 too! the waters we were vulnerable. Before 1914 expected, a reasonable one being fairly early, we only produced about a quarter of our acceptable yields and not too disrupted by wheat needs and overall food production the weather, bringing a welcome reprieve allowed us to be around 60% self-suffi cient. from heavy drying costs, particularly when The combination of poor harvests and the cereal values are under pressure. The issues continuation of the war meant that the of drying grain, if grown to feed back to stock, new Government of the day enforced the are very much a reduced requirement these ploughing up of grassland to grow crops to days. There have always been alternatives help provide much needed food. The ‘Plough to storing grain dry, but now there are so Policy’ was enforced by local war committees, many options all of which can lead to massive to ensure production of cereals was increased. storage and logistical benefi ts at harvest. Wheat yields were less than a tonne an acre High output machines such as crimpers then and national production would only and diet feeders allow processes such as be about a tenth of what it will be this year traditional Propcorn application, despite their in the UK. The natural assumption is that very unpleasant nature, to be done relatively traditional farming in a smaller population quickly and safely. The process of crimping would have been comfortably self-suffi cient,

3 MVF Newsletter 604 FARMING Making the most of this year’s silage

Dr Robin Hawkey, BSc (Hons) PhD, Senior Nutritionist

A recent review of clamp silage analyses has supported suggestions from earlier in the season that silage quality looks reasonably favourable from the 2014 harvest.

2014 2013 (499 samples) (425 samples) Mean Min Max Mean Dry matter % 30.5 15.5 64.0 33.5 Crude protein % 13.1 7.1 19.9 12.9 NDF % 43.5 30.0 66.0 45.2 Sugar % 3.3 2.4 22.5 5.4 Lactic acid (g/kg) 86 5 248 81 ME (MJ/kg DM) 11.5 8.3 12.2 11.6 Pot’ acid loading 963 700 1300 885 this year. These might indicate that rations this winter might include pH 4.2 3.5 5.7 4.2 higher starch content than normal, and in conjunction with the lower fi bre but higher acid loading silage, will amplify the risk of SARA. This will Ammonia N 8.9 0.8 28 10.6 potentially challenge butterfats and the effi ciency of forage utilisation. D value 71 52 76 72 Additionally, higher starch feeds are lower in protein, so careful protein Silages are slightly wetter than last year, which has also been supported supplementation will be required. Enough rumen degradable protein from other reports in the wider farming press. This of course has will be needed to utilise the ‘starchy’ energy in the ration to maximise implications for calculating silage stocks and the amount of fresh weight rumen output, whilst appropriate bypass protein will be needed to ensure offered. However, the energy content (‘ME’) is very similar to Mole Valley metabolisable protein requirements are met. Feed Solutions comparable samples from last year at 11.5MJ/kg DM. Other forages on the farm may be good supplements to the ration. Other sources though (Farmers Weekly 27th June 2014) have suggested Below, the average analyses for big bales demonstrate the potential of much wider variations with energy content averaging quality bales to enhance fi bre supply, without unduly reducing the energy 10.7MJ/kg DM, which equates to approximately 1.5 litres/cow/day, or density of the ration, with the generally longer chop length of the bales 0.75kg concentrate/cow/day extra feed. supporting rumen function. Of course thorough mixing to prevent sorting Earlier samples from silages made in April and early May, suggested a will be vital. slight reduction in protein content, but the recent comparison shows Lucerne silage is also of interest. Baled silage quality 2014 the protein level has lifted to 13.1% crude protein. The early indications Although only a few samples have update (85 samples) of good fermentations have been supported by these results. Lower been analysed, and with restricted (sample period Mean sugar levels but higher lactic acid levels suggest an effective, stable areas that can grow this crop 1st May-25th July) fermentation, which is supported by lower ammonia levels indicating successfully, lucerne silages have Dry matter % 41.7 less protein breakdown in the clamp. Whilst pH levels appear fairly averaged 16.7% crude protein, Crude protein % 12.1 static, the increase in lactic acid production has resulted in an increased with the additional soil benefi ts of potential acid loading. This has both increased on last year and on nitrogen fi xation. NDF % 51.2 earlier indications this year, suggesting that early sample fermentation Mole Valley Forage Services Sugar % 5.6 may not have been complete at sampling and re-emphasises the need and Feed Solutions offer a Lactic acid (g/kg) 55 for resampling through the year to confi rm dry matter and reassess the comprehensive package to ensure ME (MJ/kg DM) 11.2 nature of the silage. Additionally, fi bre content (NDF) is slightly lower than that forage quality is maximised last year. and fully utilised. This integrated pH 4.7 Whilst the higher lactic but lower NDF levels suggest good quality, package is based on extensive Ammonia N 10 well-made silage, it also presents the possibility of challenges to rumen research, both ‘in-house’ and with D value 70 health, possibly sub-acute rumen acidosis (SARA). This may be amplifi ed key academic and commercial by other current circumstances, namely the value of cereals and stock partners. As winter feeding commences, contact us not only to look at feed potatoes, but also the potential for an excellent maize silage harvest this winter’s ration, but to start planning for next year’s cropping.

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Factories and maintenance schedulingg

The summer period is the only time of year when we are able to carry out the annual repair and renewal programme to our feed mills. This is becoming more of a challenge as the mills remain reasonably busy during the summer months. We are currently running at between 80% and 85% of maximum capacity, which doesn’t allow much time! With the factories running Monday to Saturday and 24 hours/day, careful planning, and working with our customers and suppliers is essential to achieve an effi cient shut down process. This year we have a series of projects across all factories and our overall spend this summer will be in excess of £1m. Huntworth Mill The installation of 24 fi nished product bins, to increase the bulk storage capacity and a new invertor control system for the grinder which gives more control of grist management and improves energy utilisation. Improvements are also being made to the conditioning systems. The yard is undergoing signifi cant developments to cope with the volume of vehicles and improve site safety. Lifton Mill Repair works to the road entrance and improvements in the conditioning systems, together with creating extra production capacity and increased bulk feed storage capacity Dorchester Mill Conveyors and elevators are receiving a general repair and renewal programme and a new air compressor system which will give major effi ciency benefi ts. A new press is being installed to increase The Challenge production capacity and a 70 tonne molasses tank is being replaced • All factories manufacture over 300 different product lines Feed Supplements plant (Bridgwater) • Each factory has very limited spare capacity The installation of 3 new blow line systems to improve effi ciency and throughput, a process control system upgrade and a • The majority of bulk feed orders are made to order comprehensive programme of general maintenance. • Order lead times are minimal with many ‘just in time’ therefore Our factories are no different than any other machinery or vehicles. If you planning is a major challenge use them, they wear out and need regular servicing, some components will need replacing and others need to be checked for safety, effi ciency • Bag products are slightly easier as the factory can store a and accuracy. limited quantity in a warehouse Some of this work can be done whilst the factory is running. However, Not all mills manufacture the same products; some are bespoke to as most factories use one common route for a large part of the process, an individual mill, e.g. organic at Huntworth, bags at Huntworth and then where maintenance work is required, the only option is to shut the Calne, tote bags at Lifton and Calne, Dorchester only manufacture bulk plant down. Some of the work can be done on Sundays, but it is limited compounds in nut form and coarse blends. and very expensive. Secondly, if we need unexpected components we would have a major problem. Some parts are on a 12 week lead time and Some jobs take hours, some take days. When planning a shutdown, there is a limit to how many spares we can carry. all these factors need to be taken into account in order to always fulfi l customer expectation. Therefore, having agreed the dates/times we need to try and manage the orders by being proactive and planning, with the customer and the sales teams. Therein is the challenge. The process involves notifying all parties involved. Customer services and the respective sales teams affected work together with the individual mill to minimise disruption. Customers are contacted to pre-empt orders so we can work around the shutdown periods. We also ask for option days for delivery to allow transport and manufacture fl exibility. Shutdowns obviously have the biggest impact on the individual factory, but also the knock on effect with the transport team can be substantial. Vehicles may have to travel an extra 50/100 miles to do the same delivery if they have to collect feed from an alternative factory. This may also mean that the vehicles delivery rate can be cut by half. Late orders and run outs cause a tremendous knock on effect to all departments, so forward planning is vital for us and our customers. Factory maintenance is an essential part of the operation and will always be a challenge but with the help and commitment of all parties we can manage it effectively.

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Just when the cereal harvest was going so sanctions on Russia following their behaviour forecasts of world shortages leading to well, Hurricane Bertha scuttled across the in the Ukraine, has triggered retaliatory action realistic farm prices. Now the news is less Atlantic, bringing the combines to an abrupt by them banning all imports, including food promising, with cereal, dairy and beef prices halt. At the time of writing the weather into their country. This will have an enormous under pressure, not to mention potatoes. forecasters aren’t too optimistic about the effect on the vast amount of products No matter how depressing this is, we cannot rest of the month. However, much of the supplied by the EU, including the UK. To use get away from the fact that the world is harvest is already in the barns with yields one example, we sell over 300,000 tonnes short of food and this can only get worse as being acceptable and with no need to fi re up of cheese to Russia annually. This volume the population grows. In the short term, the the dryers, but they may well be needed to will have to fi nd a home elsewhere, which is forage harvest has been good this year, stocks complete the season. Despite being untimely inevitably going to infl uence an already volatile have been replenished with high quality for the arable sector, the rain was welcome for market and there are many other commodities material and, provided the price slide isn’t too livestock producers; grass growth had slowed which will be in a similar position. dramatic, the medium future is reasonably considerably, but will freshen up with the It would probably be fair to say that positive for our industry. arrival of some moisture. many farmers are looking anxiously at the It is often said that decisions made by commodity markets in an attempt to fi gure out politicians can have a bigger infl uence on what is going on. There was such optimism farmers’ income than anything else, including just a few months ago, when virtually the the weather. This could be the case as the whole industry was looking positive with decision made by the western world to impose

Nuffi eld Scholarship offi cial reception Monster maize! Mole Valley Farmers were pleased to host an offi cial Nuffi eld Scholarship reception recently. The event, for both Nuffi eld Trust staff and current and past scholars, took place during the Royal Welsh Show and as you can see from the photo, the weather did us proud!

Left to right: Mike Vacher (Director Nuffi eld Farming) Poey Vacher (Assistant to Director Nuffi eld Farming) Tony Davies (Secretary of Nuffi eld Farming Wales) Julie Edwards (Head of Agricultural Marketing and Corporate Communications, Mole Valley Farmers Ltd) Wyn Owen (Chair of Nuffi eld Farming Wales) Gail Lewis (Treasurer of Nuffi eld Farming Wales) Arwyn Owen (Vice Chair of Nuffi eld Farming Wales) To fi nd out more about the Nuffi eld Scholarship Trust, go to nuffi eldscholar.org

SMALL ADS CHARGES A BIG “THANK YOU” Clive Edmunds, Crop Nutritionist with Mole ADDINGTON FUND SOMERSET Valley Forage Services inspecting F J Pring’s For the fi rst time in over two decades there maize crop at Iveden Farm, Awliscombe, near will be an increase in the charge for small LEVELS FLOOD APPEAL Honiton, Devon on 29th July 2014. ads. DONATION The maize was drilled on 14th May. The variety From the October edition (we’re taking ads Ian Bell, Director of the Addington Fund, wrote is Yukon dressed with Thiram (fungicide) and now for this edition - deadline on Tuesday to us recently to thank everyone who donated Mesurol (insecticide). The ground was prepared 9th September) the cost of placing a small to this cause. You raised a grand total of £2900 in advance with 2000 gallons of slurry. DAP ad will rise from £2.50 per line to £3.50. – a really great effort! was applied at time of drilling with subsequent This is to take in to account the rise in Monies have gone towards transport costs applications of NPK compound fertiliser. printing costs for the newsletter over that to get fodder and straw to the stricken farm Seed, fertiliser and advice was supplied by period. via the fodder bank, hire of machinery to Mole Valley Forage Services, who have a team We hope you will continue to place your handle bales, fuel and servicing of tractors and of FACTS and BASIS qualifi ed staff working machinery involved, staffi ng costs (alongside small adverts with us as we strive to offer on farm throughout much of the country. To Somerset Community Foundation), haulage a great value for money service. For more identify the Crop Nutritionist or Agronomist costs to relocate evacuated stock back to farm details on how to place a small ad, please in your area ring 01769 576405 or for more and clean up costs for the host farms. see page 2. details contact our Business Development Ian said: “It was a fantastic effort by all those Manager at our Cullompton branch Jeremy involved. Thank you all very much for your Kivell on 07891 761771. continued support.” 6 MVF Newsletter 604 FARMING An Auctioneer’s view of the sheep market Robert Addison is Chairman of the Livestock Auctioneers Association and Managing Director of Hexham & Northern Marts

July is traditionally one of the quieter months The round of agricultural shows is in full fl ow, in the auctioneering calendar in terms of actual with the majority of these having been blessed sales. However, it is the busiest time of the year with good weather. Attendance fi gures have in terms of pre autumn sale preparation. been high, it is gratifying to see how the public This generally involves a trip to the Malvern enjoy seeing the animals on show and it is in NSA sheep event, coupled with an annual fact one of the only times the general public will be at least similar, if not slightly better pilgrimage to the Thame sheep fair. Both events links with the agricultural community. than last year. are equally important, it gives the opportunity Stock wise, there has been some huge numbers for northern auctioneers to meet existing of animals forward, with sheep, particularly ewe What I would say to prospective purchasers customers and hopefully some prospective new lambs classes very strong. This week Penrith is cull your old sheep, keep your fl ock young ones, whilst also giving an excellent indication show takes place where the very best of stock and to take the opportunity to go for a sheep on future price levels. Sheep averages can from Northumberland, Yorkshire and Durham purchasing holiday and venture north. be an excellent guide, however, there is no will compete against the best of Cumbrian There is no substitute for spending your own substitute for seeing the actual sheep on the stock. money at the mart, enjoying the sounds and ground. I am sure the conversation ringside will involve smells of a sheep sale, with the auctioneer in Closer to home, pre sale preparation involves the crystal ball question, asking the auctioneer full fl ow, a packed ringside, the atmosphere extensive farm visits, it’s always benefi cial to what the trade will be like this year. This is a in the sale ring can be terrifi c. The social side view stock and talk with farmers prior to sale. most diffi cult question to answer truthfully, if can also be marvellous, ewe lamb sheep fever you answer confi dently, ‘lambs will be £10 up’, starts from mid-March and continues right you risk the chance of shooting yourself in the up to and beyond the fall of the hammer, foot or frightening possible purchasers away, it is amazing how much work goes into the or if you are too pessimistic saying ‘they will be breeding and presentation of the stock. down’, you run the risk of being criticised for One thing is certain for those venturing north, talking the job down. you will be assured of a warm welcome from However, early prime lamb prices have been both vendor and auctioneer alike. good, initially. This, coupled with average cull Hexham and Northern Marts ewe prices being up £8-10 on the year leads 01434 605444 most auctioneers to believe that breeding sheep

Sheep handling equipment

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The ability to effi ciently handle sheep and record data will maximise farm management and profi tability. Mole Valley Plus is able to offer special member prices on both the Prattley and Alligator mobile sheep handling systems, as well as the Ritchie Combi Clamp with the option of a trailer to make it mobile, providing a system to suit every farmer’s need. Alligator sheep handling system Mobile units allow the operator to utilise the direction of sunlight and more accuracy when making critical decisions such as feed levels, health wind to ensure a natural stock fl ow through the yard. These yards can be treatments and herd management. easily transported, assembled and operated by one person allowing easy on the spot drenching, vaccinating, dagging or tagging. With mandatory EID schemes coming into effect in the near future, weigh systems enable individual tracking throughout the entire life cycle. Other The Ritchie Combi Clamp improves farm effi ciency, reduces backache, benefi ts include being able to ensure livestock are sold at the optimum as well as human and animal stress, allowing hands free operation with weight grade, treatment waste is minimised, reproductive performance minimal effort required to hold the sheep still. The clamp is very quiet to can be monitored and sick or lame animals can be identifi ed earlier. operate and has a wraparound effect, providing increased grip but less pressure on the sheep. The unit is therefore much kinder to in-lamb ewes Call our agricultural specialist on and prime lambs, minimising bruising and risk of injury. 01769 576201 for more information on how To further utilise the complete management potential of a Prattley, Alligator or Combi Clamp system, we are able to also provide weigh a mobile sheep handling system could help systems including the Cox Iconix and Ritchey Tru-test and a range of EID you readers to suit every need. Accurate weighing replaces guess work with facts, making it a powerful performance measurement tool. It enables Prattley • Alligator • Ritchie Combi Clamp 7 MVF Newsletter 604 FARMING

Good grass growing season increases risk of hypocalcaemia and infertility John Lawrence Mineral Supplements Technical Manager

At this time of year it is useful to take an early view of the forage mineral the risk of hypocalcaemia and retained cleansings, uterine infections and analysis results of the silages we have tested so far this season to get a displaced abomasums. feel for any trends that may be occurring and enable us to give any due Table 1 warnings and factor these into any recommendations we give. The initial snap shot of this season’s average fi rst cut grass silage mineral values compared to last year’s early season review has highlighted increased risk factors for: • Hypocalcaemia in cows at calving due to higher potassium • Infertility due to increased iron from soil contamination Weather patterns in the early months of this year compared with last are largely responsible for changes in forage mineral values. 2013 heralded a cold start to a year accompanied by average rainfall. In contrast, 2014 followed mild weather, which developed into warm spring temperatures, on average + 2.5°C higher than for 2013, but rainfall was 35% higher - ideal grass growing conditions. Potassium Potassium dominates the mineral profi le of grass and is an accurate marker of vegetative growth. It is no surprise in a good growing year that potassium levels are 6% higher, from 2.84% in 2013 to 3.02% in Iron 2014. The higher spring rainfall has undoubtedly helped to grow more Potassium is the main driver for ‘Cation-Anion Balance’ (CAB). The CAB grass, but it has increased the risk of soil contamination at harvesting. value of a diet describes the balance of certain minerals (potassium, Iron is a useful indicator of soil contamination (Table 2). Levels have sodium, chloride, sulphur) that infl uence nutrient utilisation (Table 1). increased by 46% this season over last, from 366 to 536mg/kg. On This season’s grass silage survey has reported a 7% increase in CAB average, iron levels in grass silage are 5 to 10 times higher than the values from +459 to +493 meq/kg. Although above the target range for cow’s requirement. Excess iron locks up copper and increases the milking cows, other forages and feed materials will reduce the CAB in the need for selenium and vitamin E. All three nutrients are important total diet. However, for pre-calving cows a much lower CAB target range for oestrus activity and conception. Higher levels of iron inevitably is required to get calcium mobilised at calving. This is essential to reduce increase pressure on cow fertility. Summary on next page... 8 MVF Newsletter 604 FARMING

Continued... AVERAGE MINERAL STATUS OF THIS SEASON’S FIRST CUT SILAGE Table 2 Forage Year 2013 2014 % Difference Comments No. of samples 175 148 2014 v 2013 Macro-mineral Calcium % 0.65 0.65 —- No change Phosphorus % 0.31 0.32 —-- No change Magnesium % 0.18 0.18 —- No change Potassium % 2.84 3.02 +6 More grass growth Sodium % 0.23 0.26 +13 Response to slurry Chloride % 0.86 0.98 +14 Sulphur % 0.20 0.19 —- No change Increased risk of CAB meq/kg +459 +493 +7 Hypocalcaemia Trace elements Summary Iron mg/kg 366 536 +46 Higher soil An early season review of the average mineral status of this season’s Aluminium mg/kg 150 254 +69 contamination fi rst cut silage is presented on the right. This summary includes a Manganese mg/kg 108 127 +18 More grass growth signifi cant proportion of forages from Mole Valley Farmers. Copper mg/kg 8.1 8.9 —- No change The increased risk of hypocalcaemia and infertility resulting from this Zinc mg/kg 30.4 30.2 —- No change exercise should be an encouragement to analyse forages for their Higher soil mineral content and to develop balancing customised supplements in Cobalt mg/kg 0.16 0.23 +44 support of cow health and productivity. contamination We are grateful to Thompson and Joseph for their Iodine mg/kg 0.51 0.89 +75 More grass growth help in compiling this report. Selenium mg/kg 0.07 0.06 —- No change Molybdenum mg/kg 1.57 1.55 —- No change

Selenium – the link at calving

Incorporating Alkosel selenium into the transition diet via the minerals will increase the It is important to give the transition cow the selenium status of the herd. Alkosel selenium best chance to kick off her lactation. The is now available as an option in minerals stresses of late pregnancy, changes in body manufactured by Mole Valley Farmers. condition as well as calving may leave the immune system under pressure. The transition cow has a higher risk of infection linked to retained placentas and mastitis. One of the key elements in immune function is selenium. The normal source of selenium used in minerals and feeds is sodium selenite/selenate which, whilst it will deal with a defi ciency, cannot be stored by the animal and held in reserve for times of peak stress or immune system challenge such as calving. Organic selenium, however,, is much more available to the animal and can be stored in the body tissue and released when the cow needs it. A highly bioavailable source of selenium is Alkosel. It is high in selenomethionine which can be used by the cow. It has been shown to lift the cow’s selenium status (see graph). For further information on Selenium status of the calf is also improved minerals or topics covered, as it is transferred across the placenta during pregnancy. Blood tests show the level of please ring 01278 420481 selenium in new born calves – up to 12 hours or email minerals@ being from placental transfer and 3 days post calving from the colostrum (see graph). molevalleyfarmers.com

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Moist feeds Judith Clifford Senior Alternative Feeds Trader

Blended moist feeds offer excellent value preferably, concrete sides and covered with a Processed bread has a high starch and for money and with correct storage, wastage sheet, fi rmed to reduce air movement. energy content making it a low cost, but high can be minimised. The main constituents Stockfeed potatoes are a good option to quality cereal replacer. Due to the milling are from planned production of co products add to energy diets - 20% DM, 13ME, 9% wheat going through the baking process, the of foods being produced for human protein. protein quality is higher than that of wheat. consumption, such as brewers grains from the It is generally delivered in artic loads and is brewing industry, which follow high controls, Crimped maize will fi t into all rations broken up into small pieces to crumbs. resulting in consistent quality products. that are looking for energy or starch and Pressed sugar beet pulp has a limited They are a great way of encouraging feed works well in grass based rations. It is a season – generally October to February and is intakes by improving the overall palatability high energy source rich in by-pass starch. delivered in artic loads. It is the sliced sugar of the diet. From mid-September we will It differs in structure to wheat and barley, beet after the sugar has been extracted with be able to supply a wider range of products resulting in a slower rate of starch digestion the excess moisture pressed out. It typically incorporating crimped maize, sugar beet and in the rumen. More passes into the lower has a dry matter of 20-30% and is a useful pressed pulp to our current range. gut, meeting the demand for glucose without increasing the acidity of the rumen. Typically energy feed for dairy cows, beef cattle and These blends are manufactured at our 65-70% DM, 14.5 ME, 9% protein, 65-70% sheep. This is a high energy succulent, that dedicated blending facility in West Wiltshire starch. will supplement silage and is an extremely and can be contracted forward. palatable addition to complete diet systems. Mole soda starch wheat – wheat treated Brewers grains can be one of the most All of these products should be introduced to with caustic soda pearls (sodium hydroxide) cost effective feeds available, containing a the diet gradually. is available from our dedicated plant in good source of digestible fi bre and protein. Somerset where we also process Maxammon They are usually used as a forage extender, treated wheat, barley and maize. The main Lifton 01566 780261 but the valuable nutrients can make it a benefi t in these treatments would be the suitable concentrate replacement. The storage Carmarthen 01267 223716 higher pH level typically 9, enabling higher requirements are a solid concrete base with, rates to be fed than conventional grain Hungerford 01488 240010 minimising risk of acidosis.

