Grazing Strategies [SS.WFS.GS]
Grazing Spring Grass for Productive Flocks
Join us for the final webinar in the Sustainable Sheep Systems grazing series on Tuesday 7th February at 7.30pm. John Ritchie will be sharing how he has developed a productive forage…
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Utilising Deferred Cattle Grazing
In this short video, we visit Giles Henry in the Scottish Borders who has been operating a low input, deferred grazing system for 26 years. We hear how Giles sets…
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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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Forage and Grass Guide
Well planned and managed forage and grassland provides an opportunity to incorporate more resilience into our beef and sheep businesses. By looking at our forage systems on a whole farm…
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Grazing for Profit and Biodiversity: Deferred Grazing
Deferring (setting aside) pasture in the summer for grazing in the winter months provides the opportunity to outwinter cattle with significantly reduced winter costs (cost of conserving grass into silage…
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Grazing for Profit and Biodiversity at Coldrochie
Multi-species swards can bring numerous benefits for biodiversity, soil health, grassland productivity and livestock performance being diverse with a wide range of different grasses, legumes and herbs all bringing different…
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Grazing for Profit and Biodiversity: Grazing Strategies
Equally important to both profit and biodiversity as pasture composition, is the way in which we graze the pasture with livestock. Grazing duration, intensity and rest impacts profit drivers (pasture…
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Grazing Lambs for Productive Flocks
Join us for an evening webinar on Tues 13th September at 7.30pm. Daniel Stout and Poppy Frater of SACs GrazeUp will discuss effective grazing management of weaned lambs for production…
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Grazing Ewes for Productive Flocks
Join us for an evening webinar on Thurs 8th September at 7.30pm. Daniel Stout and Poppy Frater of SACs GrazeUp will discuss effective grazing management of ewes from weaning to…
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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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