Hay

While Johann Schinwald farms using the traditional Austrian hay milk method, he has invested in modern technology to make this work. Claire McCormack reports.

Reno and Nic Renison run a low input upland farm in the north of England.

There’s an enormous amount of resilience in suckler farmers (this could also be termed stubbornness) and year after year we do what we can with what we’ve got.

Adam Woods takes a look at fodder budgeting and how drystock farmers can complete a simple fodder budget ahead of the winter.

We may also have to accept that we may run out of weather in the autumn and simply be prepared to leave some land until the land dries out in spring.

If beach volleyball can make it to the Olympics, surely there is an argument for including the piking of hay bales or even picking stones.

Adam Woods takes a look at feeding finishing cattle at grass and completing a fodder budget on a beef farm.

Last week was forecast to get better and better so we took the plunge and cut all the grass intended for hay on Friday.