To farmers who are unfamiliar with winter grazing fodder crops, kale and fodder beet can appear to provide very similar feeds. In fact, there are many points of difference, from yield and cattle ...

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New varieties of fodder beet are breaking the barriers for dry matter yield, according to the latest trial results from Limagrain UK. Top of the fodder beet list is Brick, a variety that was ...

During 1960-62 eleven trials were conducted at six centres to compare different varieties of mangels and fodder beet. Included in the trials were polyploid sugar beet, 13 fodder beet varieties and six ...

Fodder beet overuse could lead to low reproductive performance and metabolic disease. Fodder beet is proving its worth in the dairy sector but there are some concerns and questions. Looking to answer ...

To solve this challenge, Andrew has reached out to New Zealanders for know-how when it comes to growing fodder beets — a relative newcomer to Australian dairy systems. This is the first season Andrew ...

Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol. 47, No. 300 (JULY 1996), pp. 863-870 (8 pages) To investigate the factors governing the accumulation of sucrose and amino acids in the taproots of sugar beet, ...

While it’s still early in the season for harvesting fodder beet, early indications are that this year’s 9,300ha crop is yielding very well. Poor ground conditions are inhibiting harvesting but growers ...

Farmers feeding their cows with a multi purpose sugary tuber are recording up to three more litres of milk a day. They also save on feed cost, that has become unaffordable to dairy farmers due price ...

Some areas need careful management to prevent soil compaction and run-off, the Environment Agency said Farmers in Devon and Cornwall are being urged to avoid growing crops that could increase the risk ...