We have seen several crops in the last week that are much further ahead than we had expected to see at this stage, and many will be ready to chop in the next week. We have performed several oven dry matter tests and they are in the range of 27-33%. Make sure you don’...
Early in August it looked like maize was going to ripen very fast and be ready for harvest in Early September. Now 3 weeks on, the crops haven’t changed much so harvest dates are looking more like normal. Some of you have bumper crops this year, perhaps more than you n...
We are delighted to announce that Lewis Graham will be joining us as a Ruminant Nutritionist in September.
Lewis is from a farming background, and graduated from the Royal Agricultural University in 2015 with a 2:1 BSc (Hons) in Agricultural Management, with a top-up in...
The Government have announced that the Greening element of the Basic Payment Scheme will be removed from 2021.
The change to the rules will remove the need for the 3 crop rule, and the Ecological Focus Area which will significantly simplify the scheme for many farmers...
Current forecasts show no rain for the South of the country in the next 2 weeks, could be longer. For many of you first cuts were light and although second cuts have been better they have still not filled clamps and on some soils the grass that was there will soon disa...
Dairy farmers who have been severely hit by Coronavirus will be eligible to receive a one off grant of up to £10,000 under Government plans announced yesterday.
The payment will cover 70% of the lost income during April and May, so make sure you are keeping accurate re...
DEFRA have today announced that the deadline for BPS applications and Countryside Stewardship annual revenue claims has been extended to 15th June 2020 in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
We recommend you still submit your claims and applications as soon as possib...
Shoppers are still reporting a problem getting milk in many areas yet as an industry we are dumping milk!!
Some of you will be facing very serious issues where certain milk buyers supplying the food service sectors have lost almost all of their demand and we hope this...
