Contents tagged with outwintering

Best-practice guide to outwintering

24 April 2025

Best-practice guide to outwintering

Use this information to make informed decisions around outwintering your livestock and explore the options that are best suited to your system.
Outwintering livestock: Planning and preparation

24 April 2025

Outwintering livestock: Planning and preparation

Find out how to manage forage during outwintering to ensure livestock receive sufficient nutrition while minimising damage to pastures.
Outwintering livestock: Implementation

24 April 2025

Outwintering livestock: Implementation

Find out how to ensure livestock receive balanced nutrition in bale-grazing systems.
Outwintering livestock: Feeding hay or silage

24 April 2025

Outwintering livestock: Feeding hay or silage

Understand the differences between feeding hay and silage for effective forage management.
Grazing fodder beet for cattle and sheep

9 November 2022

Grazing fodder beet for cattle and sheep

Successfully outwinter stock on fodder beet to maximise performance and reduce costs
Outwintering for replacement heifers reared for low or high input milk production systems

24 November 2021

Outwintering for replacement heifers reared for low or high input milk production systems

Outwintering for replacement heifers reared for milk production
Tips on outwintering from the Beef from Grass project

14 June 2021

Tips on outwintering from the Beef from Grass project

Marc Jones, from ADAS, discusses the findings of the beef from grass project.

Managing mineral nutrition for outwintered livestock

14 June 2021

Managing mineral nutrition for outwintered livestock

Professor Liam Sinclair discusses how to manage mineral nutrition during the outwintering period.
Managing outwintered animals

14 June 2021

Managing outwintered animals

Professor Liam Sinclair talks about transitioning onto forage crops, dealing with difficult weather conditions, animal health and the importance of regularly monitoring animal performance.
Using farmyard manure (FYM)

8 March 2023

Using farmyard manure (FYM)

Typical nutrient composition of farmyard manure (FYM) from Nutrient Management Guide (RB209) Section 2 Organic materials.
Management of outdoor straw pads

22 June 2021

Management of outdoor straw pads

Further information on pad design for feed, water and bedding management.
Site selection and planning requirements for outdoor straw pads

22 June 2021

Site selection and planning requirements for outdoor straw pads

Practical advice on planning and design requirements for outdoor straw pads.

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