Dexter Cattle For Sale Discussion Board

Purchased an old Wolvo mini baler and wrapper earlier in the year and finally got around to using it on a test area over the last 2 days. So far I am very happy with it, my only criticism being the manual is absolutely useless and as a result it has taken me several hours to work out how to get the ...

The same rule changes are going to affect sole occupancy authorities, which will have a severe impact on me as renting all my ground I rely on them. I will have to check whether the stated change to "no new SOA's" will apply to adding land to an existing SOA or not. Could have a big impact...

I have been offered 32 acres of land to rent along with a shed consisting of: - 5 bays 15'x18' - 5 bays 15'x24' - central feed passage - I can rent the whole shed or just one part of it. I know what I want to pay for the land and this is more or less in line with what the potential landlord is looki...

I don't know for sure, but as his mother did not get in calf so he was still suckling occasionally at 24 months and his weight was significantly higher than the other two which were bought in at 12 months of age.

I only have the deadweights when I have sent them to a butcher - 3 non short steers in the last 12 months 197.6kg aged 33.7 months on average.

Two were significantly lower around 184kg and one that had been left to wean naturally 224kg.

Mark, did you find something suitable to treat this? I have a cow that has one, it is not causing any problems at the moment but would like to try something on it.

Gosh, those prices are frightening. The prices here have started to fall, at the most recent fodder sale small bale hay had come down from £3.80 to £3.00 and large bale haylage down to £26 http://www.taylerandfletcher.co.uk/displayfile.asp?id=110064 Would it be worthwhile finding a local haulage com...

Looks very good and a big improvement on the old site.

Could you please add a hyperlink to the Midland Dexter Group website http://www.midlanddextergroup.co.uk/ on the Regional Groups page?

I had a similar problem re: the trailer when trying to shop around for insurance.

The other thing to remember is the breakdown cover that comes with the NFU policy includes recovery of the vehicle and trailer.

The Midland Dexter Group Marketing Scheme referred to in the January 2012 Bulletin has proved very useful for me. It has allowed me to take 2 animals at a time, one for me and one for the scheme, thereby reducing the transport cost per animal and I am sure less stressful for the animals. My private ...

Searching around the internet yesterday I found a lot of tasty sounding US based recipes for short ribs which I believe we call Jacob's Ladder in the UK (according to the Eblex literature). This will use some of the brisket joints, but I am tempted to try it for something a bit different. Has anyone...

Mark,

Don't think I will be able to make it or the start, when do you expect it to finish?

Thank you Duncan.

Just tidying my desk and found the stubs for my raffle tickets. Before I bin them anyone know who won the draw? I cannot find anything on the DCS site.

Sounds cheap to me, try getting a plumber out on 2 separate days for half an hour and I bet there are a lot that would charge you more than £130.