Be sweet to your cows

Be sweet to your cows

Sugar is one of the most neglected nutrients in dairy rations and its concentration in diets (3%) is often significantly lower than ideal. The inclusion of higher sugar ingredients has often only been considered for reasons of palatability or to reduce sorting, rather than for its key nutritional value.
Autumn grazing & spring silage quality 1

Autumn grazing & spring silage quality

Following a run of milder winters, will we get a colder one this year? Who knows, but it’s true that longer growing seasons do throw up some questions in managing grass crops.