There is a lot of marketing hype that gets printed in the popular farming press, but I have to say this is one of the first articles I have read that talks common sense and puts the whole economic perspective of dairy farming in a neat concise article. It is something Simon Broddle of Nickersons has been saying too about over leafy, young, watery grass types that are being stuffed in grass mixes. They are out of balance with the animals needs, they may analyse well in a lab, but more often than not I am coming up against a common theme of the forages not feeding as well as they analyse.
Add to this the ever increasing issue we are brewing up in our soils highlighted here in easy to understand language, I hope that producers start looking at their soils in the manner they should be, as I have already highlighted in a previous post.
http://www.farmersguardian.com/home/livestock/livestock-news/silage-making-approach-re-think-needed-to-boost-dairy-farm-profits/46284.article#.T5hXUu3omdA.google
An example of a beautifully balanced sward, Nickerson Blue Circle.
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