Stacking haylage in your favour
Pressure to reduce the use of plastic on bales comes from many directions, with wrap costs climbing, disposal often difficult and expensive, and plastic in fields and hedgerows unsightly and potentially damaging to livestock and wildlife. Its use may even incur a tax in future.
Learn moreA new feed on the block
A new bulk feed co-product could soon be available to UK farmers, thanks to innovative R&D by several companies, including Kelvin Cave, a British engineering company and an international waste, water and energy giant. The result will be a nutritionally dense, moist livestock feed.
Learn moreInvestment in calf housing for a dairy-Wagyu future
With a ship-shape farm in Cumbria, the Mann family have always kept high standards and achieved good performance across their dairy herd. Now that they’ve committed to Wagyu crossing, their new calf housing is similarly slick.
Learn morePropcorn NC beats grain drying on cost and nutrition
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.
Learn moreTiny threats, big losses: why grain store pest control matters
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.
Learn moreSheep TMR bolstered by home-grown beans
Feeding a TMR to sheep based partly on home-grown beans has helped cut costs, improve animal health and meet sustainability goals on Myerscough College farms.
Learn moreHere to help you ride out the storms
Ronan Keating topped the UK charts in July 2000 with ‘Life is a Rollercoaster’ and whilst he was referring to love at the time, the same could often be said of the UK agriculture industry.
Learn moreThe value of quality silage: a key driver of dairy farm profitability
As milk prices continue downwards, farmers are scrutinising costs of production, with many focussed on the cost of feed. Jonathan Hill, principal consultant with Promar International, explains the value of making more milk from high-quality forage.
Learn moreFirm Favourites…Even in heavy going
When the race is on to beat spiraling bought-in feed costs and stay ahead of the field in producing your own home-grown forage, it pays to back some sure-fire winners!
Learn moreTeamwork helps hit home-growth goals
Fresh from the success of our Lionesses football team, we’re all feeling a sense of pride as we reflect on what can be achieved when a team works cohesively together. And whilst we at Kelvin Cave Ltd can’t claim to have achieved the same adulation, we are all very firmly focussed on how we can work as a team both with and for our customers. We have always been keen to supply far more than just a product, rather seeking a whole system solution, helping growers recognise how their land can produce exactly what their livestock (or customers) need.
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