GrassWatch

Hugh Frost, Product and Technical Manager 01769 576405

During July and the fi rst part of August, Protein conditions generally turned drier with rainfall These Grasswatch averages are disappointing either in short supply or having a localised this year, although, it can be expected at this effect. This was refl ected in the Grasswatch time of year, as nitrogen fertiliser is being used fi gures recorded across the region, though up, or the soil dries out, which results in lower some trends can be identifi ed. levels of microbial activity, then nitrates are Dry matter not taken up by the plant, so protein is not produced Dry matter levels have stayed up relatively well, at or above average. Soil moisture might have Grass sugar levels seem to have actually fallen been limiting, keeping grass DM high, though again and this is a bit surprising, given the this could have affected nutrient uptake and warm conditions. However, this may be the therefore other grass quality factors. result of seasonally reduced nutrient uptake in Energy levels remain lower than hoped, though August, limited by moisture content. this is not too surprising at this time of year. Sward covers remain reasonable, but not exceptional, and below the four year norm. Once again, these fi gures have been very Fibre variable on Grasswatch farms, with the average dragged down by one or two very low readings Unsurprisingly, as late grass growth continues in from drier land short of nutrient and water. The tired grass, with low moisture and unavailable majority of farms have sward covers over 3000 nitrogen, the fi bre content rises. No doubt kg DM/ha. buffer feeding of more nutritious feed is well underway now to counteract this in some milk and meat production systems. 10 MVF Newsletter 604 FARMING 2015 Forage for Profi t Awards nominations

Julie Edwards, Head of Agricultural Marketing and Communications

Nominations are now being invited for the 2015 Forage For Profi t Awards. This prestigious event is in its sixth year, having recognised excellence in farming practises and identifi ed some of the best farmers and managers in the Mole Valley Farmers’ trading area. The objectives of the Forage for Profi t initiative are to increase on farm profi tability through improved effi ciencies and productivity and promote best practice. If you think you have a good story to tell, or you know someone who satisfi es the criterion, we want to hear from you. If you are nominating someone else, please ensure they are willing to have their name put forward. Applications will be reviewed and shortlisted to three fi nalists for each category and invited to an awards dinner on the 5th February 2015, where the winners will be revealed on the night. The six categories and judging criteria are: Beef or Sheep Young Farmer (under 35yrs) Planning and approach of forage production Entrants will be required to demonstrate a: Storage and feed management Flair for business Balancing the ration for optimum performance Strong technical knowledge Measurement of productivity Identify and maximise opportunities Grazing Understand their market Range of practical skills Output effi ciency of the grazing land: improved through continuous attention to detail or perhaps recent changes to Visionary and collaborative approach to developing a grazing system sustainable business model. Waste minimisation of grazing land: through greater attention Maize to detail of pasture management The judging panel will be collecting information on the following: Quality of grazing land: the quality of the grazed grass has Dry matter, energy value, crude protein, starch levels and been demonstrably improved improving livestock nutrition. fermentation Dairy Management of the maize silage clamp Dairy units that achieve effi cient milk production and feed use Utilisation of maize silage - effi ciency of feeding procedures, through the effective and innovative use of forages animal performance, management of the new season’s maize Demonstrate improved forage utilisation as part of business into the diet direction and planning Efforts to improve silage quality – through the use of soil analysis and fertiliser application policy Process of varietal selection Cost effi ciency of maize silage production and planning of harvest method Demonstration of fi nancial improvements – milk from forage and liveweight gain

The winners of these awards will identify individuals who are ‘outstanding’ in their sector and role models for future farmers. If you would like more information or a nomination form, please contact Emily Dawes on 07972 732108 or email: forageforprofi [email protected]

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By Robert Forster Robert Forster produces an acclaimed, subscription only, beef industry newsletter which is published on Fridays about 6pm. Its comprehensive updates include informed analysis of that week's UK slaughter cattle market as well as the following week's price forecast. World beef consumption rises Find out more, and the latest beef sector developments, by visiting his as land shrinks website www.rforster.com.

World demand for beef is expected to soar If correct this points to suckled calf production or relocate their herds in the hotter, more because even more middle class professionals retreating onto land that would be diffi cult, if hostile grazing area in the north and east of in emerging economies will prefer it to less not impossible, to crop. the country where calf output would be much reduced. exciting pork or chicken. In the Less Favoured Areas (LFAs) this could However, suckler beef production is expected to mean cows being pushed back onto permanent Argentine breeders too, have been warned shrink, both globally and domestically, because pasture or rough grazing which is currently that they must take a more intensive approach more land is either being turned over to crops preferred for sheep – which inevitably points to both breeding and fi nishing – or else move instead of cattle – or long established cattle to it being higher, wetter, and colder too. And completely out of beef and into soya or maize land is being burned off by drought. in lowland terms, herds will be run on ground instead. Essentially this means that more people will too steep, or too rough to plough, or beef calf And the conversion of grass leys into crop land be hoping to eat grass produced beef at the breeding will be converted from an essentially on the eastern side of the United States is also same time as global suckler beef production extensive enterprise to one in which cows pushing beef cows out because landowners are contracts. and unweaned calves take their place within a concentrating on higher value crops like wheat, regular crop rotation which includes grass. maize and soya. Simple economics dictate there can only be one result – a big lift in cattle prices, a big lift in Herd size in the Republic of Ireland (ROI) is In the meantime global demand for beef the retail price of beef, and more concentration already under similar pressure. Over 2013 is expected to grow at a compound rate of across the UK in supplying high priced export suckled calf breeders’ average annual incomes 1.15 per cent a year until 2020 – with every markets instead of bargain hunting domestic fell by 22 per cent to £8,000 while dairy farm expectation it will increase at a similar rate right supermarkets incomes, which averaged £52,000, increased by through to 2050 at least. 31 per cent. The problem for the British suckled calf According to researchers in the United States, breeder, currently still very much at the mercy Not surprisingly farm advisors have concluded beef, currently the world’s third most popular of discount hungry multiple retailers, is that that a signifi cant change in land use is meat after pork and chicken, is becoming the no one knows when the UK market will be imminent because it is impossible to justify favourite because it has avoided food safety irreversibly lifted by this on-going global good land with high output capacity continuing issues associated with intensive production phenomenon. to carry sucklers when it could be used for and has been so rarely eaten by consumers in dairying instead. emerging economies that it also carries a huge There can be no doubt that the tide will novelty factor. (eventually) turn because producing suckler Suckled calf production faces a similar problem beef is an extensive operation and the world is at global level which is why it is accepted that Consumers in China are expected to be among running out of land. opportunities to raise the world’s suckler beef the most enthusiastic. It cannot run a bigger output are modest at best. cow herd because it has not got enough land so Earlier this year the Cambridge Institute of it will have to import beef instead. Sustainability Leadership (CISL) warned that Drought is already making it more diffi cult to the UK will have to plough out two million run cows across long established grazing areas Deliveries are expected to double by 2025 and hectares of crop land by 2030 if population within the United States, Australia, Argentina on current projections there is not enough beef demands for food, more living and recreational and Brazil. being produced globally to supply the Chinese space, and sources of renewable energy are to And Brazilian breeders have also been told and the rest of the world’s consumers as well. be satisfi ed. they will either have to learn to combine calf breeding with soya and sugar cane production

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Contrasting red meat markets

After the highs of 2013 when beef prices rose to around £4.00/kg DW, many beef farmers Three’s the Magic Number must be wondering what has happened to Odds of over 100,000 to one were beaten the market to justify a 70p/kg fall in less than when a cow gave birth to triplets at Boode twelve months. AHDB/EBLEX have recently Farm near Yarnscombe in Devon in July. issued data which goes some way to explain Denys 55, and father Deryick Cooke 85, farm the dynamics which underlie the dramatic in partnership at Boode and were shocked downward slide over the last year and also that the Simmental’s fourth set of new born gives some indication of what the future may came as a trio of bull calves. hold. Denys said: “We were only expecting one, These fi gures show there were signifi cantly and when she gave birth, I put my hand in more 18–30 month old cattle on the ground and felt one head and six legs, so I called than usual at the beginning of 2014, partly due However, looking at the fi gures for UK calf the vet out and it soon became apparent she to the favourable weather conditions in 2013, registrations over the last three years and was having triplets. It is a once in a lifetime which contributed to better forage quality and linking these with recent census fi gures, the experience to see such a thing happen. The vet told us that to see all three alive and well higher cattle growth rates, which contributed to numbers show that supplies from 2014/2015 is very unusual. We’ve had twins before, and a 15kg rise in carcass weights. This, combined will fall by around 2%. This trend is refl ected in even had fi ve lambs from a ewe once, but with a 1% increase in overall UK slaughterings the ROI, where signifi cant numbers of live cattle never triplet calves” year on year, resulting in 2% more beef going have been exported to mainland Europe and to the market. north Africa, so it is unlikely that the infl uences Denys pointed out that the mother has been which brought about the price pressure for beef more protective of her young since she gave this year to be repeated in 2015. birth: “It’s funny really as she was never bad tempered – she’s been a very good mother Finished lamb producers, on the other hand, but I think she might be struggling to keep have seen the highest prices since 2011, an eye on all three at once”. which peaked in early June at £2.50 lwkg. The The calves will be joining into the beef herd favourable weather conditions provided ideal and Denys will be keeping an eye on them growing conditions for young lambs which has to see how they get on over the coming brought up to 20,000 more to market than in months. 2012 or 2013. However, the higher numbers have contributed to an earlier than usual drop Ride in aid of North Devon Hospice in values in recent weeks, but with imports, The farm is hosting a ride on Sunday 28th particularly from New Zealand, declining, the September 12 noon-1.30pm, nine miles prospects of the UK price holding through to through woods, £10 per person. Contact The Republic of Ireland (ROI) had a similar 2015 remain positive. Denys on 07788 601560 for information. situation and as an exporting nation, with the UK being their primary market, there was an amazing 9% lift in prime beef sent across the Irish Sea, into an already overloaded market where UK exports had fallen by 7% due largely to the strong pound. As if this weren’t enough, it also coincided with a fall in consumer demand of 1% and a vicious price war between the major retailers who were fi ghting for market share and callously took advantage of the situation and drove wholesale beef prices downward.

13 MVF Newsletter 604 FARMING DEVON FARM BUSINESS OF THE YEAR AND BEST DAIRY FARM The benchmark for succession and sustainability Anyone looking for inspiration when it comes to sustainability and succession planning need look no further than the Devon farming family of Pete and Di Wastenage. With Pete’s mother Audrey, sister Lucy and Pete and Di’s two sons Henry and Jack all involved in farming, creating a sustainable and attractive business is at the heart of every decision the family makes. This, and their attention to detail in every aspect of their extensive business, helped secure them the title of Devon Farmer of the Year 2014, organised by the Addington Fund and sponsored by MVF. The family business has changed signifi cantly since Pete’s parents took on the farm tenancy at Tidwell Barton on the Clinton Devon estate in south Devon in 1966. Having started with a mixed farm including 80 dairy cows, the family now manages four, grass based dairy herds spread across the westcountry. In total, they run 1,200 cows, along with 1,000 dairy goats and a vegetable business. Pete says the way in which the business has been set up has been crucial Pete, Henry and Di Wastenage in ensuring the needs of each member of the farming partnership are met. “We’ve rationalised the business so each party gets what they want Di explains “We use the same principles on each farm, but each system is without compromise,” he explains. adapted to maximise the potential of that particular farming unit. It’s like The original farming partnership of Pete, Audrey and Lucy own the a recipe. You may use slightly different ingredients, but the target is the 360 cow herd at Tidwell along with the 1,000 milking goats which are same,” she says. managed by Lucy. Di and Pete then run three other Devon and Cornwall “For example” says Pete. “Because Tidwell is prone to drying out, maize dairies and the veg enterprise under the ‘Wastenage Farms’ business title. is grown and fed as required with sometimes as much silage fed in the By splitting their business in the way they have, Pete and Di believe it summer as winter. We can achieve winter grass growth rates of will retain fl exibility for the future. This will allow their boys to come into 5kgDM/ha in December and January at Tidwell and in Cornwall, but we the business and farm on their own or in partnership, should they wish. couldn’t do that on our Dartmoor farm so we have different targets on Changes can then be made without losing the value of the core business. different units,” Such forward planning is another trait that makes Pete and Di stand out In general, cows are on deferred grazing over the winter with grass from the rest and is key to the success of their extensive, 12 week block covers built up in the autumn. Grass seed selection is important to the calving system, where cows are out 365 days of the year. They believe success of the system with the Wastenages sourcing specifi cally designed by adopting this kind of system they are safeguarding themselves against grass mixes through the South Hams Dairy Co-op, which is a discussion market volatility and creating a long-term, sustainable business model. and buying group. The farms primarily use high sugar perennial ryegrass Although the four dairies are in varying geographical areas, each are run and clover mixes, specifi cally designed by Rob Connell at Mole Valley under the same principles of maximising effi ciencies by getting the most Farmers and alongside seed suppliers, Germinal Seeds. from grazed grass. To do so, Pete says feed budgeting and monitoring With the strong foundations set, the Wastenages look set to continue is essential. “It’s all about planning. All our farms are rotationally grazed farming successfully and as a family well into the future. and by monitoring grass growth and using a grass plate meter weekly, we can create a grazing wedge. This allows us to manage both grass defi cits or surpluses effectively by techniques such as supplementary feeding, fertiliser applications, or cutting silage. Our system is incredibly detailed and monitored far more than most people believe. We monitor and adjust weekly - it’s about attention to detail at every level of grass management.” Cows generally go into fi elds at 3,000kgDM/ha and graze down to 1,500kgDM/ha. However Pete stresses that this kind of system is about fully feeding cows with the correct allocation of feed. As such, cows receive an average one tonne concentrate per cow per year with supplementary feed supplied as and when needed according to a specifi c farm’s situation. Tidwell Barton in the South Hams

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Contact Nigel on 07979 708294 SeedLine 01769 576232 Forage Services 01769 576405 Time to reseed

Nigel Mapstone, Feed Nutritionist (Organics)

In many areas it has been a challenging year for grassland, now is the time to assess the condition of your swards. It was a hard start to the year for grassland where growth was slow in many areas. At the same time barns were empty, so cattle were turned out to tender fi elds leading to a lot of poaching. Then came silage making where the grass was ready and in many cases heavy, but the ground was still unable to carry the machinery leaving some fi elds looking like a World War 1 battlefi eld. EEinbochinboch rakerake This was followed by hot baking weather in July leaving a hard dry cap on many fi elds even when there was moisture not far down. Now is your chance to repair this damage and start getting grazing for varieties such as tetraploid ryegrasses, it is best to use vigorous strains of late autumn and spring sorted and there may be some new leys needed white clover. The improved sward should be suitable for grazing in about to follow cereal harvest. fi ve weeks, if only to take the tops off the old grasses and allow the light Whichever system of reseeding is selected, the priorities are to ensure into the new. the grass seedlings root as deeply as possible, whilst at the same time In some cases with permanent type pastures, the root mat in the surface making sure any soil limitations are overcome. This usually means that of the soil will be too dense for overseeding and in these cases ploughing pH correction is required and any signifi cant soil nutrient defi cits are will be the only way to create a seedbed. Ploughing and drilling will corrected (especially P, K and Ca). However, it does not mean that high always bring up dormant weed seeds and often lead to a very dirty crop, levels of nitrogen should be applied, as this can have the effect of limiting so consider drilling a short term Italian ryegrass mix and then either early grass root growth to the short-term benefi t of leaf growth. It is overseeding or re-drilling with a longer term ley next year or the year more important to make use of nutrients available in soil organic matter after. and favour conditions suitable for deep root growth. Soil conditioning, Mole Valley Farmers have an extensive seed range of grass leys available together with Ca, P and K, is the recommended way to get optimum delivered direct to farm. Below is our Rumigan organic ley range. establishment. Your local Mole Valley Forage Services Crop Nutritionist will be able to help with this advice, with further details in the Organic SHORT TERM LEYS brochure. Where there was good growth this spring, it was the new leys and the Rumigan Hi-Pro A blend of hybrids and perennial ryegrass and 12kg Booster (No 1) red clovers perennial ryegrasses that performed well. So where these species are lacking, now is a good time for overseeding. Broadcast or shallow drill Rumigan Hi-Pro A blend of Italian ryegrasses and red clovers 12kg into recently cut or grazed leys where a bit of tilth has been created using Silo-Filler a light harrow, (Einboch type rakes are ideal for this), then roll with a light Rumigan Silage A conservation ley for 3-4 cuts using Italian 13kg roller just to push the seed into the soil. When overseeding large seeded Buster and hybrid ryegrasses MEDIUM TERM LEYS ORGANIC FARMING Rumigan Hi-n-Sile A cutting ley for high yields containing hybrids, 14kg Information leafl ets (MVF No 8) white clover and red clover for extra protein Rumigan New Gold- A cutting/grazing ley including Timothy with 13.25kg Multi MVF grazing clover blend to raise clover content to the optimum 35%-40% LONG TERM LEYS Rumigan Diamond- A highly palatable ley with good disease 13.50kg Multi resistant varieties which will produce excellent spring growth for early turnout Rumigan Milk-n-Meat A grazing and cutting ley including high sugar 13.50kg grasses suitable for extended grazing Rumigan Extendi- A grazing/cutting ley designed for persistency 13kg Graze using varieties with excellent sward density and disease resistance. Now includes Aber For copies of our new “Farming Organically” booklet which includes high sugar grasses advice on soil, manures, organic approved products and our Rumigan MVF Organic clover Grazing and cutting clover blends 2kg or blends 25kg Premier Ley range, or our comprehensive Premier Ley grass seed Organic IRG Using a blend of three varieties giving fast 25kg catalogue, please call 01769 576405 or your local Farm Sales Offi ce. establishment and quick growth 15 MVF Newsletter 604 FARMING

Waste not - want not WHY SOIL TESTING IS A ‘NO-BRAINER’ 01769 576405 HHugh Frost, Product and Technical Manager

Applying nutrients to a soil that characteristics. When making subsequent fertiliser recommendations, it is cannot use them effi ciently is not only the total available soil nutrients but also the timing of application not only wasteful and potentially that will determine the level of usage by the plant and therefore the level polluting, but it’s also an expensive of waste. So careful interpretation of the soil analysis is very important. way of not achieving optimum performing crops, especially for Organic matter grassland. The content of the Organic Matter (OM) not only determines the way the soil behaves, but also indicates the level of nutrients stored, in Fertiliser companies have been particular nitrogen that is naturally released into the soil when microbial using soil analysis to sell fertilisers life is activate. Percentage OM is a factor of both regional soil type for a long time, however this should Testing is essential and agricultural practices and in combination with the CEC (Cation not detract from the fact that this to get the best Exchange Capacity) can tell us how effective any soil is at both holding process is vital to provide the from soil nutrients and how well they will perform when conditioned with microbial information to grow good crops. activators. It is not the facts and fi gures themselves that determine the results, but how they are interpreted and acted on. Trace elements (micronutrients) Cereal growers tend to keep an avid eye on their soil analyses, despite If any plant is not performing as well as expected, it could be due to their crop inputs being more fi xed, whereas livestock producers have a lack of essential trace elements in the soil. The availability of these more variable inputs and outputs on their grassland, yet rarely test their could be limited by low (or excessively high) pH, so that needs to be soils on a regular basis. addressed fi rst. Assuming this is correct, then any great trace element A grass Crop Nutritionist can prepare practical testing plans, practical defi cit can be identifi ed to ensure there is not a problem with plant actions, then good grass production techniques to put into practice and growth or livestock health. Applying high levels of macronutrients when not just standard fertiliser recommendations. By understanding the soil, there is limiting trace elements will again be wasteful. Soil nutrient tests in which we use to grow the most important food source for livestock, we will assist in understanding potential trace element defi cits, but the best can target what it requires, at the right time and reduce the waste that recommendation is for these to be conducted in combination with foliar standard chemical fertilisers often produce. tests. pH Soil testing at any time can deliver a great cost benefi t by determining soil nutrition and making grassland decisions (recommended every 2-3 years), but the most useful time to test soils is after applying regular slurry/ FYM applications or just prior to making changes to production, such as reseeding. The benefi ts realised from a good soil testing programme, resulting in a rationalised crop nutrient plan will provide cost-effective benefi ts within a very short space of time. Crop Nutritionists within Mole Valley Forage Services can undertake soil sampling tests for analysis and also assist with providing practical and workable recommendations for reducing the nutrient waste and optimising grassland production.

