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Project sees AMP grazing reduce input costs and improve productivity

An FAI Farms project sponsored by McDonald’s UK and Ireland has seen positive results within their commercial suckler herd following the switch to adaptive multi-paddock grazing

Katie Fallon
Livestock Specialist
clock • 5 min read
The cattle graze each cell for approximately 24 to 48 hours, with the aim of leaving approximately 25% of the grass sward behind in spring, 50% in summer and 75% in winter.
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The cattle graze each cell for approximately 24 to 48 hours, with the aim of leaving approximately 25% of the grass sward behind in spring, 50% in summer and 75% in winter.

Over the past four years, FAI Farms in Oxfordshire has been involved in a McDonald's supported project, looking at how an adaptive multi paddock (AMP) grazing system can work within a commercial beef enterprise...

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