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Women in Dairy meeting - Cumbria - Feeding Cows at Grass

  • Abbott Lodge Jersey Ice Cream Farm Melkinthorpe England, CA10 2HD United Kingdom (map)

We invite you to our next Women in Dairy meeting which will focus on feeding cows at grass. It will be a practical session looking at the key features grassland management and feeding.  The meeting will cover:

·         Targets  Setting the right targets for your system

-       Grassland monitoring and measuring

        

·         Feeding Grass  Grass quality, grass intakes and allocation

-       Assessing the amount of grass a herd of cows can eat and are eating

           

·         Supplementary Feeding  matching grass availability and cow requirements

-       Feeding at grass

-       Maximising grass utilisation

-       Feeding for milk quality

 

Date:           Friday 26th April 2019

Venue:        Abbott Lodge Jersey Ice Cream Farm, Clifton, Penrith CA10 2HD

Time:          11:00 – 14:00

Speakers:   Jimmy Goldie – Carrs Billington

                       

Please ensure you register your attendance for catering purposes. Please bring clean wellies and warm clothes.

To book a place, please contact KE Events hub on 01904 771216 or email ke.events@ahdb.org.uk For further information, please contact either Becky Atkinson on 07519 120670 or Kath Aplin on 07836 500124