The single most important factor in determining effi cient nutrient FOR THE BEST RESULTS, SOIL TEST YOUR FIELDS availability and uptake. Optimum pH (6.5 for grass) affects not just the chemical bonding within the soil but also the microbial activity which is crucial to nutrient availability by the plants. The bar chart illustrates the % availability of the three main macronutrients at different pH, though other important grass nutrients are also affected by low pH. The standard recommendations in most OFFER grassland (and many arable) situations is to lime to a pH of 6.5, and this is always good advice. Grass can be grown at a lower pH, but not without nutrients from standard fertilisers being wasted by binding or Buy 3 and get 1 FREE leaching from the soil. Although some types of grass nutrient products are on all Grassland Extra comparatively effi cient at lower pH (refer to your Forage Services adviser), it is always less wasteful to raise pH towards 6.5. soil analyses for September Nutrient content This is the most obvious reason to undertake a soil analysis and is most frequently used to recommend fertilisers. It is indeed important (especially for macronutrients P, K, Ca, S & Mg), though the interpretation of the fi gures needs to be made in the light of how the different elements Call your Forage Specialist for more behave in the soil type tested. Also, just as important, the ability of the information - Helpline 01769 576405 soil to hold on to, or release its nutrients depending on its other physical 16 MVF Newsletter 604 FARMING Seeds of restoration at the Devon County Showground

Support for the Devon County Show site has levelling, harrowing and overseeding have been been tremendous. The heavy rains during carried out and the ground is already looking Thursday and Friday of the show left the car much better. parks deeply rutted and compacted, with grass Phase 2 of the plan is to use a considerable cover on the car parks looking decidedly worse tonnage of road scalpings supplied by Devon for wear. County Council to build additional tracks in the The Devon County Show Committee have car park fi elds, ready for next year’s show. been delighted with the help received from Graham Ragg, Mole Valley Farmers Senior Tom Hammett, (Chief Steward) Mark Weekes, Agronomist and Product Manager was also Malcolm and Ian Huxtable. Subsoiling, infi lling, delighted with the support from two of our major grass seed suppliers, Barenbrug and Germinal Seeds, who together supplied over 25 acres of grass seed for overseeding.

Pictured left is our Shows and Events team van being towed out of the ground and right, Graham Ragg and Ray Bates (Show Ground Works Supervisor) on the showground now, after a lot of hard work to repair the damage done by the severe weather

Maize harvesting Catch cropping after maize With maize crops looking so much better than last year, thoughts will soon be turning to harvesting. The aim should be to harvest the crop • Prevent winter run off and possible pollution, by when both dry matter and starch are within the range of 30-35%. When sowing a crop the crop reaches 20% DM, it will dry down at 2% per week, from which a target harvest date can be calculated. • Ensure high risk fi elds are cultivated immediately To be sure of the correct DM, take representative plants from at least fi ve after harvest when soils are dry areas of the fi eld, selecting a row of 10 plants at each, then choose the • Reduce the loss of soil nutrients through leaching plant that looks the most representative. • On favourable sites, grow a crop of Italian ryegrass Chop the fi ve plants into short lengths, mix the chopped plants thoroughly, select and weigh a random sample (1kg), place in a low oven which could either be left down for up to two years overnight. Calculate the Dry Matter by using the formula below. or cut early for fi rst cut silage and then put back into maize. Alternatively Westerwolds could be sown for Final weight (g) x 100 = DM% of sample early bite Initial weight (g) • Mustard gives rapid ground cover, but it must be 300g ploughed in whilst still leafy and before it gets For example: x 100 = 30%DM 1000g stemmy

There are other methods which are faster using either the milk line test or a microwave. Crop Pack size Sowing rate On average, chop length should be 12 mm but there is a range from 5 MVF Italian blend 25kg bags 12.5-15 kgs/acre mm-35mm (0.25“ -1.5”) The shorter the chop length, the denser the Westerwolds 25kg bags 12.5-15 kgs/acre clamp, resulting in more stable maize. Mustard 5kg/25kg bags 5kgs/acre Call us for .... VISQUEEN CLAMP COVERS, MOLECORN, ADVANCE and ECOCORN ADDITIVES

Your local Farm Sales Offi ce can offer advice and arrange delivery direct to farm for these products and catch crops 17 MVF Newsletter 604 FARMING Improving the reproductive performance of your fl ock

Generally it’s recommended to fl ush ewes with good grazing and/or supplementary feed pre-tupping. Providing an additional energy boost at this time will have a positive impact on the reproductive hormones, ewe fertility and result in an improved lambing percentage. This advice though differs for the more prolifi c breeds. Target Body Condition Scores for ewes at weaning and tupping Assessing ewes for body condition is important, as this allows an appropriate management plan to be followed to get them to the ideal Body Condition Score (BCS) at tupping. Priority should be given to ewes that are at BCS 2 or less, as it takes six to eight weeks for them to regain one condition score. Ewes that are not gaining condition when given plenty of opportunity to do so may need to be tested for diseases such as Maedi Visna or Johne’s and for trace elements. Condition score 12345Feet and Fertility Plus Description Emaciated Thin Average Fat Obese (mineral bucket) Traditional breeds Feet & Fertility Plus is an exceptionally high quality mineral bucket suitable for At around 6-8 weeks before tupping ewe condition should be assessed all tupping situations. and if necessary corrected so that 3-4 weeks before the rams are introduced the ewes are in a moderate to good order, with a condition score of around 2.5-3. During the fi nal 3-4 weeks ewes can then be Super Energy Plus Fish Oil fl ushed and their condition improved by around half a condition score. (feed block) More prolifi c breeds Used in situations where ewes are in However, rather than following the traditional regime of fl ushing in the poorer condition and/or where forage fi nal 3-4 weeks, the condition of the more prolifi c breeds should be held quality and quantity is a concern. as stable as possible in the 2.5 to 3 range. Overfeeding at this stage (traditional fl ushing) could lead to too many eggs being shed which is likely to result in numerous small lambs being born. Super Energy 16 Plus Fish All breed types should be supplemented with certain key minerals, Oil (feed bucket) vitamins and oils to enhance reproductive performance. The egg pre- fertilisation and young embryo are extremely sensitive to these key An extremely high quality product. It is nutrients. suitable for almost all tupping situations. • Cobalt/vitamin B12/sulphur These play a central role in energy metabolism in the rumen and liver. A defi ciency may result in poorer reproductive hormone levels and Recommended intake levels ewe fertility. Daily intake (g/head/day) • Selenium and vitamin E Mineral buckets Feed buckets Feed blocks The key antioxidants which protect the structural integrity of the 15-30 50-150 150-300 extremely delicate reproductive tissues i.e. eggs/semen. Selenium/ vitamin E defi ciencies will reduce early embryo survival. Ready reckoner • Omega 3 oils No. of buckets required/100 head/month Key structural component of various reproductive hormones, omega Mineral buckets Feed buckets Feed blocks 3 oils are often defi cient in modern grazing systems. Semen also 3-5 7-20 20-40 contains very high levels of omega 3 oils. It is recommended to continue feeding the ewe a minimum of 4 weeks During the tupping period the following nutritional regimes should be post tupping. The reason for carrying on this plane of nutrition after avoided. breeding is to decrease embryonic deaths. The extra feed ensures the • Certain red clover varieties contain high levels of oestrogenic fertilised eggs have a much better chance of attaching to the uterus wall, compounds which are known to have adverse effects on embryo rather than being reabsorbed due to a perceived lack of energy being survival. supplied to the ewe. • Prolonged feeding of rape and kale can have similar effects. • Excess amounts of rumen degradable protein are also believed to Please contact your local farm sales coordinator have a negative impact on embryo survival and as such, products with high urea inclusions should be avoided. for more information on feed blocks and buckets Mole Valley Farmers are able to supply a range of products which can be or alternatively call 01566 780261 used as a tupping supplement. email [email protected]

18 MVF Newsletter 604 FARMING CCutut fl oockck llamenessameness

One of the main reasons for lameness problems has been the lack of an Minimising lameness is never more important than when trying to fi nish industry-wide practical lameness reduction protocol, but thanks to the lambs or make sure that you can take the best pen of breeding gimmers proven fi ve-point plan, fl ockmasters now have an effective disease control or ewes to the sale. strategy available to them. The aim is to build fl ock disease resilience and Identifying the specifi c lameness problem will allow you to choose the immunity over time, whilst also reducing the disease challenge. Stick with most appropriate products to resolve the issue as quickly as possible. Ask it and fl ock lameness incidence can be cut right back within three years. at your local branch if you are unsure of the particular problem in your The fi ve point plan: fl ock. • Treat clinical cases early. This brings strong fi nancial and Dealing with lameness before selling sheep performance benefi ts, with a greater proportion of lambs Below is a guide depending upon the issue when using topical products. from early treated ewes staying alive and growing faster. Footbathing, topical sprays/pastes should be applied:- • Vaccinate animals to stimulate immunity. Vaccination against Scald/mild Footrot 7 days prior to sale footrot should be part of a whole fl ock approach to disease Footrot 14 and 7 days prior to sale control. The aim is to raise immunity within the fl ock to help CODD treat in combination - three times at 21, 14 and 7 improve the success of the other disease steps. days prior to sale • Avoid spreading infection at gathering and handling. Footrot Dealing with bought in sheep and scald are infectious bacterial diseases, which can easily Minimising the potential for anything to be passed on to your existing spread from animal to animal. Ensure sheep handling areas fl ock is essential. When buying in sheep, ensure you’re not introducing are clean and well drained; dirty concrete is just as bad as soil. any further issues to your fl ock. Always check feet after buying and before mixing with other sheep. There is a lot of contact between sheep • Quarantine incoming animals. Make sure a good procedure at auction marts, when several thousand can be going through the same is in place to separate bought-in stock for four weeks after sale on the same day. purchase. Quarantine- ideally for two weeks post purchase before introducing to your main fl ock as this will give you time to see if any issues develop and • Cull badly or repeatedly affected animals. When a ewe has you can then deal with them to stop anything being passed on. had more than one bout of footrot in a season she should Footbathing - is a good option, as sheep can be run through footbaths be given a cull tag. This will help prevent the cycle of easily. infection. Culling may be high in the fi rst year, but will reduce Topical pastes and sprays - can be an option when rams or small dramatically thereafter. numbers of sheep are bought.

Footvax Kling-on Blue and Kob Hoofpaste Kling-on Blue Sheep Footbath contains Footvax vaccination copper and zinc which will stay on programmes should the hoof for up to three days once be tailored to meet dry. There’s no need to hold sheep individual fl ock in the footbath and it’s ideal to use disease control in combination with KOB Hoofpaste, requirements and of the same formulation and the only used in conjunction waterproof hoofpaste available, for with the other four more challenging conditions. As Kling-on plan points. Wherever possible, Blue Sheep stays on the hoof this long whole fl ock vaccination should it allows fi ve times the amount of zinc 2.4m footbath be adopted. sulphate to be absorbed into the hoof than standing sheep in zinc sulphate for up to 30 minutes. See page 20 for September farm offers 19 MVF Newsletter 604 FARMING Product highlights for September

Kling-on Blue Molemec cattle Plastic footbath FREE GREAT SPECIAL HOOF PASTE Sheep 7kg pour-on for sheep 2.4m WORTH £17.80 VALUE PRICE

50 Normal price £134.75 £58.55 £57. £125.00 5 litres MVF CODE 52602 MVF CODES 54853/47652 MVF CODE 28219

Ryobi Lithium GREAT GREAT The fastest way to fix fence wire to timber posts 18v twin pack PRICE PRICE Exclusive to Mole Valley Farmers in the South West, the Stanley Bostitch fence stapler is a powerful pneumatic Bostitch fence staple tool (requires a compressed air supply) designed for the gun rapid installation and maintenance of wire fences. The rugged and reliable tool design makes light work of even long runs, saving a large amount of time compared to using manual tools. Bostitch 40mm galvanised fencing staples are available in boxes of 5000 at £65 (MVF CODE 1076663) 1 x impactimpact driverdriver FREE Box 5000 staples worth £65 11bihdill x combi hammer drill 2 x 18v batteries 1 x charger 83 1 x 17 piece screwdriver set £130.

MVF CODE 1083198 00 £360. To arrange a FREE on-site demonstration of the MVF CODE 1076662 Stanley Bostitch fence staple gun, call our customer SAVE Vehicle batteries services team on 0845 6033622 £10 SAVE ON 12v MODELS ON SELECTED MODELS 622, 663 and 664 SAVE Mating Mark SAVE Tractor seat ram harness With winter fast approaching the fi rst OVER OVER cold nights will challenge any batteries 1/3rd 25%5% on the way out. Don’t wait until they Universaliversal fail - replace yours now fi tting,ng, fi ts With over 30 different vehicle batteries most tractorsractors in most stores we have the UK’s most popular lines ready for you £8.04 £49.95 Normal price £67.95 Normal price £12.05 MVF CODES 31686-7, 55622 MVF CODE 33347 MVF CODE 21430 Offers valid for September or while stocks last. 20 MVF Newsletter 604 FARMING 01769 576201

Ram-Track rubber surfacing

Mole Valley Plus are now working in partnership with Ram-Track Ltd. who have developed, in consultation with local farmers, a cost effective alternative to both the individual cow mattress and the supporting base of a deep sand system. Rubber crumb and resin is mixed on site and poured like ‘Tarmac’ thus allowing access to even the tightest spots. The mixture is then compacted and rolled to the desired fi nish and left to cure (24 hours in normal ambient conditions). With the continuous mattress system, the rubber is then wrapped with a waterproof cover and farmers will often then lightly cover with sawdust or straw to take in any moisture. With the deep sand system, the rubber is laid on the hardcore base of the cubicle bed underneath the sand. The rubber layer is free draining and will allow any liquids to pass freely through. Ram-Track’s rubber wet pour system has also been developed for cow tracks, standing areas and other areas of heavy footfall, such as water troughs and gateways. This provides a surface that will resist degradation, greatly increase comfort and signifi cantly reducing the risk of foot injury. The surface can also be installed over areas of soft ground which are subject to high use such as the area around fi eld shelters and gateways used for horses. Using a Ram-Track surface can eliminate boggy gateways and entrances to fi eld shelters and help to alleviate winter equine problems such as mud fever. For further information on how Ram-Track can improve the comfort and profi tability of your stock whilst making your life easier, call our Agricultural specialist today on 01769 575662

“The totally porous fi eld shelter base has revolutionised keeping horses out in the winter. I have noticed a saving in hay usage as it’s not wasted into the mud and my horses are enjoying the comfort and stability around the shelter, as am I! Liz Moody, South Widcombe

“Our cubicles are now always full with an increased lying time. We have experienced a 30% saving in sand, whilst maintaining the comfort of a deep sand bed.” Will Parsons, Langford Green Farm

“The continuous rubber base is a lot easier to clean than the individual cow mattresses and has maintained its shape and comfort qualities - we would buy more.” Johnny Alvis, Regilbury Park Farm

Protect your stock this winter with Galebreaker Condensation, ammonia fumes, mist, damp and draughts are all factors Galebreaker design and manufacture systems to optimise natural which can cause ill-health in housed stock as a result of too much ventilation for all types of animal housing with specially designed materials uncontrolled or insignifi cant ventilation. If you are looking for ways maintaining an even temperature with gentle, draft free ventilation. The to improve conditions for your stock this winter, consider installing a products have the ability to transmit light, enhance natural ventilation and Galebreaker system. at the same time protect against the worst weather conditions 365 days a Galebreaker weather screens are designed to keep out a high proportion year. of rain and snow providing a drier atmosphere, maintaining drier bedding Call our agricultural specialist today at Mole Valley Plus and yet providing an adequate airfl ow, all factors which reduce the risk 01769 576201 and receive your special members discount! of respiratory diseases. The specialised Galebreaker material reduces the wind speed by 75% eliminating problems due to wind chill and providing a draught free airfl ow essential to healthy stock. Wind chill related ailments, increased feed consumption and pneumonia can be alleviated with the use of Galebreaker products, providing the ideal ventilation for optimum conditions. Livestock housed in Galebreaker clad buildings are seen to spread out with no need to huddle together and the light environment ensures stress free healthy stock.

21 MVF Newsletter 604 FARMING Autumn chills

With a chill in the air, the thoughts of turning the heating on and preparing for frosts start. Mole Valley Plus supply heating oil, derv, tractor diesel, Ad-Blue and LPG and work hard to bring you the best service available. HEATING OIL Heating oil can be delivered as you need on demand or with our top-up system, which takes away the need to monitor your tank levels throughout the winter months. As we work with a group of selected suppliers you need look no further than Mole Valley Plus and let us do the hard work of fi nding the best price for you. If you have a favoured supplier, we can also arrange your order and delivery for you. LPG LPG is available in bulk for domestic, commercial and vehicle use. There is a discounted pricing structure for MVF Oil market news members with a free, no obligation installation survey. We are able to take over your current contract so whether you New research commissioned by OFTEC and the FPS predicts the price of oil will have an existing tank or are looking to install a new tank, we continue to fall over the next three years. The predicted drop in oil prices comes at will be very happy and able to help you. a time when gas and electricity prices are continuing to rise. These fi gures show the Ad-Blue average annual cost of heating a three bedroom home by gas and electricity has increased over the last three years by 34% and 27% respectively. This compares to Ad-Blue is available from 20 litres to up to 1000 litre IBC the cost of using an oil condensing boiler which has fallen by 12% over the same bulk containers which can be stored for 1 year in the correct period. The National Audit Offi ce also predicted that consumers face almost two conditions, away from direct sunlight and protected from decades of price rises for electricity, gas and water to fund £310 billion worth of new extreme temperatures. Ad-Blue’s freezing point is -11° infrastructure. Celsius. Mole Valley Plus is able to offer special member Commenting on the research, which was carried out by UX Energy Services, OFTEC pricing on Ad Blue with nationwide delivery within 3 working Director General Jeremy Hawksley said: “It is of course impossible to predict how days. future world events will pan out and exactly how these will affect the price of oil. Call our Fuel Traders today on However, the research remains valid and shows that the general trend of falling oil prices is expected to continue. This underlines the fact that oil is becoming more 01769 575668 for further information on affordable and competitive, and the cheapest option going forward for most off-gas the complete service available or to get homes.” As these prices refl ect the continued fall in crude oil, it is also good news for the your quote. farming industry which relies so heavily on gas oil to power farm machinery.

Deso oil tanks AVAILABLE TO ORDER FROM YOUR LOCAL BRANCH

We supply Deso products which comply with the latest European standards and MVF SIZE REFERENCE NORMALLY provide cost effective solutions to domestic, commercial and agricultural storage CODE (LITRES) OFFER and dispensing requirements. Bunded oil tanks Bunded tanks have a 10 year guarantee (subject to conditions) and are supplied with moulded-in fi ttings and o-ring seals for unsurpassed protection against 52744 SL1000BT 1000 £780.00 £760.00 leaks. Manufactured from high grade polyethylene Deso tanks are corrosion 52747 H1800BT 1800 £897.00 £877.00 resistant, have high impact strength and the latest UV stabilisation packages. 52748 H2500BT 2500 £1,024.00 £1,004.00 Top and bottom outlet options available. 52746 H1235BT 1235 £812.00 £792.00 52745 SL1400BT 1400 £890.00 £870.00 64872 SL1250 1250 £839.00 £819.00 52750 V1340BT 1340 £696.00 £676.00 52749 LP1200BT 1200 £808.00 £788.00 52752 V5000BT 5000 £1,089.90 £1,069.90 Single skin oil tanks 52753 R1220T 1220 £339.00 £319.00 52756 H1235T 1235 £279.00 £259.00 52754 LP1230T 1230 £280.00 £260.00 52755 V1340T 1340 £210.00 £190.00

MVF CODE 52745 Offers valid for September or while stocks last. MVF CODE 52750 22 MVF Newsletter 604 FARMING

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Don’t get caught with defective trailer boards or trailer lighting – get it Cluson Classic sorted now. Yours and others safety could be at risk. rechargeable torch SAVE Our trailer lighting boards are all manufactured in the UK and meet all legal requirements. Available in a variety of widths, cable lengths, and 20% confi gurations (standard, Fog, LED). • Powerful 300m spot beam normal price £19.25 SAVE Trailer lighting boards • Waterproof 20% switch £15.40 • Made in UK MVF CODE 09594 SAVE Superbrightright LED rechargeablehargeable NEW 25% wworkork lighlightt PRODUCT

length cable length was NOW MVF Code normal price £16.66 3ft 4m £12.00 £9.60 62126 • 16 superbrightbright SMD LEDs 5ft 7.5m £21.50 £17.20 64810 • Up to 3.5 hoursours work time on ffullull charge 49 6ft 10m £24.00 £19.20 64811 £12. • Hook for handsds free ususee • Includes mains aandnd ccara charger MVF CODE 1078407 Aigle shooting outfi t winner 2014 GAME COVER CROP COMPETITION

We are delighted to announce the winner of the 2014 Mole Valley Farmers Game Cover Crop competition, Mr Paul Tarbrooke. He is the lucky winner of an Aigle Shooting outfi t worth over £300. Mr Tarbrooke is one of our regular customers at Mole Valley Farmers Frome branch and is usually purchasing products including clothing, food, DIY and gardening accessories. Mr Tarbrooke is a keen clay shooter and has recently taken up an interest in game shooting, having become involved in a local farmer run shoot. He came across our prize draw whilst browsing our website looking for a gun cabinet and decided to give it a go. Mr Tarbrooke said: “I am very pleased with the outfi t and looking forward to wearing it this season, I will certainly be looking much smarter!”

