Content related to the topic: nutrition

22 May 2024

Worming advice from Strategic Farmer Adrian Coombe

Strategic Farmer, Adrian Coombe, farms with his wife Lyn, and father Peter, at Dupath Farm in Callington, Cornwall.

28 March 2025

Liver fluke survival in silage project

Liver fluke is a parasite that affects the health and welfare of livestock, specifically cattle and sheep. This research investigates whether liver fluke in silage poses a risk to livestock.

6 August 2025

Feeding dairy cows

Optimising nutrition in dairy cow diets.

16 April 2020

Beef feed efficiency research project delivers cost saving for farmers and the environment

Investigating new systems which will make beef cattle more efficient to produce, less damaging to the environment and yet still more cost-effective for farmers

5 May 2020

Effect of lucerne inclusion level and chop length on performance of dairy cows

Latest research on the effect of chop length when lucerne is fed alongside maize silage in dairy cow diets

20 October 2023

Lucerne as a replacement for grass silage in the diet of the dairy cow

Latest research on the effect of including lucerne silage alongside either grass or maize silage in dairy cow diets

20 March 2024

Water quantity and quality

Guidance on providing the correct quality and quantity of water to pigs

6 May 2026

Challenge Sheep

A project investigating the impact of body condition and mating ewes as ewe lambs or shearlings on lifetime performance.

10 October 2025

Grazing lucerne

With careful management, lucerne provides a nutritious and highly digestible crop for grazing livestock.

5 May 2020

Feeding lucerne silage

Explore the performance of lambs, dairy cows and ewes when fed lucerne silage.

16 March 2020

2018 pig cost of production in selected countries

This report examines the relative costs of pig meat production up to farmgate level in selected countries (data relates to 2018).

2 March 2021

2019 pig cost of production in selected countries

This report examines the relative costs of pig meat production up to farmgate level in selected countries (data relates to 2019).