Nutrition [SP.FF.NT]
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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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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Sustainable Sheep Systems – “Ewe are what ewe eat” (video)
Ewe nutrition in the 8 weeks pre-lambing is essential to ensure the ewe receives sufficient energy and protein to support the growth of the unborn lambs and milk production. The…
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The Importance Of Vitamins – Vitamin D
Vitamin D is critical for normal development and growth. The primary function of vitamin D is to increase blood plasma calcium and phosphorous to a level which will support normal mineralisation of bone.
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Ruminant Nutrition
Ever wondered what your animal requires and when? The best way to feed them? What minerals they need? If so then this webinar is for you. This practical webinar will…
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Planning Feed Supplies For The Winter
Malcolm Macdonald spoke to nutritionists Karen Stewart and Mary Young along with beef specialist Robert Ramsay about planning feed supplies for the winter. Karen, Mary and Robert give us a…
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Cause And Prevention Of Mites In Feedstuffs
Grain/feed mites can occasionally cause issues in grain they are not often easy to spot until they are in large numbers and where populations are high grain/feed appears to have a “moving” layer.
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