Aberystwyth University academic Dr Christina Marley is the new president of the British Grassland Society (BGS) which marks its 80th anniversary this year. Dr Marley’s research focuses on sustainable ruminant production systems,...
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...
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...
The 2021/2022 Recommended Grass and Clover Lists (RGCL) for England and Wales feature nine new varieties – seven ryegrasses, one white clover and an intermediate festulolium hybrid type. The RGCL is funded by plant breeders through the AHDB, British Society of Plant...
The British Grassland Society (BGS)’s 2018 Grassland Farmer of the Year competition has been won by dairy farmer Richard Rogers of Tre Ifan Farm in Anglesey. The herd of 350 NZ cross-bred spring calving cows, only established five years ago, generates 4,099 litres of...
The latest Recommended Grass and Clover List has introduced 11 new varieties of ryegrass and one white clover variety to the choice available to farmers and their advisers. The 2018/2019 Recommended Grass and Clover Lists (RGCL) was officially launched at Grassland UK...