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Practical, plain-English guides for livestock farmers — written by farmers, for farmers.
25 May 2026
Tractr Product Timeline: Key Milestones
A living timeline of Tractr's journey — from domain registration to major feature launches and the first farm onboarded.
Read more →24 May 2026
Medicine book requirements for UK farms (and how to ditch the paper one)
What the UK requires you to record in your medicine book, how long you need to keep it, and why a digital one will save you hours every month.
Read more →22 May 2026
Build your own EID tag reader: parts, cost and setup
Commercial sheep EID readers cost hundreds of pounds. Here's what's actually inside one, what it would take to build your own, and where our own low-cost reader is up to.
Read more →20 May 2026
How to register a sheep holding (CPH number) in the UK
A plain-English guide to getting a County Parish Holding number for your sheep — what it is, who to apply to, how long it takes and what comes next.
Read more →18 May 2026
Starting your first sheep flock: a UK beginner's guide
Thinking about your first ewes? Here's the practical sequence — land, CPH, flock number, tags, records — explained without the jargon.
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