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Soil organic matter includes all the organic substances in or on the soil. Living organisms: Bacteria, fungi, nematodes, protozoa, earthworms, arthropods, and living ...
Permanent Pasture A significant proportion of UK grassland is permanent pasture. This is defined as an area that’s laid down to grass for a period of more than five years ...
A herbal ley is a complex seed mixture of grasses, legumes and herbs, which bring a range of benefits to forage, livestock health and soil fertility. Herbal leys can often include ...
Mob-grazing is a term used to describe a method of frequently moving livestock systematically around a field to to graze different sections in rotation. It’s based ...
Natural flood management employs natural processes to reduce the risk of flooding and erosion and can be adopted by farmers, landowners, land managers and other stakeholders. As ...
A green manure is a crop grown to improve the soil. Although they may generate a profit, in most cases their sole purpose is to benefit subsequent crops. Once grown they are ...
A cover crop protects the soil, particularly over the winter. It helps insure against soil erosion, nutrient loss through leaching and competition from weeds. Green crop ...
Farmers are increasingly taking advantage of green energy subsidies by turning parts of their land into solar farms. Solar panels often known as arrays, are usually mounted 1.5- ...
Anaerobic digestion (AD) is the breakdown of grasses and other organic material by micro-organisms, in the absence of oxygen. It produces nutrient-rich digestate, used as a ...
Grazed grass is by far the most important and economical feed and can provide around two thirds of forage on dairy farms. While perennial ryegrass leys are highly nutritious and ...
The dry conditions suffered by many in recent years demonstrate the need for grass mixtures which continue to yield even during prolonged spells of drought. Ryegrass does not ...
These mixtures are ideal for those looking to graze and/or cut a medium to long term ley. They provide high protein grazing and with white clover included in all three, they are ...
Red clovers can be broken down into two distinct types: early and late flowering with a different between flowering periods of 10 - 14 days. Early or double cut red clover ...
Intensive Silage leys, combining various types of ryegrass, offer ultimate performance with the highest yields for silage. Short and medium term, they last between one and five ...
Overseeding is a simple, effective and low cost way to improve worn or damaged leys or old pasture without ploughing and reseeding. It can also be used for patching up recent ...
Farmland birds can literally starve to death during the hungry gap from January to March. To ensure the maximum amount of feed is provided for the longest possible period, growing ...
Both legumes and wildflowers have a role to play in providing habitats rich in pollen and nectar, ideal for bees and insects. A legume mix, based on clover, is quick to ...
By cutting green fodder for hay or allowing natural fermentation into haylage, livestock can enjoy the benefits of being grass-fed over the winter. Good hay and haylage depends ...
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