Grass Mix Trials Gaining knowledge to help maximise metabolisable energy per hectare (ME/ha) from grassland is one objective at Field Options’ long-term mixture trials in Shropshire, as Luke James discovered.
Dairy farm switches to grazing fodder beet as high-quality winter feed - Farming Connect Grazing fodder beet as a winter crop for beef and dairy cattle is reducing wintering costs at a Pembrokeshire farm.
Maize Undersowing Success Pressure to avoid leaving maize stubbles bare over winter is growing. Luke James reports on a project to develop successful methods of under-sowing.
Profitable Maize Under Film For Devon farmer Stuart Cole, growing feedstock for a green energy anaerobic digester needs to be part of an integrated and sustainable rotational cropping system, just as any other progressive farming operation.
Spring Sown High Performance Ryegrass Sowing a high performance ryegrass catch crop this spring could offer a flexible low risk solution for farmers with bare ground following aborted autumn drilling.
Beet Grazing For Beef Out-wintering cattle on fodder beet has for Powys livestock farmer Marc Jones been a game-changer in his quest for a beef rearing and finishing system that virtually eliminates the need for bought in feeds and keeps overall costs to a minimum.
Options to Restore Forage Stocks Early season reports from the Field Options grass mixture trials at Harper Adam University provide a good indication of the impact of the dry spring.
Arable Sheep Create Soil Health Solution Restoring soil health to large acreages of farmland and integrating livestock will be key to sustainable arable farming in the future.
Livestock Aids Tillage Transition Running a fully mixed farming operation with his family, Buckinghamshire farmer Steve Lear has found it easier than many out-and-out arable farms to transition from conventional cultivations to direct drilling.
Mixed swards help cut production costs Field Options customer, Phil Kent, made the cover of Forager's spring edition. "Low cost forage adds up for Cornish sheep system. Finishing lambs on herbal leys, changing breed type and lambing later means one Cornish sheep farm is on track to shave over £1/kg off cost of production"
Under-sowing Maize Aids Crop Sustainability Under-sowing maize with Italian ryegrass delivers valuable spring grazing for youngstock but the bigger benefit for Herefordshire dairy farmer Chris Norman is making the primary crop more sustainable.
Clampsaver featured in Farmers Guardian Rob Watkins, a Field Options customer from Herefordshire is featured in the Farmers' Guardian of 3rd November 2018. Rob runs two flocks of different breeds totalling 960 ewes which lamb in two groups. A key element of his forage system is Field Options' Clampsaver Rape and Ryegrass mixture whic
Forage Focus Key to Business Transformation - Farmers Guardian Oct 2020 Increased grassland reseeding with specialist leys and strategic use of different forage crops has led to a transformation in the performance of the Roberts Family's sheep and beef enterprises at Ty Draw, Llanasa, on the north Wales coast.
Evolving strategy helps maintain maize performance Maize is integral to mixed forage cropping at one farm in north Wales. adapting to change has helped to insure the crop continues to maximise its potential.
Impressive yield and quality form Agagold Maize in the Usk Valley producing excellent milk performance from home produced forage As published in British Dairying
