The farmers making bale grazing work for them

While bale grazing beef cattle over winter can be challenging and must be carefully planned out, there are many potential benefits

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Sam and Claire Beaumont
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Sam and Claire Beaumont

Long practiced in Canada and North America, bale grazing has significant cost and labour-saving advantages. It frees up shed space and reduces the arduous and expensive job of mucking out in spring...

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