Content related to the topic: grassland-management

14 February 2025

Blog: Adjusting N rates and alternative fertiliser management options

With fertiliser prices sky rocketing, what can farmers and agronomists do?

11 February 2022

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.

3 July 2024

Grazing wall planner

This grazing forage wall planner helps with grassland management all-year round

29 April 2026

Cost benefit calculator for nitrogen fertiliser use on grassland

Accounting for fertiliser and feed prices, it calculates the cost benefit of applying nitrogen to grassland.

29 October 2021

How to improve feed quality and save money by maximising the potential of grazing grass

Scottish dairy farms can grow quality grass – and lots of it – as one Stirlingshire unit has discovered while taking part in AHDB’s Forage for Knowledge programme*. Robin Young’s Waterside Farm at Kinbuck outside Dunblane is improving feed quality and saving money by making more of grazed grass.

29 October 2021

Meet the Forage for Knowledge Contributor - Robin Young - Spring-quality grass all year round in Stirlingshire

Scottish dairy farms can grow quality grass – and lots of it – as Robin Young has discovered while taking part in Forage for Knowledge. Measuring and testing grazed grass every week for the past seven years has shown Robin that Waterside Farm in Stirlingshire not only produces 12 ME grass, but also 12 t DM/ha from its grazing paddocks.

20 October 2021

Introducing cattle into arable rotations to ‘beef’ up the profit margin webinar

20 October 2021

Panel discussion: How to successfully manage sheep on herbal leys webinar

20 October 2021

Integrated farming strategies to improve farm health and performance

Integrated farming strategies to improve farm health and performance webinar

7 October 2021

Lime takes on a new importance as fertiliser prices soar

Grassland consultant George Fisher explains how liming can increase grass yields by up to 40%.

7 October 2021

Time to address soil compaction in grassland

Autumn is the time to address soil compaction, according to independent soil scientist, Chris Duller.

7 October 2021

Why grazing and grass make economic sense

The case for making milk and meat from grass could scarcely be stronger, according to dairy consultant, Tony Evans, from Andersons Farm Business Consultancy.