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7 April 2021
While recording grass growth on your paddock walks this year, it’s also worth making a note of boggy patches, blocked outfalls and choked ditches. As changing weather patterns bring extremes of rainfall, it’s important that land drainage systems efficiently remove excess water from the grazing platform.
7 April 2021
Measuring rainfall not only tracks long-term weather patterns but is another tool to help budget feed and grass growth. Although historical data can be used with current weather predictions to make better grazing decisions and more realistic feed forecasts, says Gloucester dairy farmer, Keith Davis.
25 March 2021
Grass growth rates are very varied across the country but generally slower than in previous years, and grass looks a lot worse than analysis suggests
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19 March 2025
With feed still one of the biggest costs facing British dairy farmers, 2021 is the year to focus on driving milk production from our best British crop: grass. Whether it is grazed, clamped or baled, cows need quality forage.
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5 March 2025
Soil testing allows for more accurate, efficient, and cost-effective nutrient applications. Through the Soil Testing Pastures project funded by The Sustainable Agriculture Research & Innovation Club at Bangor University, Dafydd Williams from North Wales explored the potential gains from soil testing on one of his silage fields
4 March 2021
Ben Walker started measuring and testing grass seven years ago for Forage for Knowledge – time that has been spent building faith in grazed grass, which is saving £400/cow/year in concentrates.
19 March 2025
Rotational grazing benefits to grass growth, productivity and the environment are well known. Mob grazing is possibly the next step for some.
4 March 2021
Borehole water might be free, but it still requires a budget for an annual maintenance and testing schedule.
8 June 2020
Ten new varieties of ryegrass, two Hybrid and one Timothy have been added to the 2020/2021 Recommended Grass and Clover Lists (RGCL) for England and Wales.
5 March 2025
Considerations for managing ewes in wet weather ahead of lambing.
15 May 2020
Learn how to keep a team motivated throughout the grazing season.
