
Benefits of early grazing
So far, this winter has been relatively warm and wet. Apart from areas that have become water-logged, you could say it’s been a ‘growy’ season.
So far, this winter has been relatively warm and wet. Apart from areas that have become water-logged, you could say it’s been a ‘growy’ season.
The 6th Annual Cream Awards, organised by British Dairying magazine, was held at Chesford Grange on 6th February, bringing together 400 guests to celebrate the best of the dairy industry.
Rainfall across the north has brought some relief to farmers, although without more in some areas this is just enough to keep things growing for a few weeks. Soil conditions are still firm making achieving consistent even residuals easier as the rotations build.
Following an extended winter and a slow wet spring, many parts of the country are now experiencing unprecedented dry conditions and its essential farmers have a grassland strategy in place, and act on it, to get through the current situation.
The Grangers, who farm near Bude in Cornwall and who have been working with LIC for 18 years to create the cows they want to milk and that best suit their system and milk contract, helped us make our latest video ‘What makes a good UK grazing cow?”.
New Zealand-based dairy farmer-owned co-operative, Livestock Improvement Corporation (LIC), is increasing its investment in National Milk Records PLC (NMR), the leading supplier of farm management recording services in the United Kingdom, to nearly 20%.
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