Our picture shows Mr Tarbrooke with Ryan Twinney, Assistant Manager at MVF Frome

23 MVF Newsletter 604 Offers are for September or whilst stocks last FARMING Small scale pig keeping

Pigs are fascinating animals, and you have to be prepared to commit if you are thinking about keeping some as they are governed by a fair number of rules and regulations. Your property needs to be registered as a holding and your pigs then need to be registered in preparation for the move to your property where they need to stay for a minimum time before any further movement takes place. Their presence also affects the movement of other livestock on your property. Then follows identifi cation; by ear tag or tattoo, slapmarks, walking licences (if you want to walk your pig) amongst other regulations, and what they are fed is also controlled. For full advice go to https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/a- guide-for-pig-keepers From this you realise that to keep pigs you must be dedicated whether you are a pig keeper for meat production or want them as pets, as apart Products for pig farming from the laws and regulations mentioned above, you need to keep a daily A small selection of products stocked at our branches for pig husbandry watch on their wellbeing. However, if you are already a smallholder, your efforts will be paid back Infra red lamps and bulbs as, amongst other things they are good at clearing and fertilising ground. MVF CODES 34988 / 34657-8 Having a pig as a pet is a good introduction to keeping pigs before you progress to a larger number for meat production. Whichever route to pig keeping you choose, there are a number of breeds to consider, ranging from a heritage or rare breed such as Kunekune, Berkshire or Tamworth through to the more common British Whites or Saddlebacks, or perhaps even micro or hobby pigs. Iodine 500ml Mole Valley Farmers stock a variety of products for pigs, from medicines and MVF CODE 34711 animal health to tags, bedding and feeds and we highlight a small selection here. If you would like any advice and help with purchasing products, please visit or call your local branch. Wood shavings

gov.uk/government/publications/a-guide-for-pig-keepers Gleptosil Iron Injection MVF CODE 38151B

MVF CODE 2130 Wax markers Phillips Repeater – iron injections

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Flubenol 5% Oral Powder

MVF CODES 51066-71 We stock a range of compound feeds for pigs in 25kg bags at all MVF branches. Call your Farm Sales Co-ordinator for more details troughs • feeders • drinkers • scoops pig oil • wormers • louse powder ear tags • pig rings MVF CODE 48636B Bimectin Injection MVF CODE 1082792

24 MVF Newsletter 604 MOLEENERGY Be prepared for winter

Following a soggy spring and sizzling summer it is diffi cult to imagine that we are slipping slowly into winter with whatever the weather in its wisdom decides to deliver. One thing is certain, if we are to face a cold spell then there will be the usual rush to stock up on wood pellets. This can cause delayed deliveries due to high demand. As an example between October 2012 and February 2013 we delivered only 150 tonnes of pellets but during the same period in 2013/2014 this had increased to 643 tonnes. Moleenergy alone are now approaching 100 Biomass installations, the majority of these are pellet fed. Our advice to those of you with a wood pellet requirement is to ‘stock up early.’ Bulk blown prices can be favourable if you buy before demand gets high and there are contract and monitoring options available to members, which can guarantee delivery as and when needed. Small bag deliveries should be readily available on a 3-5 day delivery period. If you have storage facilities then buying multiple pallets can also save money. 10kg bags are also now available to buy at your local For Biomass advice or to order pellets, branch. call the moleenergy team on Remember also to check the running hours of your boiler and once again, be prepared by having it serviced in plenty of time for winter. 01769 575674 Self catering holiday cottage complex now has biomass energy With ever increasing fuel costs, Tony and Kathy Mortimer were looking for a green, commercially viable, whole site solution for their self-catering holiday cottage complex based at Lower Campscott Farm at Lee near Ilfracombe. High electricity costs had prevented them fully utilising their cottages through the winter months resulting in a lost income opportunity. “We had discounted fossil fuel based systems because, on principle, we had specifi cally wanted to use renewable energy to provide our heating and hot water. We explored all renewable technologies, but decided on biomass, not least because there are numerous examples of businesses moleenergy, and they were responsible for completing the initial feasibility similar to our own who are using study. They kept us fully informed through the design stages and worked biomass.” with us throughout the installation to ensure the system we wanted was “We went with a Viessmann boiler the system we got.” as we were aware that German and “Due to the size of the project, the site underwent major upheaval, Austrian boilers have an excellent including some 200 metres of trenching for underground insulated reputation. On the recommendation of Microfl ex piping and substantial building work to convert a barn to moleenergy and Source Renewable we accommodate the boiler room and pellet store. However, the end result is decided this was the best boiler for our exactly the one we had hoped for: all the heating and hot water for the particular situation.” whole site is now provided solely by renewable energy. This is great for “Source Renewable were introduced us, great for our guests and great for the environment.” to us as a preferred installer for call the moleenergy team on 01769 575674 Bespoke PV system installed With the combination of a large west- Energy My Way designed a bespoke facing, unshaded barn roof and with the solution for this member’s needs proving constant daytime energy use of a busy that together, we can provide impartial farm, Waterleat Lodge proved an ideal renewable energy solutions. location for a Solar PV array. Installed in The project should result in an annual one day, the 10kw system comprised of 40 energy output of 8930 kWh. The REC 250PE solar panels. The roof structure combination of income from the feed included a number of irregularly sized and in tariff, export tariff and electricity bill positioned roof lights which resulted in a savings should result in an annual income more challenging installation project than of £1800. normal. Moleenergy’s preferred installer

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Future Farming Academy Claire Flower reports

Since starting my Future Farmers Academy placement at Alvis Bros Ltd I have been enjoying working on their three dairy farms for the last few weeks. It was interesting to see that the farm managers are allowed to run their farms independently and due to the fact the main offi ce deals with a large proportion of the paperwork (other than the cattle papers) they have more time to oversee the day-to-day running of their enterprises. Regilbury Park Farm in Winford is the largest and has the capacity to Alvis Contractors foraging the organic triticale at Chapel milk up to 650 animals on a very quick 60-point rotary parlour that Pill Farm was installed in 2010. Strong arms are needed to keep up to speed Chapel Pill Farm in Ham Green is the company’s excellent organic farm, when attaching the clusters! The farming is conventional and takes full milking up to 250 cows in their one year old 20:20 rapid release parlour. advantage of rotational paddocks during the grazing season. Off the main It was brilliant to see so few weeds growing and proves that sprays are site, there is also an intensive beef rearing unit supplying some of the big not necessarily needed as long as the correct crop rotations are chosen commercial food chains. and a little more effort goes into ploughing, topping and strimming. Box Bush Farm in Redhill is another conventional farm with the ability to milk up to 300 animals in a 60:30 swingover parlour. Unfortunately bTB has taken its toll at Box Bush with over 40 near calving heifers being culled after the last test. I have had to deal with the aftermath of bTB in beef suckler herds, but this was my fi rst experience in the dairy sector. The fact that there are now fewer replacements means that the older cows have to be milked for longer, which in turn increases the cases of mastitis and cell counts in the milk. Also, as the compensation for the reactors is much lower, compared to what you would expect to pay at market, it is a challenge to replace the animals lost with the same health status cows. With all these diffi culties it is not hard to see the detrimental effect bTB has on the herd and staff morale. My industry training days for the month fi rst took me to Farmvets South West where I learnt more about the importance of correct nutrition for the dairy cow. My second day out was to sunny Cornwall with Elanco Animal Health UK who are suppliers of veterinary products. The 60 point rotary parlour at Regilbury Park Farm Claire Flower

RATS: BETTER UNDERSTANDING BOOSTS CONTROL Persistent rat control diffi culties can easily It is important to use more than enough Neosorexa Gold be put down to rodenticide resistance, baiting points and site them wherever the FREE but all too often the more likely cause is a tell-tale signs of rat activity are evident. BAIT BOX rat bait failure to adequately account for the sheer This will be along the outside of buildings, OR TUBE scale and extent of the infestation. in recesses, at the edges of hay or straw Baiting is commonly confi ned to the areas stacks and in undergrowth between where rats are actually seen, while most their burrows in rough ground and your infestations extend throughout the farm. As buildings. The bait must be available in a result, only a small proportion of the rats suffi cient quantity. An initial consumption actually visit the baiting points and those of 3-4kgs per night can be expected on a succumbing to the rodenticide are replaced reasonable-sized farm infestation, using a Buy 6kg, 10kg or 18kg by others from the immediate vicinity. This palatable bait. So baiting points need to be Neosorexa Gold Rat Size Code Price gives the clear impression the rodenticide checked and topped-up at least three times Bait and get either a 6kg 32786 £30.10 in the fi rst week. is ineffective. But, in reality, it simply isn’t Roguard Widepiper 10kg 32787 £39.05 being used widely enough and in suffi cient An intensive three week round of quality bait tube or a Sorex rat 18kg 32788 £48.05 quantity to do the job. baiting will always be more effective than bait box free of charge!. The key to effective control lies in using the sporadic and less well-planned treatment Worth over £5.00 most palatable farm wide rodenticide, in over an extended period. This will minimise well sited baiting points wherever rats are the risk to non-target species. Rapidly active around the farm, and topping them eliminating the overwhelming majority of up frequently over an intensive treatment rats in this way will signifi cantly reduce the programme. With large infestations and speed and scale of any reinfestation, saving where alternative food sources are plentiful, you time, effort, damage and, importantly, it’s particularly important to employ the overall bait use. best quality bait. MVF CODE 62199 MVF CODE 23439 Offers are for September or whilst stocks last 26 MVF Newsletter 604 BRANCH Clipping horses SAVE Lister Liberty As soon as autumn arrives, horses start to Battery Clipper develop a thick winter coat. For horses that OVER live outdoors ‘unrugged’, their winter coat £200 RRP £518 inc vat offers essential protection from the cold, wet weather. However, for horses that are Pack includes: in regular work, winter coat becomes a • Versatile Lister Liberty 12V Clipper (including hindrance, causing them to sweat heavily. blades and accessories) • Compact Lister Libretto 12V Super Trimmer From September to December, the coat will (including standard and wide blades) grow quickly and you will fi nd that within • Power pack (with belt and charger)r) a few weeks any clip marks will disappear and the coat gets thick once again. Competition or hunting horses are typically clipped every three or four weeks after the fi rst clip.

There are many different horse clipping styles and designs. When considering the types of horse clip, you should think about • Whether the horse will be stabled £310.00 • Whether the horse will be turned MVF CODE 1084258 out during the day • How much work your horse is in SAVE Lister Star Mains • The rugs you have, or are prepared Clipper to buy OVERER Helpful hints and tips £1500 Before you begin to clip, you need to Lack of oil causes the blades to overheat, ensure the clippers are clean and in good which in turn upsets the horse. condition, always check the cable for any breaks, ensure that the circuit breaker is Incorrectly tensioned blades causes working correctly. The blades need to be overheating/ pulling of the hair clean, sharp and with no broken teeth. RRP £401 Badly sharpened blades can cause Ensure that the tension bolt is not bent, as inc vat overheating/pulling of the hair this can cause over heating issues whilst clipping. If the clipper stops working whilst in Pack includes:udes: Whilst clipping, ensure that you have an use, check that the circuit breaker or the • Lister Starr Mains CClipperlipper adequate quantity of oil available. The overload button has not popped out on the • Lister Legato+ Cordless 60ml bottle of oil supplied with a clipper is mains clipper. It trips for a reason – check Trimmer (inc accessories) suffi cient for the clipping of one full clip. it out before restarting (lack of oil, tension • Lister clipping holdall problems, broken cable). • 250ml clipping oil £245.00

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Heiniger Xplorer FREE Cordless Clipper BATTERY Including two sets of blades and a FREE spare battery worth over £80 inc VAT

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON HOW TO CLIP YOUR HORSE PLEASE VISIT www.horse-clipping.co.uk 00 OR VISIT YOUR LOCAL MOLE VALLEY FARMERS BRANCH £360. MVF CODE 1083227 27 MVF Newsletter 604 All prices on this page include VAT where applicable and offers are for September or whilst stocks last. BRANCH

News from, Meshaw Careful what you wish for Young Farmers Club Cathy Wood, Equine Product Manager

Careful what you wish for….having muttered and moaned about the lack of rain, the tail end of ‘Hurricance Bertha’ landed this morning – net result - me scuttling round at fi rst light collecting in horses and ponies from monsoon- like conditions. Whilst the time of this task could have been halved with a bit of help, I think there is only one 5 o’clock in OH’s world! In all seriousness, the effect of the hard ground on the foals’ joints always concerns me – joints are after all the shock absorbers in the body. Immature limbs combined with the foals’ tendencies to ‘hoon’ around can often lead to The beautiful Connemara stallion, problems – I for one am happy to forgo some Banks Timber, who I was lucky sunshine for a bit of give in the ground. enough to see on my recent trip to Back to the subject of OH….I have a small – Ireland. TUG-OF-WAR very small – collection of brownie points. Foals and done a quick bit of mental arithmetic I Meshaw Young Farmers are a very small but have been sold, along with 2 brood mares realised their total prize fund for all the in-hand extremely active club within the North Devon and a 2 year old, making him marginally less classes exceeded 40,000e! The loose jumping Group. The club has enjoyed spectacular grumpy than usual…he thinks I am cutting and young event horse sections offered another success during the last 12 months with down before the winter! However, return to members competing at the very highest levels, 40,000e and a large percentage of these the naughty step imminent - I have a four day this has cumulated in becoming Junior runners- classes are sponsored by HSI! holiday booked to Connemara in Co Galway up at the National Tug-of-War Finals held at to watch the Clifden show and auction of Horse Sport Ireland is responsible for Tenbury Wells near Worcester. Connemara Ponies very soon. interfacing with the Irish Government Breeding The mixed team with all members under 18 Policy and maintain the studbooks and That brings me to the subject of Dublin years had not even picked up a tug-of-war rope passports for both sport horses and draughts. until April. After winning the Devon round, they Show – an annual pilgrimage for a couple of By comparison, winning a class at a County progressed to South West Area at Lackham days’ holiday each year (no normal summer Show is likely to net you somewhere between College in Wiltshire where they worked hard to holiday for me – I love my Irish trips and secure second place. This qualifi ed the team for have no desire to visit more traditional holiday £30-£70 whilst our premier event ‘Horse Of The the Nationals. destinations). Year Show’ might deliver a fi rst prize of £200! The fi nal nail in the coffi n was realising that in Training had to intensify for the Nationals! Dublin (RDS) is the showcase for Irish breeding, the RDS Breeding Championship (a mare and Meshaw pulled extremely well during the day the event is heavily supported by Horse Sport foal class) the winner receives 5000e, 3000e for losing narrowly to a very well drilled Lancashire, Ireland (HSI) and provides everything from second and so on – those not placed actually last years champions. A truly amazing day with the prestigious Nations Cup show jumping to received 400e just for turning up – imagine that a result the team never expected. “We have a leading rein class. This year it really struck over here! to say huge thank-you’s to Rob Hayball who me what poor relations we are in terms of has coached us for the past 4 months and our government funding or support. Having On the subject of shows, a friend and I made sponsors the Govier and Dekker families.”. watched lots of the in-hand classes at the RDS our fi rst trip to the UK Connemara Breed Show The team includes Coach Rob Hayball, Jonny in Warwickshire taking three ponies. All were Edwards, Sam Govier, Tom Weaver, George stars and came home Govier, Rebekkah Hoskin, Sarah Thomas, with a clutch of prizes, Maddie Boyles and Lily Dekker. including a couple of We also donated £400 to South Molton Championships and Volunteer Bureau and another £400 to Exmoor we met some lovely Search and Rescue, both local organisations people along the were chosen by the young farmers as we know way, the Connemara people who had been helped by them. journey is defi nitely If you are interested in joining Meshaw YFC gaining momentum! please contact Henry Dunn 07435 578088. Closer to home don’t forget our Equine Days at all branches of MVF on Sat Sept 20th. With a multitude of offers and discounts on feed, haylage, bedding, supplements and rugs it’s a great time to get stocked up for Winter – it won’t be far away!

Above: This year’s foals were very pleased to be used in a recent MVF photo shoot - making friends with model and Head Offi ce employee Louise Folland 28 MVF Newsletter 604 BRANCH

Equine Event 21&!pgg! tfmfdufe!jufnt! Saturday 20th September jotupsf+ 10am-4pm

Get prepared for the winter season with some great offers and advice for horse lovers! Come along to one of our Equine Events taking place at each store this September. We’ll have lots of great deals for you on feeds, supplements, rugs and the NAF ‘Get Set For Winter’ range. We look forward to seeing you.

• £1 off per bag of Mole Valley Farmers horse feed (includingg fi bre feeds and haylage) • 25% off selected TopSpec feed balancer • Buy 4 get 5th free on selected shavings,s, Verdo, or Equinola Bedding • Exclusive Mole Valley Farmers and Horseware winter rugug rangenge • 50% off selected NAF ‘Get set for Winter’ products • And much much more...!

Someone special at South Stables SPECIAL Molton’s Equine Event! Now is the perfect time of year to machinery hire, prepare your stable yard for the long making the job easier OFFER FOR MVF and saving you winter months. If you are thinking MEMBERS of upgrading your stables or adding money. new stables to your yard, we are We are also able to able to offer you a solution, available offer extremely competitive rates on fi eld exclusively to MVF members. shelters built to the same high specifi cation, Mole Valley Plus have negotiated a with the option to combine this with a September special offer giving you a poured rubber surface inside and out, to free upgrade from standard half lined eliminate problems with boggy ground and with OSB to fully lined with treated alleviate issues such as mud fever, found plywood, giving you a massive saving of with horses standing around in wet muddy £195 + VAT per stable! conditions. The stables are of exceptional build For further information on our stables quality and come with shiplap side special offer, fi eld shelters and rubber cladding, black onduline roof sheet surfaces, please call our agricultural and 18mm OSB roof lining, underlined We are delighted to welcome the NAF sponsored Equine canopy, fully lined internally, a chew specialist today on 01769 576201 Behaviourist Emma Massingale along with some of her strip to the bottom door and all timber team of liberty ponies to our South Molton branch on pressure treated in brown to give a 20th September. Devon based Emma trains horses for superior fi nish. When preparing your all walks of life as well as working with her young team site we can offer discounted rates of Connemara ponies who all work at liberty – without for concrete, aggregates, tool and bridles. So why not come along and meet Emma and her team and watch incredible footage of her FREE RIDING on the big screen. “Free-riding is about showing the versatility and beauty of horses; never being satisfi ed with what you have, or can do, always wanting to push the boundaries of what is possible. Working with horses is my passion and my love, my aim is to share with you the fun in a dream come true. Horses amaze and inspire me on a daily basis, with compassion, imagination and a sense of fun, there really is no limit to what is possible”. For those of you wanting to learn more about Emma and her training, she has both one to one and group clinics at her Bradworthy base covering a variety of subjects from de-spooking to liberty work.

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Get ready for the shooting season with Mole Valley Farmers With Autumn just around the corner, the shooting season gets underway. Our branches stock a wide range of shooting equipment and accessories including shotgun cartridges, bird scarers, game bags, decoys, cleaning kit and scope. We are even offering members a £10 off voucher when you spend £75 on shooting products to get you prepared for the season. We also carry an extensive range of winter sportswear, visit your local branch to see more.

For cold, wet weather and muddy walks, take a trip to your local branch where you will find a wide range of warm, waterproof outdoor clothing and footwear for any conditions you may find yourself in!

LeLe Chameau Aigle Harkness NEW VierzonordVie green shooting jacket 66 wellingtonwe £166. Bronze MVFMV CODE 65057+sz MVF CODE 1081945-49 £159.00£ 00 £159. Sizes S-XXL

Sizes 37-40

£133.32 AigleAiig Parcour 2 ISO bronzebrro wellington MVFMVF CODE 56237+sz Aigle Sardany 3 in 1 jacket Bronze NEW 98 MVF CODE 52013+sz £139. Sizes S-XXL

Sizes 37-47 Barbour Fellmoor tweed shooting jacket Olive/brown MVF CODE Aigle Artemis 2 GTX 1080227-30 khaki boots 66 MVF CODE 58998+sz £261. 50 Sizes M-XXL Sizes 6-12 £112.

The top of the range Cometa Fenix 400 is a prestige rifl e. Your chance to WIN! Rugged construction means it’s ideal for pest control and Top of the range Cometa Fenix 400 air rifl e target shooting. Additionally, the trigger on this gun can be adjusted for sensitivity to better suit the user. Pellet up for grabs in our free prize draw size .22, power up to the maximum legal limit, auto safety catch and 14” barrel length. Entries open from 1st September until 30th November 2014. Entries only accepted on the prize draw form available from your local Mole Valley Farmers branch or online. See our website for prize draw terms and conditions. Open to over 18’s only. Prize must be collected in person from a Mole Valley Farmers branch. Pick up an entry form at your local branch or enter online at molevalleyfarmers.com/shooting-competition

30 MVF Newsletter 604 BRANCH Partridge season cartridge choice by Will Edwards of Lyalvale Accessories This is an exciting time of year for many of us with the game shooting season just underway, and partridge can Canvas game bag present some superb sporting opportunities whether MVF CODE 23525 ‘walked up’ over dogs or ‘driven’. So let’s look at both options and how we should enjoy the day, remaining safe and focused at all times, this should put you on a good footing for the pheasants the following month and the duration of the season. Walked up This can be on your own, as a single Gun, or with several of you in a line with dogs working a cover crop in front of you. Use your open choke for your fi rst shot and if needed your tighter choke for a 54 follow up shot, a cartridge of 25gms to 30gms with No 6 shot will do the job. £15. Driven On arriving at the shoot, meeting and greeting formalities are done and dusted your host will Field Trial dog lead MVF CODE 45734 give you his safety briefi ng and format for the day, eg: 2 drives, a mid morning break, two further drives followed by a shoot dinner. You will then draw for pegs, which simply means what peg you will start the day on and may possibly move up two or three pegs on the other drives. You may be live on peg, or the drive may well start and fi nish with the blow of a horn, but this should be made clear in the earlier briefi ng. With your fellow Guns alongside you, you have an arc of fi re which is divided between your pegs. With driven partridge, do your best to pick one bird out and stick with it, trying to chop and change at the last second rarely results with a bird on the deck. Take your time to pick out your birds, you may have to let a fair few through that are too low and unsafe to raise the gun to and 10 again, if in doubt don’t shoot, it’s about enjoying the experience £8. rather than getting yourself stressed about “shall I, or shan’t I”. Anything around the 30 yard mark and beyond, I would see as a good sporting bird. In relation to your Tasco 168RB compact gun and cartridge set up, I still wouldn’t go heavier than a 30 gram cartridge binoculars and choosing a number 6 shot, with a 28 gram cartridge number 7 or 6 shot is 10x25 MVF CODE ideal and combined with chokes of Imp 1075921 cylinder, ¼ or ½ choke make an ideal choice for partridge shooting.

