by Sara Gregson | Oct 26, 2011 | Farming & Food
In 3,291 soil tests carried out on beef and sheep pasture by EBLEX, with the Environment Agency (EA) and the Farming Wildlife Advisory Group (FWAG), only a shocking 2% of fields had the perfect nutrient levels to support good grass growth. 43% had a pH level below the...
by Sara Gregson | Oct 14, 2011 | Farming & Food
Congratulations to the winners of this year’s Farmers Weekly Awards – especially dairy farmer Gavin Fowler, beef producer Sam Chesney and overall winner, hill farmer Charlie Russell. All three use grass to reduce their costs of production. Sam runs his beef enterprise...
by Sara Gregson | Oct 14, 2011 | Farming & Food
It’s easy digging for rabbits in a field of red clover in Shropshire – as the worst drought in living memory has yet to break. Dairy and beef producer John Downes said at a BGS event held on his farm near Longnor in September, that he cannot remember a year like it....
by Sara Gregson | Oct 12, 2011 | Farming & Food
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...
by Sara Gregson | Oct 12, 2011 | Farming & Food
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...
by Sara Gregson | Oct 12, 2011 | Farming & Food
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...
