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The success of your dairy farm depends to a large extent on 4 main areas; the quality of feed, youngstock rearing, the transition period, and forage. These 4 areas are also at the basis of our Feed2Milk approach, which looks at every facet of setting and, more importantly, achieving the right goals for your business.

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ForageAdvice from our specialistAdvice from our specialist

When is maize ready to harvest?

Forecasting the expected date of maize harvest is extremely important to maximise crop value as...

ForageAdvice from our specialistAdvice from our specialist

Best practice – Ensiling maize and using the correct inoculant

Maize silage has plenty of starch available for the fermentation and has a low buffering, so sh...

ForageAdvice from our specialistAdvice from our specialist

Why should you use a maize additive?

Making the correct decision about maize variety, drilling date, when to harvest and the correct...

ForageAdvice from our specialistAdvice from our specialist

Cover crops are an important part of our rotation

For Rob and Matt Turner who farm on the edge of the Salisbury Plain, cover crops have...

ForageAdvice from our specialistAdvice from our specialist

Planning maize harvest and follow on crops

Getting land back into production quickly after a maize harvest can be the difference between h...

ForageAdvice from our specialistAdvice from our specialist

Careful feed management will help get the most out of this year’s first cut silage

Our analysis of first cut grass silage from across the country paints a promising picture for d...

NutritionAdvice from our specialistAdvice from our specialist

Why consider micro balance RumiBuff?

After analysing this year’s silages the results show that acid loading is higher than usu...

OrganicSeasonal challengeSeasonal challenge

Rationing a co-product into an organic dairy diet

There isn’t a huge amount of choice of organic co-products to feed, says Daniel. How...

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10 top tips to ensure safe deliveries

This article sets out the top 10 requirements for safe farm deliveries so that ForFarmers can p...

TransitionAdvice from our specialistAdvice from our specialist

Keeping transition management simple and effective

There are huge benefits in milk yield, feed efficiency, fertility and health from an effective ...

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SilageManager
SilageManager is ForFarmers silage analysis service. Detailed analysis reports are available for all main forage crops.
TOPGRASS Bulletin
Grass quality can be extremely variable throughout the season and indeed between seasons. Therefore it is important to establish benchmark results for particular areas which help to determine the milk potential from grazing.
Dairy Herd Costings
ForFarmers offer a comprehensive costing service which is considered vital for progressive producers. It is regarded as a valuable monitoring and management tool that has many advantages.
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