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Webinar Recording: Climate Change – Cows v Cars
The ‘silver-bullet’ solution to the climate change crisis is for consumers to stop eating meat – fact or fiction? Topics surrounding climate change and GHG emissions are never far from…
Women in Agriculture: Case Study – Jo Wallace
Jo Wallace is a vet and owns Machers Veterinary Services, Wigtownshire. Together, with husband Wylie and three young children, they farm the 300 acre Whitehalls Farm in Sorbie, and run…
Rotational Grazing Vlogs – Adapting the grazing management to stretch grass supply
Grass growth at 50kg dry matter per hectare per day and farm average cover at 1900 kg dry matter per hectare indicates that grass supply is not ideal…
Rotational Grazing Vlogs: Growing fodder beet for pregnant ewes on Shetland
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…
Rotational Grazing Vlog: Moving steers through rotationally grazed paddocks and clover after rain
Giles Henry at Oakwood Mill, Scottish Borders Thankful for June rainfall, Giles shows us the yearling steers during their paddock shifts and gives us clover envy!
Rotational Grazing Vlog: Adapting to slow grass growth and pre-mowing with dairy cows
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…
Rotational Grazing Vlog: Grazing with cattle and sheep and slowing pasture growth on Bute.
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…
Rotational Grazing Vlog: Permanent pasture responding well to Leader-follower rotation
Cows and Calves follow behind the ewes and lambs at Scholland Farm on Shetland. Increase kg/ha 40%. A top tip for temporary electric fencing too!
Rotational Grazing Vlog: Grazing Dairy Heifers
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…
Rotational Grazing Vlog: Leader Follower Grazing
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…
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