Forage
Twelve new varieties for the Grass and Clover RL
The 2022/2023 Recommended Grass and Clover Lists (RGCL) for England and Wales, published this month, sees the addition of nine new ryegrasses, two white clovers and one red clover variety. The RGCL is funded by plant breeders through...
Sustainable farming event for the southwest
Grazewell is a new one-day technical and demonstration event to be held in the southwest to allow farmers in the region to explore regenerative farming techniques. It will focus on the advantages of grassland farming as part of...
Dry weather lifts soil risk in silage
Forage analyst Eurofins Agro UK warns ruminant livestock producers and their feed advisers that the very dry spring weather this year increases the risk of soil and slurry contamination of baled silage. “If slurry is not incorporated...
Don’t overestimate grass feed value when cutting input costs
A survey from moist and liquid feeds supplier KW Feeds, an AB Agri business, finds that 74% of responding dairy producers report milk prices are not keeping up with higher input costs. As a result, 62% intend to use more grazing this...
Trouw grows GB technical support team
Trouw Nutrition GB has recruited three new staff - Pippa Handley, Sophie Miller and Sarah-Jane Godfrey - to its technical support team based in Ashbourne, to help meet increasing demand for customer and product support. Ms Handley...
Lallemand expands UK production capacity
Feed and silage additive maker Lallemand Animal Nutrition has invested in a £2 million project to expand manufacturing capacity of probiotics, silage inoculants, and yeast derivatives at its Malvern factory in...