by Dan Morris | Apr 4, 2016 | Income Generation for Farmers, Livestock, News, Select Livestock News
It’s been an exciting few weeks here at our Shropshire HQ, from farming awards to Facebook! The Select Livestock team is delighted to have been shortlisted for ‘Farming Business of the Year’ at the Shropshire Star’s upcoming Excellence in Business...
by Dan Morris | Mar 11, 2016 | Income Generation for Farmers, Livestock
Are you a farmer with a redundant outbuilding? A former dairy shed or barn? Maybe it’s been sitting empty for a while or you just have some old equipment in there gathering dust? What if you’ve got some arable land where crops aren’t generating the returns you’d...
by Dan Morris | Feb 11, 2016 | Livestock, News, Select Livestock News
Just before Christmas we had the excellent Shropshire Farm Vets from just outside Shrewsbury visit our Select Livestock Farm in Pulverbatch to trial some smart ear tags for calves called Fever Tags. Early detection The purpose of Fever Tags is to flag up evidence of...
by Dan Morris | Jan 20, 2016 | Livestock, News, Select Livestock News
Select Livestock been at the superb British Cattle Conference in Telford, Shropshire. We were presented with ten papers from leading industry experts, including farmers, a PhD student, Heads of Genetics and vets. Two main themes struck me as the important take-outs...
by Dan Morris | Nov 30, 2015 | Livestock
I was asked if I could give a talk to a group of Agriculture students at Reaseheath College, Cheshire on structured beef production. The essence of the talk was highlight the importance of playing to your strengths in beef production, turning your money over quicker...
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