Game shooting cartridges, suiable for 2½”, 65mm chambered guns Suitable for all game pheasants, partridge, grouse, pigeon and rabbit £16.62 CODE Game cartridge details weight/gms Shot size wad Price (inc vat) 4945 28 6 plastic £6.90 Padded gun slip 2954420 bore high 25 5 fi bre £6.84 MVF CODE 46405 Supreme Game performance 28 29545 6 fi bre £7.14 28 06003 High quality game fi bre £6.54 Special Game 23056cartridge 30 fi bre £6.96 78 10097 High performance 5 plastic £7.44 £18. Supreme Game 29542game cartridge 6 fi bre £7.68

When you spend £75 on £10 off shooting accessories Adjustable Offer only valid when voucher is presented shooting stick at a Mole Valley Farmers Branch. Offer only MVF CODE 50116 valid when purchasing shooting accessories worth £75 ex vat or over. Only one voucher per transaction. Only one voucher per customer may be redeemed.No cash alternative. Offer 34 expires 30/09/14. No photocopies accepted. £17.

prices include VAT where applicable and offers are for September or whilst stocks last 31 MVF Newsletter 604 BRANCH

Kitchen whatever

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Ashgrove kitchens

The Ashgrove Woodland classic oak painted range

Ashgrove Kitchens Ltd, based in Crediton, has gained a reputation across Call into your local Mole Valley Farmers branch for more details on the UK as one of the very best bespoke kitchen designers, kitchen Essentially Ashgrove’s complete range or meet Ashgrove’s staff at planners and installers, providing quality handmade and lovingly crafted bespoke kitchens, bedrooms and studies. As a local company Ashgrove Mole Valley Farmers Heating Events this autumn manufacture, supply and fi t their kitchens across the West country and Bridgwater* 3rd-4th October are pleased that their new range Essentially Ashgrove will be available through the Mole Valley Farmers’ branches. Cullompton* 15th-16th October Essentially Ashgrove kitchens offer versatility in design and style Frome 31st Oct-1st Nov depending on individual needs and all are competitively priced. There is Holsworthy* 24th-25th October also a complete range of kitchen accessories designed for people with disabilities, or for those with limited mobility as well as applications in Liskeard 8th-9th October medical and school environments. Newton Abbot* 17th-18th October Their true quality and versatility comes with its team of highly skilled South Molton* 10th-11th October local craftsman. They provide a complete kitchen planning service, from the initial design to the fi nal installation: and they take pride in providing St Columb 22nd-23rd October a fi rst class service using the fi nest quality fi tting, fi nishes and fi xtures Yeovil * 29th-30th October throughout the range. Paul Brimblecombe, Managing Director says; “We understand the * Ashgrove Kitchens attending expectations of today’s modern living and the need to offer exceptional value for money whilst not compromising on the quality of kitchens we are able to offer our customers. Essentially Ashgrove offers traditional and contemporary styled kitchens and allows for versatility in design, colour and style to be able to meet all budget requirements and we are very excited to offer this unique range to Mole Valley Farmers.” Paul continues, “Being local allows us to develop a personal relationship with our customers and working closely with them allows us the fl exibility to meet changing requirements on design and delivery very easily. We are pleased that this range has been well received so far and we hope to continue forging successful relationships through Mole Valley Farmers.” Investing in a new kitchen should be an exciting, creative, and enjoyable process. Essentially Ashgrove’s aim is to ensure that it is. They listen to their customers’ ideas, work closely with them through all the stages, from design to completion, to ensure a completely successful project; a kitchen that you are truly proud of. Julian checks the fi nish on an Ashgrove kitchen unit 32 MVF Newsletter 604 BRANCH Heating your home this winter New to Mole Valley Farmers this year is a range of stunning Charnwood Heating events woodburning stoves. at all branches Charnwood have been designing and manufacturing fi res in Britain for over 40 years and are regarded by many as the market leaders in innovative, clean burning 9.30am-4.30pm (see page 32) appliances, so their partnership with MVF is an exciting development. Their stoves are best known for their timeless appeal conjuring up images of warmth, glowing fl ames and classic design. Alongside their aesthetic value, • talk to experts Charnwood offer a genuine sustainable alternative to other fuel types. Not only can they yield signifi cant savings on heating costs but they are classed as CO 2 neutral burning renewable fuel • see a range of wood and that can be sourced locally. multifuel stoves in action The quality of Charnwood’s stoves is embedded in their construction. The best combination of cast iron, plate steel and ceramic glass is used to ensure maximum effectiveness and quality. • browse the heating The select range is set to include their well established ‘Country’ stoves and the new ‘LA10’ – a displays beautifully designed wood burner with a retro twist. There are fi ve models available to suit virtually every home heating requirement; from pure room heating to full central heating boiler models. • speak to staff about your Charnwood are a brilliant ecological choice in the home heating arena making wood-burning options cleaner, safer and more money-effi cient than ever before. • view our selection of fireside accessories - companion sets, log baskets and cleaning equipment

ALSO At selected stores, staff from Ashgrove will be on hand to discuss your options and prices for their kitchen ranges

PRIZE DRAWS!

The Charnwood Country 8, with 8kW of The Charnwood LA10 is a highly effi cient heat, this stove is suited to larger rooms. clean-burning stove delivering up to 5kW of It is also available as the 16b which has an heat to the room integral 7kW back boiler.

Varde Ovne Aura II Wood Stove Save We have some great pricessa andnd priprizeszes on offer this autumn, from a chance to win £150 • FlatFl top andd singlei l ddoor. this stunning butcher’s block to a year’s • Clean air wash and convection system supply of kiln dried logs. • Output 5kW Anyone who buys a stove worth over £500 ex vat will be entered to the free • 12mm hearth friendly prize draw for the butcher’s block and • Cast iron and steel construction just make sure you fi ll in the entry NOW £1,105 form available at was £1,255 your local branch 58621 for the chance to win the kiln dried We have a great selection of stoves on offer from 1st September to 31st October, plus logs! some extra special deals at our individual heating days. Pick up a leafl et at your local branch or look on line at www.molevalleyfarmers.com 33 MVF Newsletter 604 BRANCH September garden offers

Stihl SH86C-E Stihl MS170 12” Electric log splitter SAVE SAVE SAVE OVER petrol vacuum chainsaw OVERR £20!0! shredder £15 Best selling chainsaw £333 • 12” bar • 30.1cc engine • Compact entry model • Great for cutting fi rewood

• Sucks up leaves and cuttings and shreds them • Can also be used as a blower • Supplied with blower tube, vacuum tube and • Up to 6 tonon bag • Max log length 520mm • 27.2cc engine • Max log diameter 250mm • Vacuums, shreds, and blows • 2200w electric motor • Ergo start for easier starting • Saves time and labour 00 00 00 Normal price £278.10 £258. £154. £216. Normal price £169.00 Normal price £249.98 MVF CODE 46706 MVF CODE 09595 MVF CODE 1014853

Spear and Crest tree lopper Plastic leaf rake SAVE Jackson SAVE SAVE telescopic bypass 50% £15 • Lightweight aluminium 20%20% lopper handles • Lightweight • Extends to 3 metres aluminium handles • Twist and lock extendable • 2200 teetteethh mechanism • WWoodenooden hhandleandle • Extends to 720mm

£19.99 98 £8.21 RRP £39.99 £24. SSP £39.99 Normal price £10.26 MVF CODE 21969 MVF CODE 1083144 MVF CODE 1083156

Log Master saw horse FREE FREE Wood splitting maul AXE Free 5lb felling axe worth WOOD Free wood grenade worth £19.74 inc vat (1074665) £8.52 inc VAT (05659) • Heavy duty GRENADE • Fits all petrol chainsaws • Fully adjustable for large logs • Telescopic adjustable legs • Guarded chainbar

• Easily assembled – onlonlyy • Great for splitting wood 5 parts • Also for driving grenades into • Ultra safe heavy dutyty diffi cult logs chainsaw vice • Fibre glass handle • Work fast and safelyy aandnd • Weight 6lb reduce back ache £99.00 £22.98 chainsaw not included MVF CODE 21422 MVF CODE 20187

Prices include VAT where applicable and offers are for September or whilst stocks last

34 MVF Newsletter 604 BRANCH Autumn gardening

After several months where maintenance has been key, keeping on top of watering, feeding and harvesting your produce, September brings with it the start of Autumn and a new selection of jobs to think about in the garden. In recent years there have been very few early frosts and therefore summer bedding can keep fl owering into the early Autumn, so it is important to continue to water and feed well into September. However, as September progresses your baskets and containers can start to look untidy and therefore it’s a good idea to start to think about what you want in them over the winter and early Spring.

Look to plant conifers, evergreen shrubs, spring flowering bulbs and for a splash of immediate colour, winter-flowering pansies. Multi purpose In the vegetable garden it is the time to lift onions and shallots once they are fully sun- compost with ripened and their tops have died down. You added John Innes can also sow swedes, spring cabbages, winter lettuces, radishes, winter hardy Perfect for all life Buy one spinach and overwintering stages of plants onions and garlic. get one ThereT is a wide selection of Spring fl owering bulbs FREE in the branches now and with a little care they can provide fl owers from February through to May. In my containers, I tend to favour dwarf tulips and narcissi, but crocus and hyacinths can also look stunning. I love Spring fl owering bulbs and the promise that they give. Once again this year we have a wonderful selection of spring fl owering bulbs on offer, including several new varieties for this season. This year I am thinking of naturalising some dwarf narcissi and crocus in a patch of lawn in the garden. To do this I will be cutting and folding back a section of turf to reveal MVF CODE 52386 48 a patch of soil. I will then place the bulbs in groups £5. for effect and then replace the turf over the top. This should then give me a lovely natural-looking display in early Spring. Daffodil and narcissi For a splash of colour and a lovely fragrance in the home over the Christmas period, hyacinths BUY 2 are ideal. Prepared hyacinths have been specially for £12 primed for early fl owering, and if you want them to fl ower for Christmas, you should plant them as soon as possible at the beginning of September in Ideal for bulb fi bre. Grow them in a cool, dark position for naturalising around 10-12 weeks, until the shoots have grown 7kg to about 5-7.5 cm (2-3 inches). When they get to this size move them to a bright windowsill and 99 ea fl ower heads will grow quickly over the next few £8. weeks, giving you beautiful, scented blooms over the festive period. MVF CODE 58716

September is a good time for sowing new lawns as the soil will still be Plastic leaf rakee Stihl SH86C-E warm but not too wet. Also by sowing at this time of year, the grass petrol vacuum will hopefully be reasonably established by next summer when it is shredder likely to get more regular use. With existing lawns it is a good time for overseeding. If you have bald patches loosen up the soil with a rake, mix up a handful of grass seed with half a bucket of seed compost and sprinkle thinly over the area and keep well watered. To improve your lawn further it a good idea to feed it this autumn with an Autumn Lawn feed and mosskiller. Unlike Spring/Summer lawn feed See page 34 for offers which encourages shoot growth, which is the last thing you want at this on garden tools time of year, autumn lawn food promotes root growth so that the lawn is in a much better condition to thrive next year.

35 MVF Newsletter 604 Prices on this page include VAT where applicable and offers are for September or whilst stocks last BRANCH Food and drink offersfor September

Skinners Brewery Beers Kumala Classics Wine 3 for Betty Stoggs, Cornish Knocker 2 for Cornish Blonde, Ginger Tosser £6 River Cottage EPA £10

75cl

NEW English Pale Ale created White in conjunction Red with River Rose Cottage using ingredients from the Westcountry

£5.70ea £2.40ea 500ml MVF CODES 1084324-6 MVF CODES 42615-7 /1078607/ 1084329

Lye Cross Farm Cheddar 2 for SAVE Lye Cross Farm • Mild • Tasty • Mature £1.50 Mature Cheddar 00 500g £6. • Extra Mature • Vintage per kg no vat Normal price £7.50/kg

00/kg Normal prices £3.60 (Mild), £3.80 (Tasty), £6. £3.90 (Mature) £4.00 (Extra Mature), MVF CODES Approx 2.5kg. Saving applies when £4.30 (Vintage) 52911-5 you buy the large pack - no VAT. MVF CODE 40026W

The Bay Tree sauces, rice or couscous

Indian Masala, Szechuan Red Pepper 2 for Curry 2 for Thai Coconut, Moroccan Couscous Stir Fry 00 00 £5. £5. Chinese Sticky Rib Moroccan Tangine

300g 250g

Normal price Normal price £2.95 each

£3.00 each no vat MVF CODES 1084218-21 MVF CODES 64178-80, 1084211-7 no vat

36 MVF Newsletter 604 All prices on this page include VAT where applicable and offers are for September or whilst stocks last. Mole Valley Farmers prides itself on supporting local food producers. Pick up packs of our local beef mince, bacon and cheese in store to Recipe of the month make this a guilt free pleasure. Blue cheese stuffed burgers Serves: 10 Method: Approx time: 30mins 1. Fry the onion and garlic over a medium heat until soft. Blend the dry bread slices Ingredients: in a food processor until they resemble • 400-500g beef mince breadcrumbs. • 4 tbs. of blue cheese (like 2. Mix the mince and cooked onion and garlic Stilton) with your hands, add the breadcrumbs • 1 red onion and continue to mix. Then add the herbs, (peeled and diced) spices and egg, mix until fully combined • 1 garlic clove (peeled 3. Shape the mixture into eight thin (5mm and fi nely chopped) deep) round burgers, then wrap each burger in cling fi lm and chill in the fridge • 2 slices of bread (preferably for 15-30 mins. Once chilled, place crusts, few days old) approx. 1 tbs. of blue cheese between • 1 free range egg (beaten) two burgers, press around the edges and • 1 tsp. dried mixed herbs re-shape to form one large burger. Repeat • 1 tsp. cayenne pepper three more times then place back in the fridge for another 10-15 minutes. • Salt and pepper to taste Picture by Seb Chandler Photography 4. Pre-heat the oven to 200˚C/GM 6. Grill the blue cheese stuffed burgers for 3mins Top tip: on each side in a pan, then transfer to For an extra luxurious treat add the pre-heated oven for approx. 8 mins to more delicious Lye Cross Farm cook through completely. cheese and a crispy rasher of 5. Serve in sliced, lightly toasted rolls spread bacon to the top of the burger with your favourite sauce – we love before serving. Fussells FGS sauce - and lay on a bed of lettuce leaves and sliced tomato.

Thatchers Heritage Cider Thatchers Gold Cider SAVE SAVE 3 litre Thatchers Gold tastes as good as it looks. Using 15% 15% the best of our traditional approach and modern A fi ne unfi ltered cider with a rich techniques for a refreshing cider with a smooth haze produced from a blend of appley taste and a bright sparkle specially selected apples 440ml 8 pack

Normal price £9.96 Normal £8.47 £7.60 price £8.94

MVF CODE 1081985 MVF CODE 1081984 Chunk of Devon taster day Chunk of Devon visited several Mole Valley Farmers branches last month bringing with them their award winning Pork Squealer and chicken and ham pies. Rachel Trevallion was on hand to offer free samples and answer queries. She said “Our pork pie won the best cold eating pie at the British Pie Awards in 2012, and our chicken and ham was awarded gold at the Taste the West 2014 awards. “We stick to traditional ingredients and methods so you won’t fi nd any margarine in our pastry and we use good quality free range meat. “It’s been a real pleasure to visit Mole Valley Farmers and see the reaction people have to tasting our pies.” Pictured right is Rachel with staff from South Molton branch where the pies were so popular all 48, as well as the branch’s own supply, sold out during Chunk’s visit. Rachel from Chunk with Barbara, Sarah and Karen Come into store and try them for yourself!

All prices on this page include VAT where applicable and offers are fforor SepSeptembertembber or whwhilsthililstst sstockstockks llalaslast.st 37 MVF Newsletter 604 BRANCH Separation anxiety THANK YOU MOLE VALLEY FARMERS MEMBERS! Amy Heron, Senior Nurse at MoleCare Veterinary Practice, Newton Abbot

Unfortunately, despite our best efforts as dog of this emotion. Owners also feel it can be to owners, there will inevitably be periods of time ‘get even’ or through lack of training, but the when our canine friends have to stay at home simple answer is all negative behaviour linked alone. Behaviour problems occurring when dogs to separation is as a result of anxiety. Dogs are left at home is one of the most common suffering from separation anxiety, typically complaints to behaviourists. Frequently anticipate the isolation from associated cues in reported problems include destructive their environment, the anxiety will begin with behaviour, vocalisation and house soiling. an initial cue that the owner probably isn’t even However, most owners report that the period of aware of and will continue to grow until the time that the dog is left for is not the issue as owner leaves the house. The dog is then left the problem behaviour occurs even if the owner in a high stress state which reaches its peak is not present for as little as two minutes. around 30 minutes after the owner has left. First we have to understand why dogs behave During this time the dogs may tear things up, Left to right : Exe Valley Rotary Club this way. A regular misinterpretation is that chew things, soil inside the house all to try and President Andrew Butler (left), with they are destructive or soil the house in spite reach a better emotional state as most of these David Brunt, who very generously because they have been left alone; however, behaviours are self-rewarding. donated the tractor shaking hands studies have proven that dogs are not capable with Rotarian David Disney

