As input costs change, it’s worth revisiting the costs of drying grain or treating it with Propcorn. We asked independent consultant Dr George Fisher to carry out this exercise, and to consider nutritional differences.

After a season of care and attention in the field, grain pests can devastate a crop once it’s in storage. James Phelps from Barrettine Environmental Health shows how to identify the worst offenders and what steps can be taken to avoid or mitigate loss.

The UK’s maize acreage is on the rise and predictions suggest that climate change will drive this further. Prolonged wet weather has become a regular feature of UK winters which is challenging the growth of traditional cereals, particularly in the west.

Getting the best from very dry cereals and pulses using Kelvin Cave’s Proflake NC

There’s logic to producing your own home-grown feeds.
Ever-more challenging and unpredictable weather conditions, combined with volatile feed and fertiliser markets mean self-sufficiency is not only a smart move, but one that will keep you on top of your game.

Growing maize in one of England’s most northerly counties was always going to be a challenge. But once tenant farmer, Martin Sedgewick, put his mind to it, he found he could produce a high-quality feed on which his cattle ‘have never looked back’.

Preliminary results published earlier this year by independent silage researcher and consultant, Dr Dave Davies, have now been extended. His new data provides more compelling evidence that some silage additives are no better than using no additive at all. He explains his latest findings.

Grain maize has become an important break crop for an 11,000-acre agribusiness just north of London. All sold as feed to dairy and beef producers, we find out why it is best made and traded as crimp, rather than dried.