Press Articles

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.

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.

Restoring soil health to large acreages of farmland and integrating livestock will be key to sustainable arable farming in the future.

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.

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 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.

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

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.

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.

As published in British Dairying

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.

Grazing fodder beet as a winter crop for beef and dairy cattle is reducing wintering costs at a Pembrokeshire farm.

Pressure to avoid leaving maize stubbles bare over winter is growing. Luke James reports on a project to develop successful methods of under-sowing.

6th August 2024

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.

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.