Publications

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.

AHDB, FAS and SRUC came together in January 2022 to run three Agronomy roadshows as on-line events. Two of these were originally planned as physical events at Carfraemill and Thainstone…