Content related to the topic: crops-grassland

4 November 2021

Cabbage stem flea beetle: working with the enemy

Learn how pest management rests on a rapidly developing, variable and complex set of alternative solutions.

24 January 2022

Light leaf spot forecast now reacts to winter wetness

High winter rainfall encourages the development and spread of light leaf spot in infected oilseed rape.

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.

29 October 2021

Horizon blog: What will a trade deal with New Zealand mean for UK agriculture?

The announcement of an ‘agreement in principle’ for a future trade deal with New Zealand has heightened concern that British farmers will be undercut by cheap food imports.