2020 Publications

    An expensive crop to grow, but Jamie discusses the value of fodder beet for ewe feed in the winter. He has experimented with oats alongside the beet as…

    The farm has received some much-welcomed rain so is greening up well. William has had to adapt the grazing management quite a lot in response to slow grass…

    Ian is grazing the cattle and sheep together for greater grazing pressure. He discusses that he wants to graze the grass down to 1500 [kilograms of Dry Matter…

    Previously set stocked, the heifers are now rotationally grazed at Forest Farm which has led to more consistency in their growth rates ready to be bulled at 14-15…

    Leader-follower grazing is where a priority group graze the best grass and the follower group tidy up behind them. In this video Jamie shows his leader-follower system and…

      Giles discusses how and why he measures grass. By using a rising plate meter, he quantifies the grass in kilograms of dry matter per hectare. This is…

    William discusses the use of dry cows and taking paddocks out for silage to deal with excess grass.  

    Giles shows us his year old reseed with steers grazing and he shows what his grass looks like after three rounds of rotational grazing.