In our June newsletter, we printed a request from the Exe Valley Rotarian David Disney asking if any of our readers to donate an old tractor for residents of Barton Place Nursing Home for Alzheimer’s and Dementia sufferers. The Club have been inundated with offers and were able to arrange delivery of a David Brown 880 tractor, which was generously donated by David Brunt from Bridport. David Disney said: “We know the tractor will be of great value to the residents, several of whom are retired farmers and this will enable them to strip and rebuild the tractor. To see the lift in There are many things that can help prevent and treat separation anxiety in our dogs: emotion as we delivered it making the project really worthwhile. It will help several at the - Physical stimulation: a tired dog is less - Consistent routine: dogs thrive on routine, nursing home understand and most importantly likely to have problems than a bored dog with being masters of prediction and probability. relate to the past and engage with an activity lots of energy to burn off. Simply giving your A strict daily routine allows the dog to they remember”. dog plenty of exercise gives all of their energy predict the outcome of a period of solitude an appropriate outlet and also stimulates the and they can tolerate these periods with the “On behalf of Exe Valley Rotary Club I would release of serotonin which is responsible for understanding they will not be for long. like to say a big thank you to Mole Valley regulating mood. members for their support in our quest for a - Identify and desensitise against tractor. As well as the tractor provided to the Keeping your dog - Mental stimulation: predeparture cues: as mentioned above, nursing home, we had many other offers, and mentally active also reduces symptoms of a dog that suffers with separation anxiety I’m still receiving them! It’s been heart-warming separation anxiety. Feeding your dog in a is a master at identifying any sign that you to know how your readers can respond in puzzle cube or scatter feeding around the may be leaving. So when you are brushing such a way. The farming community is a great house promotes the dog to use its natural your teeth, putting your shoes on, getting bunch.” scavenger instincts and can provide a good your coat and keys, the dog is ticking distraction whilst the owner leaves the house each activity on a checklist that shows it is thus breaking the cues that the dog has learnt going to be left alone. The dog may end up to associate with isolation. showing anxious behaviour at any one of - Get another dog? Many owners believe that the activities being shown, so we need to a dog with separation anxiety simply craves use them out of context and de-sensitise. So company and get another dog to try and cure picking up the keys and then just sit down the problem. However, dogs with separation on the sofa, or putting on your coat whilst anxiety typically have an over-dependent you make the dinner. relationship with their human, therefore - Putting on the radio: this can be useful getting another dog will not usually make to drown out any outside noises that may any difference to the problem and can even infl ame any anxiety. However, it is important infl ame it. that it does not become a predeparture cue. - Leaving a scent item in the dog’s bed: Many people only put the radio on when leaving a t-shirt or jumper with your scent they go out to pacify the dog,, therefore the dog gets anxiousus Residents get their fi rst look at the on can sometimes help the dog feel more tractor, following an appeal in the comfortable when left. as soon as it goes on, so be careful when using this tool. Mole Valley Farmers Newsletter 38 MVF Newsletter 604 SMALL ADS SKH 3m Crumbler roller cultivator, £500 Kverneland 4 furrow conventional plough, British/Belgian Blue ped bulls & heifers. 01598 710263 / 07890 389717 £400. Fimco ATV grass seed/slug pellet Breeders of Genus’ NewPole Easy & Small Ads Pottinger mex4 forage harvester, PUH, spinner £400. Tavistock. 07761 944218 Semex’s NewPole Chalky White. electronic hydraulics, very little work from Foster Technik automated calf feeder, 62 Coloured & white bulls available. September new, £2400 ono. 01460 281663 collars £2000 + VAT. Murska 350 crimper, 07885 721217 / 01823 673314 Ferguson potato planter & spinner, v tidy. old but working, £500 + VAT. www.newpole.co.uk Huxtable 5R hoe. Crediton 01363 84595 01822 860228 Ped Charollais rams, can deliver. Call For Sale Tuthill 3 speed pedestrian apple Keenan 100 mixer wagon, blades, 6 Roy: 07816 636435 / 01837 840328 harvester. Honda engine. 4 baskets paddle, weigh cells, good cond, £2000 + Ped Limousin & Simmental bulls, quiet, VAT. 01395 232659 £1200. 01823 672244 easy calving, ideal commercial crossing. Machinery Bateman full access crush, £900. 15' Manitou 629/120, 2002, 6500hrs £12500, Sampson. Chudleigh. 07860 580498 VW Transporter, 2.5Tdi 2008, t+t, Bomford B467 hedgetrimmer £1950. feed barriers, IAE, £200. Sheep race Meldon Charolais, selection of quality 52kmiles, 10 seats, blue, excellent cond. Vicon 247 disc mower £1500. Twose £460. Lamb weigher, £440 all + VAT. young bulls for sale, BVD & Lepto vac. £14000 + VAT ono. Sims. 01637 880277 / 07718 080180 ballast roller £760, Rabe 3 furrow turnover 01271 882437 / 07935 454338 plough £950, 4x tyres & rims 12.5x80-18 Phil Heard: 07966 522363 / 01837 52409 Sealey pillar drill with machine vice, nearly new £900. Front linkage weight Gear Angus: Quality young bulls. Good JCB 3CX site master, 1998, 7800hrs, model GDM100A-12-B, 16mm, 5-8 300kg, £300, Corn bruiser 1ph, £450, 6 x conformation, easy calving. Elite Herd 4in1 bucket, extender dig, gwo, £15950 chuck, £150. Perform 4” belt & disc quad tyres ag tread 20x10-10 £120. all + Status, Good EBVs 01736 795471 ono. Taunton. 01823 491109 sander £140. Sealey horizontal/vertical VAT. Dan, Totnes. 07789 997693 [email protected] 15000ltr Mueller, 10000ltr outdoor silo, cutting band saw, model FM5-RF, £200. 7000ltr Fabdec, 6000ltr Fabdec, 5000ltr All ono. Used but gd cond. 01278 662635 JD ride on lawn mower. Killiworgie Simmentals, females from 01837 82964 / 07886 012395 Roka, 5000ltr Alfa Laval, 5000ltr Fabdec Ifor Williams 12’x6’ twin axle, small proven dam lines, cows & in calf heifers c/w new wash unit, 4000ltr surge c/w wheeled cattle box, vgc, £1600 + VAT. 1.85m drum mower, £950. Teagle Toucan & maiden heifers also selection of young new wash unit, 4400ltr Fullwood instant 01822 840337 8T silage pickup wagon, £3500. bulls for 2014 season + bulls ready to 01823 601270 work. Members of Breedplan & HiHealth. cooling, 3800ltr Vaccar, 3200ltr Mueller, Leyland 262 Syncro, tidy tractor, good 3000ltr Mueller, 3200ltr Packo instant tyres, delivery poss £2750. 01363 84595 Maxi scrape, 6’ gwo, £400. Winners of South West & Cornwall herd competitions 2013. Mid Cornwall. Call cooling, 2200ltr Packo Fullwood RIMB. Iseki, 4wd mini digger, gwo, ex self 01984 656548 Steve on: 01637 880523 Main dealer for Ro-Ka milk cooling builder. £3500 no VAT. 01837 82158 Cherry products flat8 & big bale grab, Hampshire Down. Choose a proven systems, Kristal KGI500 (½ ton of ice) KK tub mixer, twin axle, rear steer, little 2006, euro 8 brackets, good cond, £1195 native breed ram for your commercial ice builder c/w total energy management use since major overhaul. 01398 371205 + VAT. Taunton. 07760 236534 system for up to 7000ltrs every other day. flock. Easy lambing, quick to suck, fast Quality new & used farm equipment Emergency open & enclosed loan tanks growing on grass with good conformation. & attachments from Moulton, Albutt, For Sale The Hampshire has it all! Shearling rams, available, smaller sizes available. Tanks Quicke, Trenona, Chilton, Logic & others. ewes & ram lambs from the prize winning wanted - 6000ltr & above. For further For info call Taunton 01823 429431 or details call S.W Refrigeration specialising visit www.blackdownfarmservices.co.uk Livestock Millfields flock. Signet refd, Heptavac etc. in “on farm cooling equipment”. Geoff & Jean Boyles 01884 861398 International 856XL, 4wd, B reg, Lleyn X NZ Suffolk ewe lambs. A cross 01392 210344 or Paul 07974 140949 [email protected] 7000hrs, mechanically good, c/w Tanco to beat the N.C. mule, out of a large Ruscon rota spreader 7.7 cubic yard. Very T130 parallel lift loader. Totnes. £6500 + Signet recorded flock of 1000 breeders. Holstein bulls from the Winkleigh Herd. little use, gwo £2250 + VAT. S.Devon VAT. 07971 539027 / eves 01364 72230 S Devon. For details call: 07970 773840 Ready to work. 07970 471773 Volkswagen Caddy pick-up, Ifor Williams 2 yearling jenny donkeys, 1 piebald, 1 01837 83395 / 07749 802397 1959 Fordson Power Major, good runner, canopy, P reg, 52k miles, Taxed & MoT, chocolate, microchipped & passported, Westwilmer ped Ab Angus, selection of oversized tyres, £1650. £585. 01840 261215 very friendly, will follow you. Tetanus vac. bulls & females, good conformation, very 01823 421681 / 07860 401407 IAE galv cattle crush, c/w weighing 01300 321180 quiet. Breedplan recorded, FABBL, Herd Mitsubushi Canter, aluminium tipping platform. Choice of pasture toppers & link Regd ped Beef Shorthorn bulls, excellent Health scheme. Porlock. Somerset. body, 2004 model, MoT failure, £995. boxes. Flat 8 bale grab. Call any time. conformation, quiet, fully warranted. 01643 862524 01460 52709 01769 550623 / 07770 782238 Wiveliscombe. 01984 623218 Ped Limousin bulls, 18-24 mths. Where Shelborne Powermix Pro Express, 2008, Browns standard post banger, gwo, Woodington ped Angus. Quality young rumps are trumps. Lepto & BVD vac. 22 cube feed box, recently replaced with £1150 + VAT. Rhino post hole digger bulls, bred for easy calving & fast growth. John Robinson. 01363 866310 rollers & elevator, gwo, £11500 ono. c/w 3 augers, very little use, £800 + VAT. Biobest, HiHealth, vac BVD. Closed herd Lleyn shearling rams. Produced off grass 07831 605991 Fordson E27N Major, for restoration, high over 20yrs. Mid Devon. 01884 860606 & bred to last! Signet recorded. N Devon. top gear, £600 no VAT. Krone single rotor rake, 2003, 4.6m Ped Aberdeen Angus bulls, traditional eves 01598 740226 / 01598 740419 07967 350349 / 01271 883887 working width, removable arms, bogie well fleshed type for easier calving. Jersey heifer calfs ped. axle, 1 owner, vgc, £3395 + VAT ono. 3T tipping trailer, good condition. Taunton area. 01823 451619 07977 154757 / 01769 540274 07887 942159 / 01297 489381 Taunton. 07760 236534 Lakemead pure British Friesian bulls. For Charollais & Suffolk shearlings & ram Ford 6640 DP 4wd tractor; L reg; approx John Deere 3765 trailed forage harvester fertility, longevity & male calf value. lambs. Robert Hopper. 7500hrs; draw bar/PUH; 2 D/A spools; 2 shoot extensions for easier loading Jon Wilson. 07768 943380 01884 252133 / 07792 546453 16.9R34 @ 50%,13.6R24 @ 95%; electric controls std pick up, cut 100 acres £7250 + VAT. Nwtn Abbot. 07540 969761 Ped Charollais & Berrichon rams for sale, Charollais rams, well bred, good a year for past 4yrs good cond, greased & excellent conformation. selection, grass fed only. Track Marshall 70 crawler, running order, ready to go £2500 ono. 07976 523925 01363 82338 / 07971 412898 01837 82320 / 07977 110975 barn stored, £2600 + VAT. Kverneland 7558 remote control bale 01823 421681 / 07860 401407 Suffolk & Texel rams. Fit for purpose. Ped Blonde bulls, good conformation, wrapper c/w engine for wrap & stack. 10T dung spreader. 6’ sheargrab, 3 rams. Signet recorded, high index. Grass reasonably priced. Quiet & ready to work. 07999 711950 7’ road brush. 01837 83300 fed, fit, healthy, active, well bred rams Females also available. 01769 580692 Workshop operators & parts manuals for available at sensible prices. All rams sold McConnell PA93 hedgetrimmer 1.2m Quality shearling rams, Charollais, many tractors, balers, combines, mowers direct from farm. Selling genetics not head, cable controls, gwo, £3450 + VAT. Suffolks, Charollais X Suffolks. Also Jan & other machines. All ages & makes. cosmetics Peter Baber. 01647 252549 S.Devon. 07970 618973 born Charollais ram lambs available. All 07831 256933 Abbey 20 40, 3 cubic metres, muck 150 Exlana ewes & shearling rams for bred from top bloodlines & not stuffed. Keenan 100 bale handler diet feeder. spreader, vgc, inc many new chains & sale. Wool shedding, Signet recorded. Charollais are all EBV recorded. Nr 10yrs old. 01363 83795 / 07773 328514 nearly new pto shaft. £1000 ovno. All stock sold direct from farm. Selling Exeter R Berry. [email protected] Zetro PZ165 mower, dismantled for 01884 855260 genetics not cosmetics. Peter Baber 07828 779164 parts. 01884 855519 / 07851 005374 Case 1394, D reg tractor, v tidy. 2360hrs, 01647 252549 Black & white bull calves for sale from TB Bale trailer, 21’ long, commercial brakes genuine. Rear tyres, 75%. c/w Tanco Ped Simmentals, 2 maiden heifers, 2 free herd, not by extreme bulls. Carefully & lights c/w lades, £1999 + VAT. Exeter. loader. £4500. Bideford. 01237 473338 bulling heifers. 01300 321180 started, every calf given colostrum in first 07929 982868 / 07811 317835 McConnell Rhino 9 topper, spares or Selection of homebred ped Aberdeen 6hrs. Call John Webber : 01769 580330 Browns flat 8 conventional bale grab, repair. 01647 24264 / 07929 858527 Angus bulls, enquiries welcome. Ewes, lambs & rams from the North of £495, browns flat 8 bale sledge £495, McConnell PA500 SI hedge cutter, gwo, 07970 979819 / 01963 31771 England & Scotland, bought to order. McHale 5'2 sheargrab £525. Electric £4700 + VAT ono. Bude. Not sundays Ped regd Hereford bulls, good selection of Contact Stuart Dallyn. small bale elevator £75. All gwo, stored 01288 331625 / 07970 889351 various ages. Recorded for all schemes, 01271 830857 / 07712 898406 dry. 07748 974877 / 01237 441381 SFM Technology Super Scamp apple FABBL & Freedom Foods certified. Lleyn 2tth rams. Top quality Signet 1.85m drum mower, £950. Teagle Toucan harvester, £2500. Box tipper for potato Females usually available. 01460 234394 recorded, high index stock. A high index 8T silage pickup wagon, £4300. boxes, £650 both + VAT. 01823 672386 ram can put hundreds of pounds in your 01823 601270 Ped Aberdeen Angus bulls, good growth Herron dump trailers, low loaders, rate & conformation, easy calving, FABBL bank each year over unrecorded stock. Ifor Williams 505 horsebox, blue, alloy Redrock diet feeders, sheargrabs etc. TB free, member of SAC health scheme, South Devon. For details: 07970 773840 floor, 5 gd tyres, tows brilliantly. All Call Brian Anning. 07779 143439 Clear of BVD, Lepto & Johnes. usual fixtures & fittings, great cond, not Beltex shearling rams, ram lambs, from knocked about, ready for work. Buyer will McConnel PA35 hedgetrimmer, electric 07812 180482 / 07769 680196 ped stock. Some females also available. not be disappointed. W Soms. £2450. controls, gwo, farm use only, £2250. POL chicken, Speckledy, Rhode Rock, Bred for commercial emphasis. No VAT. Can deliver. 01984 667427 Blandford. 07970 019225 Light Sussex, Bluebell, Hybrid Rhode Nr Exeter. 01647 281301 / 07977 229065 Sprayer, GEM 1000L, 12m bout marker. Land Rover Freelander 2004, black, 5 Island Red, White Leghorn, & blue egg Quality ped South Devon bulls, Biobest £3k ono. 01363 85093 door, diesel, sunroof, automatic, 78k laying Fenton Blue. www.fentonpoultry. Herd Health scheme, BVD & Lepto vacc. miles, Tax to Oct, 12mths MoT, £3500 Kawakaski Muletrans 4x4 diesel, choice co.uk 01823 672075 / 07779 247805 fertility tested, good bloodlines, good ono. 01769 520361 of 2, 2008 & 2010 models, road legal, British Blue quality recorded bulls, from conformation, quiet & easy to handle. 2 or 4 seats, surplus to requirements. Grimme roll-over potato harvester. the Coldridge Herd. Can deliver call : 07977 480870 Torrington 07917 874905 01769 540678 01363 83807 / 07790 386309 www.trevoultersouthdevons.com 3943 MVF Newsletter 604 Small Ads contact details can be found on page 2 SMALL ADS Turkeys. Bronze, White & Norfolk Black, 4 Poll Dorset rams. Born Nov 2011. Pure Cocker Spaniel pups. First class working Khaki Campbell ducks hatched 2014. off heat growers available now. bred from large prolific flock. All born as pedigree, ready now. 07990 545667 01823 672075 / 07779 247805 either twins or triplets. £250 ea. Clare 01761 241131 / 07812 242773 Ped regd Herefords in Dorset. Bulls, cows www.fentonpoultry.co.uk 07787 125079 Nr. Wadebridge. Cornwall S Devon bull, 24mths, Ped but not regd. + calves, in-calf & bulling heifers. Lepto & Broad Park Poultry, hybrid POL hens, Rodmead Aberdeen Angus bulls, Taunton. 01823 253808 / 07966 422641 BVD vacc. www.hilfieldherefords.com pure breeds & bantams now available. Warminster, Wiltshire. HiHealth status, Collie pups, regd, ped, exc temps, bitch, 01963 210709 / 07974 810806 Find us on facebook. 01237 452363 performance recorded. 01985 844689 Eng champ bloodline, sire in Eng trials Black Hereford X Friesian heifers in calf, email: [email protected] team. Bitches £300, dogs £225. Born due Autumn. 07990 545667 Beef store cattle & store bulls, for www.pedigreeangus.co.uk finishing, can take from TB clear or 1/8/14, working homes only. Training Oxford Down ram lambs, ped eligible, 75 ped Poll Dorset ewe lambs, born Nov restricted farms. A Dare. available for dogs/owner if required. easy lambing, terminal sire, grass fed, 13, MV accredited & Signet recorded. David Grant. 01363 877400 01297 32992 / 07971 541670 Callington. 01579 370326 01963 23263 / 07813 975050 20x 2yr old red deer hinds plus stag, Holstein service age bulls for sale. 4yr old Shire x Cob brood mare with colt Ped Angus bulls, easy calving, running excellent opportunity for new venture. Oakroyal Holsteins. Dennis Smith. foal at foot, born May 2014. Also, 1yr old out on grass, out all last winter / good 01823 400257 Cob X colt. For price & all relevant details, Exeter. 07870 645978 feet. 01884 860524 TB restricted Hol Fries heifers yearlings & please ring: 07924 424797 British Blue bulls, top quality, sensibly Charollais shearling rams from younger not ped, dams Lepto, IBR & BVD 3 Wenslydale ewes. priced, easy calving. From Stoneleigh the Nympton prize winning flock. vacc, surplus to requirements, also TB 01837 82320 / 07977 110975 Herd. Haste. Dave Smith. 01769 572177 restricted Charolais X calves. Mid Devon. 01409 281230 / 07967 023680 / 683 Border Collie dog pup, born 27/5/14, Ped Charolais bulls, 17mths old, easy 07970 524128 excellent working strain, mum & dad Texel shearling rams, grass fed, calving strain, breeder, Taunton. Nowers Devons, dispersal sale, Devon working large flocks, last litter working performance recorded, high Signet EBV 01823 430764 / 07740 087552 Society sale, Sedgemoor, 2nd Oct, Hi well. 07773 267494 / 01404 822763 indexes. Commercially reared in large Ped Charolais bulls, quiet, good Health, 8 young cows & calves, yearlings Suffolk shearling & 4 tth rams. Signet closed flock at 700’ near Exmoor. Buy a conformation, JH Balment & Son. & young Devon bull of 2012, Stonegrove recorded. Grass diet & fit to work. Can ram fit for purpose. Michelle Moore. 01598 710263 / 07890 389717 Matchmaker. Herd won many awards. deliver. Beaminster. 01308 863054 01398 341608 / 07506 629475 Lindley. Wellington. 01823 662682 Alpacas male & female, mixed colours, Dutch Texel rams, shearlings & lambs. Pol Dorset ewe lambs & ram lambs, flock guards or posh pets. Excellent fibre Welsummer, Barnevelder, Sussex Bred for carcase & conformation. organic, from ped stock, well grown, producers. 01726 850359 Bard, Plymouth Rock, pure breeds, pol. Inspection invited. Newton Abbot area. Taunton. 01823 421720 October born. Witheridge. 01884 861198 Salers bulls, ready for work, well grown, 07831 210030 Charollais ped shearling rams from quiet, member of health scheme. Austin 4yr old bay mare by Act One, has won on Zwartbles. Ped shearling rams, ram Charton flock, Axminster. 01297 443377 01288 331279 the flat, lovely big mare, good tempered, lambs, well marked ready to work. good bone, straight moving, with lots of 2yr old regd ped Devon bull, Knowstone Ped Beef Shorthorn. 2 heifers scanned in 01805 601427 potential to do another job. Boss 3rd. 01769 550330 calf, 2 cows calves at foot, running with 01458 223922 / 07770 625846 Herefords, ped organic cows,heifers & Quality poll ped Hereford stock bull ped Beef Shorthorn bull. 01300 321180 bulls. Cornwall. British Friesian in calf heifers, due Oct to 01326 231417 / 07737 492235 from award winning Wolfeton Herd, Texel X & Texel mule mixed aged ewes Feb, bred for high milk quality, up to 50 Dorchester. Call Tom: genuine flock reduction, closed flock. available. 01209 831342 / 07886 917059 Bluefaced Liecester reduction sale. For 07989 434907 / 01305 266875 01823 601270 D.R. Randall & Sarah Mitchell. Mon 20th Charton ped Charollais, served shearling Sept, Blackmoor Gate. Ewes & ewe & New Zealand Suffolk & Texel Rams for Nealford Limousins, quality young bulls. females, ewe lambs, shearling rams. ram lambs. Contact, 01297 489113 or sale. Superior genetics from down under. High EBVs, Lepto & BVD vacc. SAC Lyme Regis. 01297 443377 healthplan. Also selection of ped females. Exmoor Farmers Livestock Auctions Ltd. 07971 970918 / 07970 773840 Hampshire Down ram lambs, shearling or JH Neale 01566 772919 / 07929 662074 01643 841841 Good Suffolk, Hampshire Down & older for sale or for hire. 07816 916022 Berrichon ped shearling rams, Tavistock, Romney shearling rams. Good EBVs. Charollais rams, well bred, grass fed, 2 well bred Holstein Friesian stock bulls, [email protected] Derryman. 07773 692558 / 07754 103862 Brendon. 01598 741285 ready to work. Fertility tested, Glebegray 07853 097948 Ped Charollais rams. Priorton Ruby Devons & Simmentals, herd. 07968 602927 2013 born, bulls ready to work. Quiet, well Pure bred easy care sheep, excellent 01363 82708 / 07845 789519 Clun shearling rams. Easy lambing & grown, halter trained. High Health status, shedders, ewes, 2tths, ewe lambs & ram energetic lambs. Ideal tup for ewe lambs. Red deer hinds, Warnham & Romanian IBR BVD vacc, semen tested. John May. lambs. Bideford. 07534 981400 Can deliver. Beaminster. 01308 863054 X, excellent temps & regularly handled. Mid Devon. 01363 772685 Ped Polled Charolais part of Mulberry UK venison consumption up 83% this Muscovy ducks, drakes, & ducklings 2tth Suffolk rams, grass fed, strong Herd, very easy calving. from £2 each. Healthy home bred ducks. season. Contact Tony Bennett. animals. 01548 511531 / 07855 444941 07967 362137 / 01984 640321 01884 855519 / 07851 005374 Bampton area. 01398 361467 Macchina Ab Angus bulls. Closed herd in Alpacas, many colours, low prices due Regd ped grey faced Dartmoors, from Suffolk X Border Leicester, Scotch ½ bred to stock clearance, proven stud, intact & SAC High Health status, all cattle blood X & Suffolk X, 2 tooth ewes. Smart, well award winning flock, ideal smallholder tested annually. 4 yearly TB testing area castrated males, breeding females some sheep, attractive, placid, good mothers. grown sheep, Heptavac P, home bred. with cria at foot, discount given if 2 or on the Isle of Wight. Terrific growth rates 07909 601641 / 01823 666891 Wells. 01761 241282 on home produced forage, still maintaining more purchased. 01984 624866 Regd Bluefaced Leicesters, good easy calving. All bulls veterinary British Friesian bulls, ready to work, Ped Limousin bull, excellent temp & choice of shearling rams bred from top inspected & sementested before sale to excellent peds, £2000 ono. conformation, 3yrs old, Bridgwater. 01209 831342 / 07886 917059 bloodlines. Also ewe lambs & some ensure purchase with confidence. Only 07885 378312 older ewes. All warranted & locally bred. new blood lines imported into herd from Ped Gelbvieh herd sale, very rare Severn Vale Herefords, young bulls + B.Dallyn 01598 763234 / 07807 451379 semen & embryos. Delivered to your farm opportunity to aquire highly productive females. 01454 632309 cows with calves from this very quiet Zwartbles - 1 breeding quality ped ram with own transport to keep health status. 24x smart, well grown Tex X, 2T ewes, H Ian McDowall. 01983 882881 breed at Raglan Market, South Wales lamb. MV Acc. Yeovil area. 01935 410970 Oct 6th. Enqs to Rob on: 07818 037740 vac, Clik'd 1st week July 14. No VAT. Potkiln Herefords, ped polled bulls, Pedigree Red Ruby Devon bull, born 01823 672391 17/4/11. Ilminster. 07590 850526 Two Wensleydale rams. quiet temperament, suitable for cows & 01837 82320 / 07977 110975 Ped Ab Angus good young bull, well bred, heifers, 01962 775203 / 07801 142244 Jersey heifer calfs pedigree. Gogland Herd, Tiverton. 01884 860123 07977 154757 / 01769 540274 Donkey for sale. Stud colt born Aug Holstein Friesian service age bulls from 2013. Very friendly. On regular worming Small flock of ewes (8-10) available due Free range laying hens, approx 18mths, the Sherdon Herd. Jerry Palmer. schedule & farrier schedule. Halter broke. to flock reduction. Polled Dorset X, 200% £2 ea, over 12 birds, £1. For more details 01363 83780 Good conformation. £300. 01395 264126 lambs, reared in 2014, ages from 2T, but call: 07833 224175 mainly full mouth ewes. Esy to handle, Cornbel ped polled Herefords, bulls up Hereford heifers 2-3yrs old, horned Signet recorded Lleyn rams. good start up flock. Chris: 01769 540799 2½ yrs, sire Bosa One Mr Bean, closed traditional type, excellent condition & 01872 501749 herd, HiHealth scheme, near Illminster. conformation. South Wilts. 1x 3yr old jack donkey, grey with cross, very friendly, microchipped & passported, 01823 480321 / 07917 583637 Ped Ab Angus bulls, selection available. 01747 830335 / 850995 / 860388 01460 221763 / 07887 572908 Tetanus vac, for sale/loan. 01300 321180 Ped Limousin bulls, by Bail Hawk, 20 Holstein Friesian heifers calving early Charollais rams, grass fed, 2T, reared at Iceman, 19/24 months + 5yr old stock Suffolk X North Country Mules, 100 Sept, TB free, BVD vac, closed herd. East shearling ewes, all lambed & reared their 850ft. Sensible prices. Taunton. bull, IBR, BVD, Lepto vac. Hosegood. Devon. 01408 81172 / 07971 821086 lambs, smart well grown sheep, will split. 01823 601565 07856 873751 / 01363 83898 Kune Kune weaners, ready now, £90/£60. 01271 321584 / 07885 155088 Young Ped angus bulls 07979 834705 Ped Charolais bulls, well bred, good Lympsham. 01934 750506 Collie dog, will work cattle & sheep, £150. Young Aberdeen Angus bulls, running out conformation & temperament. Poll Dorset shearling ram, Lyme Regis. Chard. 07885 647985 to grass, ready to work. JH Neale. 07753 638860 / 01985 844392 01297 443377 01566 772919 / 07929 662074 Colhayne Aberdeen Angus bulls, modern, 18mth old organic free-range Rhode Dexter cow & heifer, ped, home bred, due easy calving strains, breedplan recorded, Fleckvieh stock bulls out of high quality to calve March 2015. 01271 890367 Island Red X hens. Excellent layers, would very high EBVs, SAC Premium Health make good pets & have a productive dams by top German sires. Call Tom Genuine Easy Care rams from Iolo Owen scheme. BS&VJ Fry. Axminster. life ahead of them. £2 ea, to collect Voizey on 07967 816675 in Anglesey Rhys Parry. 01291 689301 01404 831103 / 07969 604287 from Nr Helston, Cornwall in mid Sept. Quality ped. Charollais shearling rams. Ped Red Ruby Devon bulls & heifers, top Lurcher pups, ready end of August. [email protected] Perfect conformation, solid, well grown. bloodline. 01271 867285 01460 221763 / 07887 572908 07789 071859 Sensibly priced. Binegar. 07980 258859 1 ped Devon bull, 6yrs old, Exeter. Regd Angus bulls, easy calving producing 250 North Country Mule ewe lambs Working Cocker Spaniel pups, many 07770 820911 thrifty calves with high growth rates. Heptavac P system, bred on Exmoor FTCH in their ped, KC reg, microchipped, Ped Hereford bull, dob 12/2/10, easy Ready to work. 01398 371205 Parracombe, N Devon from Swaledale legally docked. Would make good family to handle & quiet, good conformation & Ped shearling Lleyn ram, well mannered, closed flock, also BFL rams all ages. pets also. Available from early Sept. Dogs feet. 07970 987549 halter trained, good conformation + 01598 763798 / 07855 878190 £450 Bitches £500. 07812 044169 Paradise ped. Herefords. Young bulls & selection of ped Lleyn ram lambs. Exeter 2 Charollais x Suffolk shearling rams. 45 organic ewes for sale incl unlambed heifers usually available. 01409 254424 01392 860385 / 07544 809466 01837 82320 / 07977 110975 2tths, 4tths & full mouths. 01409 211236 4340 MVF Newsletter 604 Small Ads contact details can be found on page 2 SMALL ADS Charollais & Charollais x Texel shearling Retirement sale – Tree seats in iron 1’-9’ Calf creep with roof & hopper, galvanised Front tractor tyre 340x85R28, 96% wear rams, grass fed, high EBV sire. internal diameter. 01823 412351 cattle feed rings. 01823 601270 left, £110. 1000ltr sprayer Tadlen, new 2012, £995. Bridgwater. 01278 671661 01404 823193 / 07779 722421 Beef Industry Newsletter is written Sack platform scales. Just 1 weight British Blues X British Friesian bulling weekly by Robert Forster specifically for present. West Somerset. £35. Ifor Williams P7E trailer, removable heifers, good conformation & temps. professional beef farmers & beef industry 01984 667427 livestock top, parting gate, good condition. 01363 866298 professionals. More details on: Retired Greyhound Trust are looking for N Devon. eves 01769 580488 Killerton Limousin ped bulls, 16-25 mths www.rforster.com homes for ex-racing greyhounds. They Livestock building. 30' wide + 5' overhang x 12' eaves x 15, 15'bays. Painted steel, old, + 5yrs old stock bull all, quiet, good Hot air balloon flights throughout are fully inoculated, neutered & had teeth & health checks. If interested please fibre cement roof, buyer to dismantle. EBVs, easy calving. In cattle health Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset & contact: 01823 480835 / 07534 394666 Useful size. Wellington. 07970 007204 scheme. Lepto & BVD vacc., semen Wiltshire. Family run business with over 100kva standby generator, Leyland tested. Patrick Greed. Exeter. 20yrs local flying experience. Number of 16' long timber 9x3, open to offers. engine, Stamford Generator, £3500. 01392 841228 / 07850 952983 launch locations + possibility of flying out 07714 702887 / 01884 820219 01404 822995 Charollais pure bred ewes, flock ages. of your own grounds. Flights for groups or MVF barn 45'x25', 4m to apex, 2.5m to 01837 82320 / 07977 110975 individuals, 12mth open dated vouchers. eaves, galvinised, roof timbers & Eternit 1 Super single tyre & wheel, 385/65R22.5, 10 stud, £90 + VAT. Starline ped Simmentals. Bulls ready to Call Aerosaurus Balloons 01404 823102 anthracite roof sheets, plastic guttering, 01823 421681 / 07860 401407 work. Member of Hi Health Scheme. BVD www.ballooning.co.uk as new, as delivered, now not reqd. £5500. Any sensible offer considered. 14 hurdle Prattley mobile yard, c/w walk & Johnnes Accredited. RH Widdicombe. Turf, Turf, Turf - Hay & straw. We grow & 01626 871039 through gate etc. sprung aluminium, vgc. 01803 732277 supply in Tavistock area. 01822 610998 6 mobile chicken houses, McGregor poly £2750 ono. Stabiliser & Gelbvieh bulls in health Gas welding and cutting equipment with tunnels, 10.5m x 4.25m, also feeders, 01935 841383 / 07779 545549 scheme very well grown & quiet. Also many extras, £200. 01823 680426 drinkers & crates. Dorset. 07968 077240 Quantity elm slices, suitable for coffee heifers. 01392 434056 Fuel - EN Plus A1 standard wood fuel Fullwood parlour, 12/12, meters, Auto ID, table tops, £50 each. Granite roller £100. pellets – bagged or blown, for up to date Auto feeders etc. Bude. 07773 293497 01752 892832 For Sale prices, please call. 01769 575674 Wood fuel from hedges. Interested in Vigo AZ-7 fruit crusher with cast iron Grain drying silo, 12’x12’, offers. making money from your hedges? This wheel handle in good condition. £140. Miscellaneous Witheridge. 01884 861198 new guide explains how to produce logs 01837 83420 / 07860 607272 Wood peelings bulk loads delivered. or chips cost-effectively & what biomass Trolley, useful stable / piggery email pics Galvanised iron, HD, 1930’s painted yield you can expect. Full colour, A4, possible. 01769 520497 green, approx 50 sheets, ideal for 01237 451249 / 07769 703958 20pp. £6.25 inc p&p. From Tamar Valley Gun cabinet, 3 gun cabinet as new £50. shepherds hut. 01984 623703 2 st/steel upright freezers. 1.80 high (6'), AONB, Drakewalls, Cornwall, PL18 9FE 01823 680426 Turkey equipment, killing cones, steel one works well, 2nd needs attention. W 01822 835030 80 second hand cubicle mats £20 each. tables, 110v stunner, sinew puller, tube Somerset. £60 & £20. 01984 667427 [email protected] 20 waikato milk meters £40 each. 33 Timber pole barn 60’L x 15’W x 13’H feeders, shackles & more. Taunton. The Static caravan specialists, ideal cubicle posts, offers. 