Contents tagged with Forage for Knowledge

Importance of grass for heifers’ recovery post-calving

13 April 2023

Importance of grass for heifers’ recovery post-calving

How best to meet the nutritional requirements of freshly calved heifers.
Turn out for Magic Day – a grass growth case study

6 April 2023

Turn out for Magic Day – a grass growth case study

Turn out for Magic Day – a case study with Keith Davis of Lydney Park Farms

With soil temperatures on the rise, so is clover

3 November 2023

With soil temperatures on the rise, so is clover

Top tips to help you manage clovers in your swards for grazing and silage.
Strategic use of spring fertiliser in grassland

3 November 2023

Strategic use of spring fertiliser in grassland

Top information and tips for fertilising grassland this spring
Try the spring rotation planner to maximise spring grass intakes

3 November 2023

Try the spring rotation planner to maximise spring grass intakes

Based on target areas and dates, we explain how to use our planner to maximise grass intakes this spring.
Ending the season on a high – October grass growth rates were higher than five-year average

3 November 2023

Ending the season on a high – October grass growth rates were higher than five-year average

We are now at the end of our 2022 Forage for Knowledge Newsletter series. This year brought about another challenging grazing season.

Dealing with dry summers

25 March 2025

Dealing with dry summers

After experiencing a dry summer with low rainfall Chris Elkington, lamb strategic farmer, updates us on what's been happening since June.
Meet Forage for Knowledge contributor Jill Bathgate

24 June 2022

Meet Forage for Knowledge contributor Jill Bathgate

Jill Bathgate’s herd is transitioning into a grazing herd, while she is steadily increasing her grazing knowledge and gaining confidence in the value of grazed grass.
Grow Wales Green: opportunity to be part of a pilot

25 June 2025

Grow Wales Green: opportunity to be part of a pilot

If you want to try new ways to establish green protein forages and are able to offer up to 0.5ha during the 2022 growing season then we would like to hear from you.
Meet the Forage for Knowledge contributors - Apie Pieterse

22 May 2024

Meet the Forage for Knowledge contributors - Apie Pieterse

South African Apie Pieterse manages a split-block herd in Nottinghamshire where he has not only learned rotational grazing from scratch, but also honed his skills on heavy land in a dry area.

Follow cows with fertiliser, don’t blanket spread

14 April 2022

Follow cows with fertiliser, don’t blanket spread

Blanket spreading on the grazing platform risks cows eating very high levels of nitrates, warns grazing consultant Andre van Barneveld. Follow cows with the fertiliser spreader to avoid luxury uptake of nitrogen in the grass plant being grazed.
Reviewing the 2021 grazing season

5 November 2021

Reviewing the 2021 grazing season

As we look back over the 2021 grazing season, the total average grass production was below the 2020 average.

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