Growing fodder beet as a winter crop is allowing a Welsh upland farm to significantly reduce wintering costs. Even at a conservative yield of 18t DM/ha, fodder beet can provide more than double the ...

Nick and Liz Haines have been firm believers in growing fodder beet to feed dry cows over the winter. The couple, who have recently come to the end of their contract farming agreement at Hardwick Farm ...

Fodder beet is a crop that has massive potential in Scotland for livestock. Its benefits include a high yield potential, good digestibility, high energy crop, greater weed control options than ...

New varieties of fodder beet are breaking the barriers for dry matter yield, according to the latest trial results from Limagrain UK. Top of the fodder beet list is Brick, a variety that was ...

While crops like turnips and rape have been used regularly by some farmers, new varieties of fodder beet and kale are now offering more options. In the state’s North-West, Roberts agronomist Kurt de ...

The beef industry is poised for a revolution driven by explosive growth in the adoption of fodder beet by Kiwi farmers to finish cattle faster and cheaper than it has ever been possible before. That ...

South West Agronomy ­adviser David Wisewould told a Dairy Inspire workshop at Camperdown last week the bulb crop — which is planted across 75,000 hectares in New Zealand — was growing in popularity in ...

The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has approved Trifix Herbicide to control broadleaved weeds in beet crops used for livestock feed. FMC New Zealand Limited applied to import or manufacture ...

Fodder beet is an increasingly popular winter crop for beef and dairy cattle due to the large amounts of dry matter it produces, but you and your stock won’t get the best out of the crop if its ...

The farmers' levy is being used to fund research into the animal health effects of fodder beet. Over a six-year period, DairyNZ is investing $450,000 of the farmers' levy annually in a research ...

Fodder beet overuse could lead to low reproductive performance and metabolic disease. Fodder beet is proving its worth in the dairy sector but there are some concerns and questions. Looking to answer ...

Barry and Annette Orchard won first place in the fodder beet category of Taranaki Federated Farmers' crop competition. Photo: Supplied / Not-For-Syndication Almost 100 years after they were first ...