The Rain in Spain falls mainly on the Grain
The UK’s largest vegetable import is from Spain, which supplies 27% of imported vegetables in 2016, according to the National Trade Centre. In December 2016 and earlier this year ‘bad weather’ in Spain was blamed for a severe vegetable shortage in the UK. Vegetables were rationed in a number of supermarkets, with caps put in […]
Read moreMaking haylage while the sun shines
What is haylage? Traditionally, horses were fed hay as a supplementary feed. Hay is grass which is cut, dried to a dry matter content of 85-90% then baled and used as a feed stuff for horses and livestock. Given the nature of the UK summer weather (frequent rain showers), and the sensitivity of horses to […]
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