Soaring input costs should force dairies to scrutinise every cow on the farm and reduce exposure to volatility with home-grown forage. This is the message of Scottish Agriculture College senior dairy consultant Lorna MacPherson, who said that even with ammonium nitrate at £1,000/t, fertiliser is not a cost to cut back on. “As tempting as […]
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