The livestock farmers finding alternatives to monoculture fodder crops

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Four livestock farmers are leading new research into diverse winter grazing crops to cut feed and input costs while boosting soil health and biodiversity in this Innovative Farmers field lab. They are working with Sarah Whaley, from Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group (FWAG) Southwest to compare their usual winter forage of a single species brassica mono-culture with a diverse, 16 species fodder crop mix - including clovers, hairy vetch, ryegrass, spring oats, kale and linseed.
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[@guthriewhyte4395]

Great work, nice to see forward thinking farmers innovating and trying new things! The multi species mix looks fantastic, especially with the sunflowers. Great for the cattle, the soil, environment and farmers public image to be growing multi species instead of monocultures. Really nice looking Red Ruby Devons as well! 👌🏻👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@lukeconway3454]

Very intresting. Is there much difference in feed per acre ?

[@terencescully284]

Why is the music too loud?

[@jfi368]

Far too many industrial farmer's in the UK to bother with this !!