Managing beef diets this autumn and winter

Straw, wholecrop and maize could help supplement beef diets which are short of silage this autumn and winter

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Careful management and supplementing diets could help farms overcome issues with poorer quality silage this year.
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Careful management and supplementing diets could help farms overcome issues with poorer quality silage this year.

Following the prolonged periods of dry weather much of the UK has experienced so far this year, forage crops are looking variable heading into the autumn and winter months. As a result, beef diets...

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