Contents tagged with Forage for Knowledge

Enhancing milk from forage with home-grown feed

15 May 2024

Enhancing milk from forage with home-grown feed

The topic of feed efficiency and boosting milk production through forage incorporates a diverse range of solutions, each impacting herds differently. For North Devon farmer David Luxton, soil sampling, incorporating red clover silage leys reducing artificial nitrogen and making better use of his organic manures have helped improve the quality of his multi-cut silage.
Cutting grass heavily contaminated with soil for silage

6 January 2025

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.
Ensuring silage supply meets demand

6 January 2025

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.
How to manage soils after prolonged waterlogging

14 February 2025

How to manage soils after prolonged waterlogging

Our soil expert, Joanna McBurnie, recently answered farmers’ questions about waterlogged soil.
How will the wet weather affect your nitrogen use?

17 October 2025

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.

Unlocking the benefits of bale grazing

22 October 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).
Forage For Knowledge case study: George Brown

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.
Forage for Knowledge end of year review – 2023

14 November 2023

Forage for Knowledge end of year review – 2023

As we draw Forage for Knowledge to a close on another grazing season, it's time for us to reflect on the year's successes and challenges.

Bridging research and practice for clover establishment and management

6 March 2025

Bridging research and practice for clover establishment and management

Our latest podcast is dedicated to the establishment and management of clover.
Principles of autumn reseed

3 November 2023

Principles of autumn reseed

Autumn reseeding is a crucial agricultural practice pivotal to the success of livestock management and forage production
Where do herbal leys sit in a modern dairy system?

24 March 2025

Where do herbal leys sit in a modern dairy system?

We spoke to farmer Robert Thornhill and Catchment Sensitive Farming’s Ben Rodgers about the challenges and benefits of growing herbal leys
Farm trial: performance assessment of grazed GS4 mixes

3 November 2023

Farm trial: performance assessment of grazed GS4 mixes

AHDB commissioned ADAS to carry out a GS4 mixes assessment on one of our B&L Monitor Farms.

© Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board 2026 | All Rights Reserved

Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board, Middlemarch Business Park, Siskin Parkway East, Coventry, CV3 4PE

×