Getting back on track after a challenging spring – Pasture to Profit update
We are finally seeing heat and sun this spring! Here are some tips to help get the farm back in shape after an extremely wet spell.
May 21, 2024
We are finally seeing heat and sun this spring! Here are some tips to help get the farm back in shape after an extremely wet spell.
Our Pasture to Profit Consultant’s share some tips to help with grazing and cow condition as spring progresses.
Pasture to Profit consultant Sean Chubb shares the current conditions on Walford College Farm and discusses recommendations coming up to balance/magic day.
Our Pasture to Profit farm consultants share some strategies to help with the extremely wet conditions you’re experiencing on-farm this spring.
Both the mating and winter seasons have arrived at Walford College Farm. LIC Pasture to Profit Consultant Sean Chubb shares the current situation and recommendations for the monitor farm.
Pasture to profit consultant Sean Chubb shares his observations from the past month and some recommendations for the next to assist UK farmers with their autumn management.
As summer comes to a close, our Pasture to Profit Consultants share how conditions are stacking up on-farm and give some tips to help set you up for the coming month.
This 2022/23 season the first LIC-bred heifers from the original Holstein cows entered the Walford herd. Hopefully these heifers will help lift the milk fat and protein percentages of the herd to take full advantage of the new contract with Joseph Heler Cheese this season. So, what we expect from these heifers and others to come? Sean Chubb reports.
The latest update and recommendations from LIC’s UK monitor farm at Walford College. An idea has been introduced to grow fodder beet, which could lower concentrate levels. Read more.
Fertiliser prices have tripled for nitrogen and doubled for phosphorus and potassium. So, what can we do to improve soil fertility and health to reduce inputs and cover some of the rising costs? Independent grassland consultant, Dr George Fisher, gives some pointers.
Pasture to Profit consultant Piers Badnell looks at the opportunities with 10-in-7 milking and the experiences of four UK dairy farmers using this system on their farms.
Milder winters are affecting grass growth and forcing dairy producers and advisers to reconsider their grassland management at the end and beginning of the grazing season. LIC’s Sean Chubb talks strategies.
