Making more from grass can help both the farm business and wider environment.

Improve utilisation of grass grown on farm and you can reduce hard feed and fertiliser requirement - both inputs with environmental consequences.  In addition, we must consider how grazing impacts soil carbon storage - a key element of the climate change challenge.

Grazing animals can be set stocked (left in a field for more than a week at a time) or rotationally grazed (moved through a series of paddocks on a regular basis).  Rotational grazing can be managed with a short rest period (15-21 days through the summer) or a long rest period (60-80 days).  Read more in our Practical Guide comparing grazing strategies