by Sara Gregson | Mar 26, 2012 | Farming & Food
Volatile cereal prices and uncertainties over future global wheat supplies are key reasons why livestock farmers should include more grass in their feeding plans this spring, according to independent grassland expert Charlie Morgan. Speaking at Duchy College in...
by Sara Gregson | Mar 13, 2012 | Farming & Food
I spent an exciting if chilly day on an arable and beef farm in Hertfordshire yesterday, where Nuffield Scholar Tom Chapman is implementing novel grazing practices seen on his travels in Canada. High density stock grazing – aka mob-grazing – where large numbers of...
by Sara Gregson | Feb 2, 2012 | Farming & Food
Short supply and increased Europe-wide demand means UK farmers will be paying up to 50% more for their grass seed in 2012, compared to this time last year. But this should not put them off reseeding or renovating pastures that are under-performing, says Tim Kerridge...
by Sara Gregson | Jan 24, 2012 | Farming & Food
Successful organic dairy company Yeo Valley is burning home-grown Elephant Grass (miscanthus) to heat their farm office buildings this winter. Elephant Grass is a tall, coarse plant, originally from Africa that will grow for about ten months of the year in Britain. It...
by Sara Gregson | Jan 11, 2012 | Farming & Food
One of the things that puts farmers off relying more on grass is the fact they don’t know exactly how much the animals are eating. Irish dairy researchers at Moorepark (Teagasc) have come up with a nifty calculator to help estimate the quantity of grass utilised...
by Sara Gregson | Dec 15, 2011 | Farming & Food
What would the moors and green rolling hills of England look like without any grass or animals to eat it? Very different to today that’s for sure – confirmed by some forward thinking research carried out by Land Use Consultants (LUC) for EBLEX. They have used ‘crystal...
