Feed & Forage [SP.FF]
Sheep Abortions – What you need to know
In this video, Megan Fergusson, Veterinary Investigation Officer at SRUC talks about the main causes of sheep abortions – Toxoplasmosis and Enzootic Abortion (EAE) and provides some top tips on…
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Reduce Risk Of Scald In Lambs This Season
Scald is caused by bacteria (Dichelobacter nodosus) in the grass and leads to damage to the soft tissue between the toes of lambs. It can lead to footrot if it…
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Grazing Principles for Productive Flocks
In this webinar recorded 26th May, Poppy Frater and Daniel Stout of SAC’s GrazeUp discuss the core principles of effective grazing management to optimise pasture growth and utilisation, maintain pasture…
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Sustainable Sheep Systems – Grazing principles for productive flocks
Join us for an evening webinar on Thursday 26th May at 7.30pm with Daniel Stout and Poppy Frater of SACs GrazeUp. In the first of 4 grazing focussed webinars we’ll discuss the principals of effective grazing management and how to best optimise pasture productivity and ewe and lamb performance through the summer.
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Sustainable Sheep Systems – Utilising forage crops to reduce reliance on concentrates this winter
Join us for an evening webinar on Thursday 19th May at 7.30pm with Kirsten Williams and Hazel Laughton to discuss the options available to grow forage crops this season, which will reduce reliance on concentrates this winter.
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Improve your farming finances – Part 2 Workshop
In volatile times finding every £1 counts. ‘What gets measured gets managed’: how to find money in your business
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Maximising Silage Quality
As silage time is just about upon us, it is worth thinking about the key steps in the silage making process to maximise nutritional quality and minimise nutrient losses as…
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Improving Silage To Reduce Costs
Improving silage quality provides an alternative resource of nutrients to livestock that may have otherwise been supplied in concentrate feed. Ruminants have evolved to eat grass, therefore the more we…
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Forage Crop Ground Preparation
Good ground preparation of forage crops is a large contributor to their yield potential, with a fine, firm seedbed, with the correct pH and nutrients being the ideal. Peter Lindsay, SAC Consulting Senior Consultant discusses ground preparations in this short video.
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