Content related to the topic: crops-grassland

6 January 2025

Secure straw to avoid winter shortage

Livestock farmers are encouraged to forward buy or secure their straw requirement, or look at alternative bedding options for this coming winter, sooner rather than later.

23 January 2026

Emergency authorisation for linseed desiccant secured

The industry is in a better position to protect the quality and yield of linseed seed crops this harvest

31 July 2020

Meet Forage for Knowledge contributor Phil Asbury

Phil Asbury has been measuring grass for 13 years for his 212-cow spring block herd in Cheshire – this year has had its challenges…

27 July 2020

Herbal leys – livestock performance and environmental improvements

AHDB supported a panel discussion from the British Grassland Society https://www.britishgrassland.com , featuring a conversation between Paul Muto, Natural England; Professor Chris Reynolds, University of Reading; Sam Lane, Cotswold Seeds and dairy farmer, Rob Richmond.

22 July 2020

Making a success of outwintering cattle

Join AHDB and Dr Luppo Diepenbroek, Independent consultant, for a webinar on outwintering cattle.

17 July 2020

Planning autumn grazing

Next month, it’s time to start planning your farm’s grazing to set up for spring 2021. So keep measuring, take a look at long-range weather forecasts and use your grazing software to help you make good decisions. This advice, from LIC grazing consultant Bess Jowsey, comes on the back of an expensive grazing season for many herds hit by the drought.

6 January 2025

Weighing up the cost of winter feeding

Outwintering has several potential advantages over housing, but these have to be carefully weighed against possible concerns over animal welfare in unsuitable field conditions, the risk of soil erosion and performance targets.

16 July 2020

Cereal sites required to target aphid research

Cereal growers can learn about their fields' aphid populations, if they get involved in our research project.

14 July 2020

Webinar: How to monitor crop development and disease

Learn how to disease score your crops with Catherine Harries, AHDB and assess crop development through the season with Brian Barker, EJ Barker and Sons and Strategic Cereal Farm East Host. Use this information to help inform matching inputs to potential through the season.

8 July 2020

Cereal disease ratings to rein in the rust (article)

With cereal rust populations changing at an unprecedented rate, it has become clear that the RL rating system also needs to adapt to survive.

7 July 2020

Using clover to drive performance with reduced N inputs

AHDB’s Animal Health & Welfare Scientist ,Siwan Howatson, and Helen Mathieu, Area Sales Manager at Germinal delivered a webinar looking at the use of red and white clover to improve performance.