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Grazing in central London!

Grazing in central London!

Imagine my excitement when I came across this cafe whilst walking the streets of the capital recently – just around the corner from the Tower of London! A picture of grass across the top of the window and a fabulous logo complete with horns and swishy tail! How...
Don’t let tack sheep outstay their welcome

Don’t let tack sheep outstay their welcome

According to Promar’s Paul Henderson in the September issue of Cow Management magazine, dairy farmers keeping sheep on cow grazing over the winter should say goodbye to them no later than February 1st – or sooner on units where turnout is early. “While sheep may tidy...
Save £200/ha on fertiliser

Save £200/ha on fertiliser

  Red clover can contribute 150 to 200 kg of nitrogen/ha or more, according to speakers at a recent British Grassland Society forage legume day in Shropshire. Popular up to the 1960’s, red clover fell out of favour when artificial fertiliser offered an easy...
England’s ‘lucky’ ground?

England’s ‘lucky’ ground?

Maybe England should have kept on playing at Dunedin in the Rugby World Cup, as they struggled to retain their form once they moved north to Auckland to face Scotland, after three relatively easy wins on South Island. The brand new 10,000 seater Otago Stadium is the...
Grazing in central London!

Grazing in central London!

Imagine my excitement when I came across this cafe whilst walking the streets of the capital recently – just around the corner from the Tower of London! A picture of grass across the top of the window and a fabulous logo complete with horns and swishy tail! How...

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