2 May 2024

Cutting grass heavily contaminated with soil for silage

This article supplied by SAC Consulting Ruminant Nutritionist, Lorna Shaw, discusses the effects of soil contamination and provides tips on preventing soil contamination in the 2024 silage season.

2 May 2024

Ensuring silage supply meets demand

This article supplied by SAC Consulting Ruminant Nutritionist, Lorna Shaw, looks at how to calculate silage demand before fields are shut for silage.

24 April 2024

How to manage soils after prolonged waterlogging

Our soil expert, Joanna McBurnie, recently answered farmers’ questions about waterlogged soil.

18 April 2024

How will the wet weather affect your nitrogen use?

What does the wet weather mean for your nitrogen applications and forage production this spring? We catch up with one Arla farmer and get some top tips from industry experts.

2 April 2024

Unlocking the benefits of bale grazing

Fifty livestock farmers heard how Claire and Sam Beaumont benefit from bale grazing their out-wintered cattle at a meeting at Gowbarrow Hall Farm on the northern shore of Ullswater last Thursday (14 March).

21 March 2024

Forage For Knowledge case study: George Brown

Bisterne Farm in Hampshire recently won the prestigious 2023 NMR/RABDF Gold Cup. This is a significant milestone for this dairy farm. To learn the secrets of their success and unique approach to dairy farming, I had the pleasure of chatting with George Brown whose journey with Bisterne Estate began as a joint venture in December 2019.