Grassland
Grassland Roadshow Ayrshire: Managing Grass for Dairy
Please use the above map for an exact meeting location. Google Maps Location: Low Holehouse Farm Managing Grass in a Changing Climate. This on-farm event will focus on maximising the…
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Rush Control for Grassland Productivity – An Ayrshire Case Study
Rushes are a common sight across grassland farms and whilst small areas of rushes can provide welcome shelter at lambing and calving time they are largely an invasive weed which…
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Grassland Management and Water Quality
The quality of Scotland’s water is renowned worldwide. It is some of the safest drinking water in the world, critical in the marketing of high-quality agricultural products and ensuring thriving…
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Agribusiness News June 2023 – Inputs: Grassland
Why consider mixed species swards? Mixed species swards (MSS), often called herbal leys, are becoming increasingly popular with livestock farmers. They typically contain a number of species of grasses, legumes…
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Agribusiness News March 2023
Welcome to the March edition of Agribusiness News. If you prefer to download this document click the download button. N e w s i n b r i e…
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New Entrants – Getting Started with Rotational Grazing
Rotational grazing increases the grass ultilisation on farm and leads to greater production of meat, milk, and wool per hectare, while also reducing feed and fertiliser requirements. In this video…
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Grazing for Profit and Biodiversity at Tullochgorum
In this video, farmer Duncan Miller, and Nikki Yoxhall from Pasture for Life, discuss how deferring pasture in the summer for cattle winter grazing has brought a multitude of benefits…
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Setting up Deferred Cattle Grazing
In this short video, Robert Ramsay from SAC Consulting covers the principals and benefits of setting up a ‘deferred grazing’ system for suckler cows to reduce the winter housing period…
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Graze Debate 2022 – Edinvale Farm
Meet at Edinvale Farm to hear from Jock on his bid produce beef cost-effectively whilst maintaining biodiversity and improving soil health
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Things to Think About Now to Help This Winter
As welcome as this weather has been this month certain parts of the country are starting to see grass growth really suffer with the lack of rainfall. For fields of…
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