by Sara Gregson | Jan 2, 2013 | Farming & Food
I am hanging up my Christmas present today: a gorgeous original painting from Lauren Terry of Lauren’s Cows – www.laurenscows.com I stumbled upon this bright and lively bovine collection while messing about on Twitter. A quick view on the website and twenty minutes...
by Sara Gregson | Dec 11, 2012 | Farming & Food
The winter issue of the British Grassland Society (BGS) magazine Grass & Forage Farmer has just been published – the 111th issue since its re-launch in 1977 as Grass Farmer. The ‘Forage’ bit was added in 2005 to acknowledge the contribution crops like legumes,...
by Sara Gregson | Nov 15, 2012 | Farming & Food
At a recent workshop run by the Advanced Training Partnership (ATP), which is currently delivering postgraduate distance learning for people working in the agri-food industry (www.atp-pasture.org.uk), Dr.Iwan Owen of IBERS gave a great précis of UK grassland farming....
by Sara Gregson | Sep 21, 2012 | Farming & Food
Well done to the UK’s Pasture-Fed Livestock Association for getting everything in place (on the tightest of budgets) to allow producers who feed only grass and conserved forage, to market their meat under the new PASTORAL brand. Set up as a community interest company,...
by Sara Gregson | Aug 20, 2012 | Farming & Food
Northern Ireland beef producer Sam Chesney is riding high as last year’s Farmers Weekly Beef Farmer of the Year, and making it to the final of the British Grassland Society’s National Grassland Management Competition this year. But, as 160 farmers heard at a recent...
by Sara Gregson | Jul 23, 2012 | Farming & Food
This year’s British Grassland Society Summer Meeting was a cracker – with visits to eight farms managed by inspirational farmers making the most of the natural resources around them – sunshine (not so much this year), rainfall and land that grows good grass. Some key...
