Grazing Discussion Groups

AHDB will be rolling out six grass discussion groups across the country in collaboration with grazing consultants, which aim to help farmers understand more about best practice when it comes to grassland management.

This network of discussion groups forms part of AHDB’s Grass campaign aims, which is a programme, for farmers and industry partners in the ruminant sectors, which aims to improve the cost-effective use of grazed grass to build profitable and sustainable systems to achieve greater profits and growth potential.

The Grazing groups will be delivered across the country and they are all based near to an AHDB Beef and Lamb Farm Excellence Programme farm:

• North Cumbria – delivered by 5 Agri (for more information contact Rhidian Jones: rjlivestocksystems@btinternet.com)
  
  
• West Cumbria ­ – delivered by 5 Agri (for more information contact Rhidian Jones: rjlivestocksystems@btinternet.com)
  
  
• North East – delivered by Liz Genever (for more information contact: liz@lizgenever.com)
  
  
• East Midlands - delivered by Liz Genever (for more information contact: liz@lizgenever.com)
  
  
• Cambridge/Essex – delivered by NIAB (for more information contact: colin.peters@niab.com)
  
  
• Somerset – delivered by NIAB (for more information contact poppy.depass@niab.com)

The groups are now looking for up to 15 members for each group and will run their first meetings in December and January. There will be an opportunity for each group to meet up to 10 times over the next eleven months. For more information about the grazing discussion group in your area please email the contact above.