Video: Forage crops for an organic system
Posted in Beef Cattle, Livestock
Forage crops can provide a range of benefits, including business resilience against variable fodder supplies, low cost out-wintering and opportunities to expand farm output. We recently filmed three case studies with farmers in the Borders in which they share their experience of growing and utilising forage crops. In this video, Giles Henry from Oakwood Mill explains why the hybrid brassica Redstart suits his organic system for out-wintering cattle.
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