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Growing herbal leys is helping a Welsh suckler beef farm grow and finish cattle at pasture while reducing its nitrogen use. Huw and Meinir Jones grow 6.5 hectares (ha) of a seed mix incorporating deep rooting plantain and chicory and nitrogen-fixing clover at Bryn Farm, a Farming Connect demonstration site near Cardigan. During a recent Farming Connect webinar, they said they had opted to include ryegrass in a mix rich in minerals to improve the longevity of the ley. “If the chicory and plantain fade out after four or five years we will still have clover and ryegrass,’’ said Mr Jones.
Herbal leys helping suckler beef farm finish cattle at pasture
17 May 2021 |
Herbal leys are helping the Jones suckler beef farm finish cattle at pasture
Growing herbal leys is helping a Welsh suckler beef farm grow and finish cattle at pasture while reducing its nitrogen use.
At Bryn Farm, Huw and Meinir Jones grow 6.5 hectares of a seed mix incorporating deep rooting plantain and chicory and nitrogen-fixing clover.
During a recent webinar hosted by the Welsh government-funded Farming Connect, they said they had opted to include ryegrass in a mix rich in minerals to improve the longevity of the ley.
“If the chicory and plantain fade out after four or five years we will still have clover and ryegrass, explained Meinir Jones.
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A professional register for sheep advisers is being launched by the National Sheep Association (NSA) and Basis.
The Register of Sheep Advisers (Rosa) is the first of its kind in the grazed livestock sector and has been developed to demonstrate to farmers that advisers have suitable qualifications.
Phil Stocker, chief executive of the NSA, said the register has been born out of necessity following the UK’s departure from the EU.
“With the agricultural transition plan clearly showing there will be a reduction in the basic payment scheme (BPS) over the next seven years, it will bring farmers’ minds sharply into focus to increase the efficiency and profitability of enterprises.”
February 17, 2021 2:39 pm
The Teagasc Virtual Hill Sheep Conference will take place across two evenings this week. The first one takes place this evening, Wednesday, February 17, at 8:00pm.
The second conference is then taking place tomorrow evening at the same time – Thursday, February 18.
A number of topics will be discussed over the two evenings, which include looking at the performance of a hill farm involved in the Better Farm Sheep Programme, breeding, health and monitoring body condition in pregnant ewes.
What’s on the agenda tonight?
Coming up at tonight’s conference, viewers will hear from David McLaughlin from Donegal, who is a participant in the Better Farm Sheep Programme since 2008 and his Teagasc advisor John Cannon. An insight into how the farm has progressed since David joined the programme will be discussed.