01363 866828 01823 601565 (4x 15’ bays). Full length box profile tin accommodation for farmworkers, hands Stihl FS76, needs tlc. 01769 520497 Minimax lab 30 combination woodworking roof & back, timber cladding on the 2 & stable staff, even granny. We have Exmoor Trees. Cell grown hardy trees & machine, 1ph, excellent cond, £1500. end bays. Supplied & fitted in the South over 40 caravans always in stock with shrubs for woodland, hedge & garden. 01752 892832 West only. Other sizes available upon immediate delivery. Visit our website request. Fully erected £5500 + VAT. All & come & view. All sizes & budgets Tree protection products. Tim Greenland 7 colony of bee hives with bees, cottage sizes also available in steel. Visit website to suit, inc some with double glazing 07971 580057 www.exmoortrees.co.uk hives, due to retirement. for pictures. Email: [email protected] & central heating. 01278 780565 Bateman calf creep feeder, GP 07714 702887 / 01884 820219 Website: southwestpolebarns.com www.ianjamescaravans.co.uk Engineering 6' topper, sheep turnover Mobile home, 32'x12', 1 double bedroom, 07811 299343 / 01823 461817 Woodburning stove, 750x50x400, 12/14 crate, Urry cattle crush, 3 pig arks. electric cooker & boiler, new carpet & lino Nomansland. 07779 742853 Energy crop, miscanthus for sustainable kW recondition back boiler, £400. throughout, & log burner, £2495 ono. For details. 07734 191966 2 x S/S bulk milk tanks. 3600l & 2400l. 01460 52709 biomass, grow your own fuel annually for biomass heating (RHI) or contract, Dog transit box TRANSK9/B14AW 01769 580087 / 07811 351792 Solid oak flooring, wide boards also also provides excellent biodiversity/game w36", d36", h30", high grade aluminium ME car trailer, 750kg, 6'x4, take quad suitable for underfloor central heating. cover or for animal bedding. Complete construction, HD galv steel doors, bike, large metal ramp, £600 no VAT. Green oak framing available at service available. Call Mike: lockable, removable central divider, Braunton. 07733 046773 competitive prices. 01392 434056 07860 899485 ventilation slits, all weather storm kit, 9 cattle hurdles Polden Vale 10'x4'6" Static caravans, ideal self build, farm ratchet straps, anti-slip matting. Exc cond heavy duty £500 + VAT. 2 x FX1 load bars 2 pony/recreational paddocks for sale workers accomm., extra living accomm. hardly used, N Devon. £350 new £550+. (600mm) + weigh platform to fit cattle at Deane, between Shepton Mallet & Prices to suit all budgets. In-house 07766 653672 crush £500 + VAT. 1 yearling round feeder Frome. Approx 4½ acres ea, south transport. www.strandcaravans.co.uk Dovecote for pole mounting, white, hardly used £60 + VAT. 01822 860228 facing. Set back 150m from main road [email protected] hexagonal, 6 nest sites, octagonal in tranquil setting with wonderful views AGA cooker, oil fired, cream, good cond 01823 672800 / 07970 906156 pointed roof with finial, £90. Barnstaple. for age, can be seen in use. Buyer to over surrounding countryside. Each 01271 858451 collect. £600 ono. 01288 361210 Rear cargo liner for Volvo estate, £40. has direct access onto excellent bridle Rutland ESB200 battery fence energiser 01823 680426 path, leading to network of other bridle 12 used potato boxes. Good condition. Crash barriers, RSJ’s, sleepers, crossing vgc, £100. Baltonsborough. £25 each. Wellington. 01823 672244 paths, large woods & quiet country 07833 111832 timbers / telegraph poles. 01458 832976 roads. Both paddocks have water & 100 cow comfort cubicles with neck Ifor Williams canopy to fit Toyota Hilux. Green woodchip, ideal for horse menages planning permission for mixed equestrian rails. 16’x15’ diagonal feed barrier wiith Nearly new. Open to offers. or garden mulch, £25 a tonne ex yard. & agricultural use. Excellent wide road wood base. 16x16 Fullwood direct to 07799 516427 Call Natsley Farm. 01598 710358 access, both with gd wide stoned tracks line milking parlour with feeders. 11000ltr along their full length. Assistance offered 10 Alfa Laval trackover & milking clusters st/steel Serap bulk milk tank with full Biomass woodchip. Fed up with wet ACR 5000, 10 Pacer pulsators 20 electrics & cooling unit & OOP feeders & to erect mobile field shelters / fencing etc woodchip or large pieces blocking your Vacuum Feeders. Call: 01884 242360 collars. Nr Bude. Call Richard: augers or not getting the performance if reqd. to be auctioned in Sept. Pls ring Ifor Williams canopy, Ford S/C, new 07798 887548 expected from your biomass boiler? for details. 01749 673428 / 07801 347287 model, £220 + VAT. 01872 510636 Browning 525 classic game scene.30” No contracts, no fuss, just high quality Conservation nest boxes for barn & tawny Large old victorian pine linen cupboard, barrels multi choke x5 nice wood as new woodchip. Call Bonedry Woodfuel. owls, swallows & most wildbird species, £500 ono. Old pine hall sideboard - both condition cased £1050. 01643 851555 01598 710358 boxes for dormice, squirrels, hedgehog must be seen (can email photos) £300 Hen house, Smith's sectional buildings houses. Insect hotels, butterfly habitats Double glazed mobile homes, fully ono. Call after 13/9/14. 07857 562389 200 bird 'Needwood'. Pig arks small & beehives for solitary bees, bumblebees furnished. Instant accommodation. Woodchip bark garden mulch. N Devon. selection farrowing & dry sow. Chain & honeybees. Wildlife guides & native Catherine. 07841 070979 07769 703958 link fencing new 1800mm x 25m plus 2 wildflower seeds. Suppliers to major Low cost polycarbonate panels for Steel 18 tread spiral staircase with preloved lengths. Cab for International conservatories, car ports, canopy roofs, conservation organisations. 574. Taunton 01823 601565 www.wildlifeworld.co.uk 01666 505333 landing & handrail.3.2mtrs high / 600mm windows, tractors, greenhouses etc. We wide treads. Taunton. Pair of garador garage doors 212cm wide supply multiwall, corrugated & solid sheet 6 & 8 seater picnic / pub benches, made 01823 432730 / 07770 430151 x 197cm high in good condition, recently cut to order at competitive prices. Fitting from 6x2 timber, prices from £95 ea + Static caravans, ideal for seasonal dismantled, £240. 01453 890746 service available. Glazing bars, car ports VAT. countrysidefencing.com workers etc. surplus to requirements, no 16T cake bin with auger system, good & DIY secondary glazing also available 01460 52709 reasonable offer refused. Taunton. cond. 07885 378312 at Omega Plastics. South Molton. Countax C300H ride-on mower, 01823 253808 / 07966 422641 Antique apple crusher, frame needs www.omegabuild.com 01769 574426 hydrostatic transmission c/w grass Bateman used calf creep feeders & rebuilding. 01984 623703 Traditional flagstones, specialist in collector, new cutting deck, Honda barley beef feeders. 01398 371205 IAE rollover sheep crate as new surplus to design, manufacture & installation of engine, good cond throughout, £750 Sweet Alford cider apple trees, 1 yr requirements, £425 + VAT. 01962 732341 interior flooring & exterior paving. ono. 01363 83836 / 07813 287358 (maidens) on M25. Available December, Dump trailers, 1 McAully 12T dump trailer, Traditionalflagstones.co.uk 12 Waikato MK5 milk meters c/w brackets, going cheap. 01963 441101 2002, tandem axle with auto tailgate, 07971 693594 hardly used. Launceston. 07977 211084 Heavy horse kit: full set of working good cond £3900 + VAT. 1 x Herst 10T Quality poultry houses & pens. All sizes. Richie crush for horned cattle, in as new harness, saddle & bridle, tipping cart with tandem axle trailer c/w auto tailgate, yr At reasonable prices & can deliver. condition will exchange for any cattle. rubber tyres. Offers. Devon. 2000, strong trailer with lots of life left 01460 242608 / 07854 128223 01872 217325 01647 252212 £3500 + VAT. Call Martin: Mobile field shelters, prices from £595 + 18 plastic poult crates, 33”x25.5”x12.5”, Vigo cider making equipment, used 07970 823617 / 01363 84121 VAT. countrysidefencing.com £20 each, new price £37. Exeter. 3 times, vgc, all there, £700. South 14mx16m silage blanket x 2. Approx 200 01460 52709 07788 153194 Molton. 01769 574159 gravel bags. 01837 83300 4341 MVF Newsletter 604 Small Ads contact details can be found on page 2 SMALL ADS 2 galv sheep round feeders £60 each, 4 Red Angus heifers. 01884 860555 CI Ltd, mini crusher & digger/breaker, x 15’ double sided walk through sheep Timber extraction trailer with/without operated or self drive. Groundworks feeders £50 ea. 2x 8’ single sided feeders crane, any size considered. 01363 84595 service also available. For all your £25 ea. Nordston corn drill c/w tramlining Wanted Good quality British Friesian or site clearances, crushing, hardcore, kit £900. All + VAT. 07778 683429 Continental bull calves from TB restricted aggregate, site excavation, ponds & Vacancy for guns in small N Corwall farms. Call Stuart Webber. 07740 399138 lakes, barns & new builds, competitive syndicate shoot, Saturday & Wednesday General worker required for abattoir. Ex dairy farmer seeks heifer rearing rates. www.crushers4hire.co.uk shoot days. For more info: 07896 431072 Stillmans Somerset Ltd in Taunton. We contract or similar, to commence Spring [email protected] Fully restored harmonium £60 ono. require an industrious, reasonably strong, 2015, suit medium/large herd, diy AI if For free quote call: 01566 784474 B2658 methodical, hard working, reliable & reqd, weighing etc. South West. 07803 133068 / 01398 331922 trustworthy person for general abattoir Aluminuim livestock container 26’x8’, 01984 623374 / 07967 318071 Sheep shearing - flocks of 2 upwards. duties. Duties incl computerised carcass moveable internal cattle division, suitable Stock Manager sought for sheep & cattle weighing, putting carcasses into fridge. See www.sheepshearing.org for lorry or flat bed trailer, reasonable farm close to Moretonhampstead. Please You do not need to be an experienced or call Andy on: 07835 247520 cond. 01404 823193 / 07967 025172 call: 07786 061094 slaughter person to apply for this position. Westcountry Boreholes, competitive 15 sectional calf pens c/w bucket holders, Apply with CV to mel @ stillmansbutchers. Rayburn cooker, Supreme or Nouvelle in prices for water boreholes, dowsing, open to sensible offers. co.uk any enqs, pls call between 9am & good cond, solid fuel or converted to oil pump & filtration supply, installation, after 01237 441357 / 07980 881273 4pm week days only. 01884 849369 with 9” wick burner, colour sable brown, service & maintenance. Rear dog gate for Volvo estate, £60. dark green or black. 01288 361210 Wanted, Bomford or Mcconnell hedge www.westcountryboreholes.com 01823 680426 Case international 1394 any condition. cutter or similar, must be good order. 01398 371441 / 07971 103906 01934 750807 07976 612075 Aitchison slot seeding. Restore your Quantity of cider apples wanted – cash for Bedford Rascal dead, dying or up together grassland back to top quality production For Sale delivery. 07934 424797 or Suzuki Supercarry. by slot-seeding new productive grass & Small area of land to rent (around 01984 623703 clover seed into your existing grassland Forage crops 1acre) electric/water a bonus, any area or catch crops direct into sprayed off Top prices paid for 4x4 & 4x2 petrol Toyota considered, good access. 07811 275312 Hi-Lux pick-ups. 07860 423139 grass/stubble. Discount for farmers Maize & fodder beet wanted, good flooded on the Somerset Levels. Call for New season hay. Small bales. WSM. Diesel generator, gwo, upto 10kVA. forward contracts offered with possible price & availability. Robin Gabriel: 01934 515746 07917 508878 forward part payment. Would suit arable 07802 530534 Straw round or square bales for sale, Good quality bull calves from TB farm wishing to 'Green'; 8 mile radius of Town & Country Planning Consultancy, sawdust & shavings, Also hay wanted. restricted herds, contact Stuart Webber. Talaton. David 01404 822995 specialising in planning applications & 01837 880152 / 07977 268113 Witheridge. 07740 399138 British Leyland / mini car. 01934 750807 general advice relating to householder, Best quality forage; hay & straw Nissan Cabstar, Mazda vans, Toyota Steel shipping container. 07718 911299 (barley,wheat,oat,rape) & haylage. Any equestrian, small renewables, vans, petrol or diesel, with or without Share farming opportunity, to run size bale, delivery throughout the South agricultural, enforcement issues & MoT. 07860 423139 / 01462 743843 established calf rearing unit in West. Competitive prices & reliable agricultural appraisals. Judith Hayes Store cattle, cows & bulls, no pre Wiveliscombe area. Successful candidate service. Hay wanted. M.R. Horn 01837 Planning. 01598 740481 movement test needed, over 12mths. Can in sole control of day to day management. 861443 / 07970 600800 / 01404 823333 Groundworks, digger hire & general take TB cattle, top prices paid. Renumeration linked to enterprise profits. buildings, sheds, yards & barns. Top quality rolled barley supplied in dumpy J Symons. 01805 603250 / 07801 650401 Available late Sept. Ben. 07814 125606 bags & 20kg bags. Ideal feed for cattle, www.jsmorrisgroundworks.co.uk Deer wanted, dead or alive, excellent De-stoning contractor, Hartland area, sheep, pigs & poultry. Call Matthew at 01458 259593 price paid, willing to collect. after harvests. 01237 441270 Avercombe 01769 550908 / 07792 453706 Colin Weeks Fencing, specialising in Robert Hawker. 07967 698153 Docket for farm hand loader. Barley & wheat straw for sale, all baled agricultural, equestrian, security & all All models 4x4 pick-up single & double 01454 632309 & delivered by us, please ring for a keen other types of fencing undertaken. cabs, good, bad or ugly. Also 2wd pick- oil fired Rayburn or AGA must be in first price on delivery throughout 2014, we 01769 580096 / 07713 248744 ups, petrols & diesels. class cond, will collect. 01453 890746 may save you hundreds of pounds on www.colinweeks.co.uk 07860 423139 / 01462 743843 Winter grazing & barns, must be safe & email [email protected] your current suppliers mark up on bought secure, would consider long or short term Hay wanted, round or square bales. Freeze branding & concrete grooving. in straw, baling & selling straw for 25yrs. lease, can pay by acre or by head, best 01837 880152 / 07977 268113 very competitive rates. Call Martin Hares Alexander Mckie. 07836 547930 cash price paid, please call Josephine Stock feed potatoes for sale. Call Trailer or chassis suitable for making into on: 07934 599081 01749 678685 / 07860 958157 shepherds hut/living van. 07917 508878 Marcus: 07989 581621 Twose buckrake square tine type, scrap Concrete grooving! With cows being so 80 round bales silage, permanent pasture, Looking to rent agricultural buildings with one for spares etc. 07886 413623 valuable, it seems a shame to lose or or without land to rear livestock, with damage them through slippery yards. collect only £26/bale. John. MF135, 35, 65, T20, 148, 240, 165, 550, electric & water, 25-30 miles radius of To groove & make safe those vulnerable 01823 421407 / 07803 851666 590,188 & 290+ all other older MF models Taunton. 01823 442732 / 07808 713247 areas ring Macattack. Prices at www. Top quality red clover/ryegrass wrapped, + all makes/models of tractor. macattackptnrs.co.uk 01225 891750 round bale silage, first cut, this year. Also Small farm tractors, diggers, trailers & 07860 423139 / 01462 743843 implements wanted for refurb & resale. good quality 2nd cut available. Modern 2nd hand street light poles. Farmers & smallholders, farm shops etc. 07967 379939 / 01637 499186 Rob Uren www.reuseablematerials.net 01404 822995 Slaughtering & cutting service available 50 acres of standing maize for sale at 01548 521278 at small family run, fully approved, Rockbeare, Exeter. 07989 713256 Land Rovers, 90s, 110s, series, runners & abattoir & cutting plant. Pork, lamb Hay & straw delivered, 90 small bale non runners, any condition. 07917 508878 & beef (inc OTM) processed to your loads, Devon area. Crediton. 01363 84595 Top money paid for Vauxhall Brava’s, Services requirements. Soil Association & ABM Isuzu Rodeos, Toyota Hilux, Nissan D21 Certified. csnellwholesale@ 36 big square bales £22 each. Fencing services, all aspects of fencing & D22, 4x4 or 2x4, any cond. btconnect.com 01460 220420 07821 501081 / eve 01984 667367 carried out. countrysidefencing.com 07809 461389 Clarke Farm Services, feed augers & 4 acres of grass keep to let, for sheep or 01460 52709 Toyota Landcruisers 4.2 & Nissan Patrol bulk feed bins. All animal feed systems lambs only. 01404 841245 AGAs & Rayburns cleaned & with 4.2 diesel engines & Petrols. supplied bulk bins always wanted & Surplus oats for sale. 01837 83300 re-enamelled, worn tops a speciality. 07860 423139 / 01462 743843 supplied. 01823 680512 / 07850 444810 Round baled haylage, hay & straw. Small Solid fuel Rayburns always available. Oil Oat straw, ex-field & ex-barn. Periodic J Penfold Tarmacing Contractors Ltd. baled hay & straw, winter orders taken, del & gas servicing available. 01392 841391 delivery up to 80 round bales in all. Surfacing specialists in roads, drives, car possible. 01837 83381 / 07876 106057 Tarmac & concrete contractor. Domestic 01837 82158 parks, paths, farm lanes, tennis courts Hay - excellent quality, new season, small & commercial. 01458 259593 Old wheel horse ride-on mower. etc. Contractors for local authority. Free & round bales available. 01823 401112 www.jsmorrisgroundworks.co.uk 07989 018657 estimates, all work guaranteed. Excellent horse, sheep & calf hay & barley Freeze branding for clear ID, guarantee 01769 574853 / 07778 036925 Flemming mid mounted ditcher (not straw, traditional bales. Also square bale results indefinately, straying & missing tractor), stabilising foot would be an Fencing at sensible prices stock netting haylage. 07977 930045 / 01769 540405 heifers & are a lot easier to trace with advantage. 01823 698906 post & rail, gates, deer fencing, poultry High quality new season hay & haylage. a F/B. Alphabet & numbers, full size & fencing, also small agricultural, & private HGV2 Driver required. Working out of calf irons, also branding crate carried cut from good grass with excellent herb Stillmans abattoir based in Staplegrove, building works, hedgelaying & forestry content inc clover, bird’s foot trefoil, yellow for calves. Cattle scan, qualified all at works. Call Kevin: 07718 481833 Taunton. 5 days a week, 6am starts. competitive prices. Russell 07860 574159 rattle & plantain. Excellent dry matter Must be experienced in all aspects of Direct drilling service for grass, clover, South West Construction content, exceptional fodder for horses, loading & delivering of meat carcasses kale/rape etc with Aitchison drill into www.southwestconstruction.co.uk. Local, sheep & cattle. Bales 8' long, 6 strings, (beef, pork & lamb) & boxed meats etc. grassland or stubble. Either stitching in or reliable, groundworkers that offer a haylage average weight 620kg per bale. Delivering throughout Devon & Somerset, complete re-seed. South Devon area. For professional service to time, to plan to hay average weight 450kg per bale. knowledge of this area would therefore more info please call Graham Stephens. budget. Areas: steel framed buildings, Haylage has 6 layers of wrap so will keep be advantageous Must have completed 07754 968129 / 01803 813396 very well. Loading inc in price Call for Drivers CPC. Apply in the first instance general building, excavation & demolition, Rabbit control, effective & economical, prices, del pos at cost. Located 10 mins with CV to mel@stillmansbutchers. contract building, fencing, ponds, lakes, 35yrs experience, please contact Andrew of the M5 at Exeter. Jerry. 07787 249248 co.uk Any enquiries, call Melanie Alford swimming pools & general groundworks. on: 01874 638231 Straw & hay bought & sold in any size between 9am & 4pm. 01884 849369 01398 331922 / 07803 133068 of bale or load. Also Bedrap, Bedmax Old bricks, walls or buildings demolished. [email protected] Firewood splitting service. Mobile hyd log & white small flake shavings for sale at 01984 623703 Drainage & water mains, general splitter & operator. 07969 041959 competitive prices. Wanted, rear discharge spreader, must groundworks, planthire. 01458 259593 Vacuum packer service. Food machinery, 01458 447833 / 07889 064294 be good condition. 07976 612075 www.jsmorrisgroundworks.co.uk spares/repairs/sales. 01884 266750 4342 MVF Newsletter 604 Small Ads contact details can be found on page 2 SMALL ADS Horse arenas, stables & yards & farm Charlie & James Davey, professional Pest management, moles, rats, wasps, 2 bedroom farm cottage available for rent buildings. 01458 259593 cattle foot trimmers, covering the entire fully insured. [email protected] under AST agreement. Spacious house www.jsmorrisgroundworks.co.uk South West. Also freezebranding & 01805 625223 / 07974 040276 with separate garden. Monthly rent of £625. Livery also available by separate Exmoor Air Conditioning. Agricultural scanning very competitive rates. For more Concrete grooving & freeze branding. agreement. 01884 861629 HGV & plant aircon service & repairs. info including photos, videos & farmer Covering Devon, Cornwall, Somerset & Most pipes made or repaired on site. recommendations. visit our website www. Dorset. Reliable worker at competitive rates call Tim. www.swfb.co.uk Aircon parts & blower motors supplied. cattlefootcare.co.uk or call 01237 431713 / 07920 161438 Mobile service. Mid/North Devon & 07811 111303 / 07790 289709 For Hire Cull cows, sheep & horses taken.Also Lacking confidence or low self-esteem? W Somerset area. Phone anytime. Cherry picker, 50’ reach, ideal for gutters, casualty cattle & horses with certification Coping with Dyslexia or learning Jon Mew, Ash Mill, South Molton. chimneys, painting, tree work etc. 07733 063658 / 01769 551828 for human consumption picked up.Prompt difficulties? Find help with life coach & regd AHA Christine Rawle, confidential 07970 059622 / 01769 574096 Mike Ford Fencing. National Fencing & good rates of pay. 07976 321686 01823 352228 / 01823 283576 client orientated for adults & children. 2T & 9T digger with operator for hire. competition winner 2008/09/10/12. Stock West Country. 07721 767973 Competitive rates. 01823 669090 fencing, post & rail, equestrian & poultry. Virgin clean woodchip supplied by the Property & garden maintenance, free BBD Marquees, in widths of 3m / 6m / 9m 01769 580472 cubic metre, seasoned or green. Please call Brendon Hill Tree Services Ltd. estimates, reliable service 07970 317779 / 12m / 15m & lengths to suit. We supply David Mather Hoof Trimming. Providing a 01984 624183 / 07971 531333 Dan Toogood, available for - high output high quality wedding but can cater for any professional & efficient service to farmers Swimming pool & hot tub construction, trailed foraging, round baling, square occasion. Contact Rachael: large & small across Cornwall & Devon. maintenance & repair. Hugh Gardner baling (4string 80x90), wrapping, mowing, 01805 804041 / 07719 587577 15yrs experience, reasonable rates, safe, www.devonpoolservices.com tedding & raking, dung spreading, hedge Mature Limousin bulls for hire. Ped &, clean equipment. Gentle on your cows, 07929 960761 / eve 01884 820230 trimming, ploughing & drilling based near quiet, BVD & Lepto vacc. Robinson. gentle on your pocket! Phone David: Wellington call: 07754 080254 Cereals, oilseed & pulses. Dried, clean & 01363 866310 07800 985006 stored. Bugs eradicated. Crops brought Deer control / management. Qualified Stump grinder, removes any size of stalker, game meat hygiene certificate & Smalls of Devon, industrial & up to specification. No rejections. No stump, with or without operator. deer stalker certificate 1 held. All enquiries domestic roof coating specialist. High outloading or weighbridge charges. 1 07970 059622 / 01769 574096 pressure painting of rusty barns, slate welcomed in confidence. George. mile from A303, Yeovil area. Skid steer loaders, from 44” to 66” wide, weatherproofing, exterior wall coatings, 07932 657140 / 01458 223250 07771 331790 both with buckets & dung grabs. Also high pressure cleaning & re-slating & Gold services S.W. Ltd, Agricultural Richard Cory hoof trimming, NACFT 1.5T to 5T mini diggers, available with tiling service. 01626 680239 buildings and repairs & modifications. regd, fully licenced cat1, competitive post hole auger & breaker/post banger. 01626 821537 / 07754 856859 Also new buildings erected & Kit form prices, fully insured, experienced hoof Self drive. Richard Smith. North Molton. Book keeper / accountancy services near trimmer. 01271 850525 / 07538 350810 buildings. Call for free quote. 07734 690278 01598 740406 / 07970 914070 Wellington. Amanda Cowley. Planning consultancy, all aspects of your 8” tracked or wheeled wood chippers, [email protected] planning dealt with, inc barn conversions, Stillmans (Somerset) Ltd. Private killing diesel, with or without operator. 01984 629245 essential rural workers dwellings, & cutting service for beef, pork & lamb at local RSPCA approved abattoir. 07970 059622 / 01769 574096 Do you rear animals for the freezer? We change of use, permitted development, Killed, hung, packed & labelled to your collect from abattoir in a refrigerated van. enforcement issues & agri buildings. XL requirements at competitive prices. Hang, cut & pack to your requirements in Planning & design. 01884 38662 Contact Paul or Tracey: 01823 272661 our cold store & cutting room & deliver Qualified land agent, able to assist with Events single farm payments, environmental back to you if reqd. Sausages, bacon & Sheepdog & Handler Training throughout burgers no problem. We also sell local stewardships, cross compliance, land management, agreements, farm mapping the South West - including West Cornwall. beef, pork & lamb in boxes at competitive At Stud Contact Caroline 07703 197823 prices. Located Broadhempston, & more. Gemma Sparks 07533 340847 www.blackdownconsulting.co.uk [email protected] Devon. 01803 814250 / 07764 660456 Parsons Russell Terrier (proven) K.C. www.allaboutsheepdogs.com [email protected] Gary Heal garden services, grass cutting Registered. 01460 221763 commercial & domestic. 01598 710458 Ploughing Match & Produce Show, AT Lee Services, available for relief Cheriton Fitzpaine & District. Sun 21st milking, slot seeding, reasonable rates, Mobility scoring, meet your current farm assurance welfare targets. Identify whole Sept 10am. Winscott Barton, Newton St digger work & general tractor duties. herd lameness issues. Call Emma Smith To Let Cyres EX5 5AU. £2 adults. Great family Please phone Andrew: 07971 597230 BSc, DairyCo qualified mobility scorer, day out in the country. Ploughing horses Auto AC – mobile vehicle air conditioning covering the South West, monthly or Exclusive Welsh Barn in Brecon Beacons present. Refreshments, cream teas. specialist. Repairs servicing & fault bi monthly visits. 07772 495913 email Sleeps 10 for weekends & holidays Julie 01363 772309 diagnosis on cars, trucks, agriculture [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] & plant. DPF solutions & also BG Maximise mobility to maximise milk. Holiday caravan on working farm in Riverside Beer & Folk Festival, South Products fuel saving services. Devon / Fencing at competitive prices. Stock Ruthern Valley, mid Cornwall. Large 3 Molton, Oct 3rd-5th, 21 bands+, £5pp W. Somerset. Charlie Hirst. www.auto-ac. fencing, post & rail, gate hanging, stock bedroom static, sleeps 6, garden. Lovely donation in aid of N Devon Air Ambulance. co.uk 07970 802793 / 01884 820480 pens & hedge laying. Contact Stuart position. 01208 831207 Camping £20 per night, Bar & food. Daniel Vertenten, bovine foot trimming Webber. 01884 860165 / 07740 399138 The Tower, Crantock, Cornwall, luxury exmoorriverside.co.uk 01769 579269 specialist, NACFT regd, large or small Freezebranding & livestock scanning. apartment for 4 people, families & couples Launceston & Callington Annual herds, young calf de-horning, covering Defra approved, reliable, efficient service only, outstanding views of Atlantic, coastal Ploughing Match & Working Day. Sunday the South West. for a friendly & efficient throughout the South West. Call Brett path to unspoilt beach 3 min walk. Dog 5th October at Lamorna Farm, Canworthy service. 01837 811194 / 07866 514951 Luxton. 01837 880331 / 07889 275937 friendly, non-smoking, no passing traffic. Water, Launceston. 10am start. Cattle clipping, pre-sale or routine. Email [email protected] www.sandyclose.co.uk 01637 830394 Contact Pauline: 01566 773619 Operating IAE belly clipping crush. Trailer-towing.com. Fully qualified driving Harlyn Bay near Padstow, comfortable Ped Blue Faced Leicester ram/female Covering South West. Call Daniel on: instructor, 1 to 1 training, courses from 3 bed holiday cottage. 500 yards from sale dates, Blackmoor Gate, 15th Sept, 01837 811194 / 07866 514951 £445 including test, also refresher safe, sandy beach & coast path. Enclosed Tavistock, 23rd Sept, society sale. courses, discounts available, tax Rayburn, solid fuel model, Regent. Royale garden. 01271 850658 Exmoor Farmers, 01643 841841 deductible. Visit website or call for info. MF Supreme. Sales, repairs, restorations Riverside Caravan & Camping Park, on Ward & Chown, 01822 610080 07810 738331 / 08001 120060 & new boilers, various colours in stock. the gateway to Exmoor, set in 70 acres 4x4 Auto jumble at Winkleigh Airfield Colin Weeks Forestry & Fencing, for all For details call: 07792 755103 of parkland, 4 star family park, open all Mid Devon EX198DW, on 14th Sept. For your forestry requirements, from thinning year, 3 specimen carp lakes, luxury statics more info call BJ 07890 204910 or Lesley Post driver to hire on 3T excavator, self to clear felling, we buy diseased larch www.exmoorriverside.co.uk. 07971 278671. In support of the Devon drive or operated. 01460 52709 & all other species of standing timber, 01769 579269 Air Ambulance Trust. countrysidefencing.com hardwood & softwood. info@colinweeks. Newly renovated 2 bedroom stone holiday Ashreigney country fundraisers, Working Landrake Logging, wood processing co.uk 01769 580096 / 07713 248744 Day. Sat 13th Sept. Tractors in action, car cottage, fitted & furnished to a high service. Make the most of your fallen / Kernow Fires Ltd, specialists in boot, auto jumble & personal collections. standard. Easy walking to Sibly Back felled timber. Cut / split & loaded all in one woodburning stoves & green heating Refreshments. North Heale, Ashreigney, Lake, Golitha Falls & open moorland, dog operation using Hakki wood processor. solutions based on Trenant Ind Est, EX18 7PH. For more info call Derek: 01398 331221 Wadebridge PL30 3JE. Providing full friendly. www.hudsoncottage.co.uk 01769 520286 / 07771 738212 07775 940606 DJ Cox Contracting, for all your tarmac installation with extensive showroom for Mark Moor Fun Ride. Sunday 14th Sept. work, machine or hand ley, silo pits drives all budgets. 01208 812527 Large workshop with inspection pit, Further information. 01278 684869 [email protected] electricity, water, £400 pcm, in Blackdown yards, tennis courts, free quotation. Dispersal sale outdoor pig unit Hills. Call for details. 07734 191966 01278 785911 / 07850 352902 Professional farming & countryside equipment from 400 sow herd incl 3 x photographer & countryside cards 2 bed converted barn on farm, available Steve Lerwill, foot trimming specialist, rotafeeders, 3 high level bulk bins, piglet collection. www.kevinmilnercountryside. Sept. Rural Moreton Hampstead. whole herds undertaken, competitive trailer, 100 farrowing arcs, 6 weaner co.uk 01962 732585 / 07719 570370 01647 440475 rates, NACFT member, large bulls not a arcs, fencing & watering equipment & Self catering farm holiday cottages, problem, all areas covered. On Tap Water Treatment – Borehole many useful sundry items at New House N Devon. Visit England 4 star rated, 07915 608139 / 01769 572699 & well pumps, pH correction, water Farm, Newton, Tisbury, Wilts, SP3 6PA. softening (Ecowater premier dealer), sleeping 2-7. Free wi-fi. Swimming pool. Sat 13th Sept, 11am. View day prior Oil fired AGA servicing. iron reduction, sediment filtration, Games room. Animal feeding. Secluded 12noon-6pm & morning of sale. Auction 01278 691490 / 07973 263242 nitrate reduction, reverse osmosis & UV rural setting. 01271 830702 catalogues can be downloaded from All types of digging undertaken, 13T with sterilisation. Supply, installation, service www.hearsoncottagesdevon.co.uk www.petercrichton.co.uk when available. 360 degree log grab & ripper tooth, 3T & maintenance. 01458 274289 2, 90x90, 6 bay livestock barns to rent nr Further details: Peter Crichton with concrete breaker also dump trailer www.on-tap.co.uk [email protected] Bampton, water & electric available. Call [email protected] available. 01769 550885 Jon: 07860 760655 01284 701304 / 07721 094994 43 MVF Newsletter 604 Small Ads contact details can be found on page 2 DATES FOR YOUR DIARY | NEWS

