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What is Grade 1 Land?
Excellent quality land - Land that generates a high yielding crop due to its soil type and characteristics, climate and level topography. An example is arable land used for cereals in West Lancashire.
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What is the Average Price of Store Cattle?
£1,200- £1800
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What is the Gestation period of a Sheep?
148 days
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What is the difference between hay and haylege?
Grass cut later to dry out hay has 20% less moisture
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What Farm Support Schemes are Currently Available?
ELMS - Countryside Stewardship, Landscape Recovery and Sustainable Farming Incentive FETF
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What is the Cost of Straw?
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What Is a Gross Margin and What Does It Include?
Gross Margin: Revenue minus variable costs (Output - Variable Costs) / Output = Gross Margin Outputs = profit, value of feed fed to livestock i.e barley grain and barley straw for bedding Variable Costs = seed, fertiliser, concentrates, vet & med *GROSS MARGIN DOES NOT INCLUDE FIXED COSTS i.e. labour, rent, fuel*
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When is Spring Barley Sown and Harvested?
Sown in Spring - March to April Harvested in Summer - August
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What is a Gimmer Sheep?
A sheep that has not had her first lamb (usually up to 24 months)
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What is the Cycle of a Sheep Farming System?
1st March - lambing June - shearing July (12 weeks later) - weaning July/August (20 weeks) - slaughter 5th October - Tupping January (80 days post tipping) - Scanning
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What is a Mule?
Blue faced Leicester x hill ewe (swaledale)
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How Much is 1 tonne Silage?
£36 (£1.20 point based on 30% dry matter)
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What is the life cycle of a hill sheep?
lambs sold as stores or fat lambs etc?
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What is the Current Milk Price?
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What is Grade 5 Land?
Poor quality land - steep topography, drainage issues, wet or dry climate, very low yield. An example is scrub land often found near moorlands
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What Crop is This?
Oil Seed Rape
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What is a Tup / Ram
A non-castrated male sheep
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What is an NVZ?
Nitrate Vulnerable Zones are areas at risk of nitrate pollution from agriculture. - reviewed every 4 years - covers 58% of UK land
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What is Dry Matter (DM) Content?
The amount of feed (i.e dry substance), excluding water.
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What is Topsoil?
Located beneath the seed bed, this is the plough layer extending to 30cm in depth and holds all crop roots and organic matter. It should encourage rooting, air flow and drainage to allow crop growth
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What is a Bull?
A male cow that has not been castrated
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What does DEFRA stand for?
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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What Crop is This?
Oats
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When are the Common Field Operations?
Subsoil - for deep rooted crops Plough Cultivate/power harrow - for finer seed bed Pre-emergence to stunt weed growth Fertiliser - add nutrients to soil Drill/sow Spray - to kill weeds Roll Harvest
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What is a Wether?
A castrated male sheep
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What is a Steer?
A male cow that has been castrated
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Name 10 Beef Cows
Aberdeen Angus Limousin Charolais Hereford South Devon Saler Red Poll Simmentel British Blue Shorthorn
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What are Building Costs?
Fencing: £5m SPF Building: £160m2
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What is a Heifer?
A female cow that has not had her first calf
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What Legilsation Governs Agriculture?
The Agriculture Act 2020
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What is a Hogg/Shearling?
A sheep that awaits its first two teeth (9 to 18 months)
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What is Subsoil?
The soil beneath topsoil. This holds some crop roots.
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What Crop is This?
Barley
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What is the average yield of wheat?
Winter Wheat - 8t / ha Spring Wheat - 6t / ha
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What are Establishment Costs?
Ploughing - £80/ha Drilling - £70/ha Seed - £70ac Fertiliser - £40ac
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When is Winter Barley Sown and Harvested?
Sown in Autumn - October Harvested in early summer - June/July
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What is soil structure?
Identification of the soil as Clay, Sandy Clay Loam or Sandy Loam
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What is the average Dry Matter Content in Silage?
30%
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What is a Ewe?
A female sheep that has had her first lamb
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When is Spring Wheat Sown and Harvested?
Sown in Spring Harvested in Summer - August
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What Crop is This?
Wheat
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How is Land Classified?
Using DEFRA’s Land Classification Map using Grades 1 to 5 to include topography, climate and soil characteristics
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What is the Average Price of a Ewe?
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When is OSR Sown and Harvested?
Sown in Autumn - October Harvested in early Summer - July
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What is the Average Price of ewes/ hoggs/ lambs at foot
ewes- £200/head hoggs- £160-£170/head lambs- £100/head
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What do P, N and K stand for?
2 P - Phosphate 2 N - Nitrogen 1 K - Potash Fertiliser
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What is the Average Price of a Calf?
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When are Oats Sown and Harvested?
Sown in Spring Harvested in Autumn - August- September