Topic: Beef Cattle

    Grass growth at 50kg dry matter per hectare per day and farm average cover at 1900 kg dry matter per hectare indicates that…

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

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

    Ian is grazing the cattle and sheep together for greater grazing pressure. He discusses that he wants to graze the grass down to…

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

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

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

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