Publications

Our final forage vlog from Robert Anderson, covers his fodder beet, how it has grown, and how he plans to transition his ewes on post tupping.

We visited Robert Anderson again following Storm Arwen and got an update on the cattle who were grazing the swift, following the storm they were taken in for scanning, in this video we hear about his field set up and his plans for grazing the crop into January.

Michael Shannon from Thankerton Camp Farm in Lanarkshire has been growing forage crops for 18 years for outwintering cattle.

Michael Shannon from Thankerton Camp Farm in Lanarkshire demonstrates how he sets up his forage crops for grazing and why he operates a 3 crop system incorporating Swift, Kale and Swedes.

Stuart McWhirter from Kenmure, Kirkcowan has been using forage brassicas as a lamb finishing crop for a number of years.  In his final forage vlog he reflects on what works well and things he may do differently with brassicas in the future.

Stuart McWhirter from Kenmure Farm, Kirkcowan in South West Scotland discusses finishing lamb performance from the forage brassica at Kenmure and highlights some of the successes and challenges he has faced this year with finishing lambs.

13 weeks after sowing the forage rape crop at Kenmure is ready to be grazed. This video looks at the importance of yielding brassica crops and using lab analysis to determine the dry matter content for the preparation of a feed budget.