Grazing systems

Making the most of grass on your farm offers a huge opportunity to increase profits in a sustainable way.

Adaptive multi-paddock grazing

Find out how adaptive multi-paddock (AMP) grazing can be used to optimise soil health, pasture productivity and livestock performance.

Adaptive multi-paddock grazing

Mob grazing for UK livestock farms

Find out what mob grazing is, how it works in practice and the potential benefits and trade-offs for beef and mixed farming systems.

Mob grazing for UK livestock farms

Rotational grazing systems for beef farmers

Find out how rotational grazing works, its benefits and the practical considerations involved in setting up and managing an effective system.

Rotational grazing systems for beef farmers

Economics of bale grazing

Bale grazing is a grass and hay outwintering system for cattle that's becoming increasingly popular among UK farmers.

Economics of bale grazing

Paddock design and transitioning to fodder beet

Independent grazing and forage consultant Marc Jones shares tips for transitioning cattle onto fodder beet.

Read Marc's top tips

Field drainage

Surface ponding or saturated topsoil are obvious signs of poor drainage. However, prolonged waterlogging under the surface may not be so easy to spot.

Check the signs of good and bad field drainage

Cow tracks

Cow tracks enable your herd to move safely around your farm, as well as bringing several other advantages.

Learn how to design and build an effective cow track that benefits both you and your cows.

Cow tracks

Electric fencing for livestock

Our advice will help you to decide which type of fencing is most suitable for your system, how to set it up and how to train livestock to an electric fence.

Explore our information on how to use permanent, semi-permanent and temporary electric fencing

Further information

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