SUNDAY OPENING DIARY DATES * MVF attending 3-6 Sept International Sheepdog Society World Trial, Scotland. 01234 352672 BOTH NEWTON ABBOT AND YEOVIL 6 Sept Kingsbridge Show, Borough Farm, East Allington, Totnes TQ9 7QP. 01548 560043 BRANCHES ARE NOW OPEN FROM 6-7 Sept Dorset County Show, Dorchester Showground, Dorset, DT2 7SD. 01305 264249 Widecombe Fair, Fairfi eld, Devon TQ13 7TE Traditional Country Fair with rural arts, 10am until 4pm on SUNDAYS 9 Sept crafts and skills, vintage machinery, local produce 01364 654375 Usk Show, the Showground, Usk NP15 1DD 01291 690889 TRACTOR TED PROVES 13 Sept Frome Agricultural and Cheese Show, West Woodlands Showground, Frome BA11 5ES 01373 463600 with over 1,200 cheeses as well as livestock poultry, crafts, dog agility POPULAR AT ST COLUMB and entertainment The Tractor Ted Day at St Columb was 16 Sept FWAG SW Farm Walk at Trengwainton Farm, Madron Exmoor Longhorn Ewe and Ram Sale, Cutcombe Market. Pop along to the event. a huge success, with a large number of 18 Sept new customers visiting the store. We were MVF Specialist, Jeremy Kivell (07891 761771) in attendance. Special offers on the day. supported on the day by Stewart and 20 Sept Equine Event Days at all branches - see page 29 Fun ride at Boode Farm, Yarnscombe EX31 3LT in aid of N Devon Hospice, 12 noon - Richard from Hamblys with a brand new 28 Sept shiny Claas tractor, which the kids (big and 1.30pm, approx 9 miles through woods. £10 per person. Call Dennys 07788 601560 Our Heating Events take place at all branches through October and into November. small) seemed to enjoy. OCT-NOV The fi rst event is at Bridgwater on 3-4 October. More details pages 32-33. The electric quad bike also caused a bit of stir with 210 tickets being sold for the For information on these events, contact the Show Team on 01769 575653 Children’s Hospice South West. or see www.asao.co.uk (Assoc. of Shows and Agric. Organisations) Our picture shows a couple of younger customers on the quad. Uni in my wellies In September 2013 the Mole Valley Farmers’ #UniInMyWellies project was launched where two teams from Harper Adams University, Shropshire and Royal Agricultural University Cirencester, Gloucester were selected to compile a photo diary and trial wellies during their fi rst term at university. Each student shared their own experiences with us through social media using the hashtag #UniInMyWellies and each student submitted a written review of their wellies after their fi rst term. From freshers’ balls, countryside pursuits and foreign travel to the milking parlour and mucking out the animals, the wellies were put through their paces. Dunlop were so impressed with our overall winner that they have asked her to Charlie and James Elkin on the quad bike continue to be a brand ambassador and one other student has been asked to be brand ambassador for Jonsson Gumboots. “On the basis that last year’s students embraced this project so thoroughly we want to do it again for 2014-2015, keep an eye on our social channels for the launch.” said Caroline Rowden, MVF’s Product Manager for Footwear molevalleyfarmers.com/mvf/info/news/ Uni_In_My_Wellies

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