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Putting forage first: Advice from the experts

Following weather extremes that led many livestock farms to have a shortage of forage over winter, the outlook for soil health and forage quality and quantity this year is full of challenges. Dairy Farmer asked three industry experts what can be done to better understand and improve forage in 2026

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Nutrients in the soil and grass will have been impacted by flooding.
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Nutrients in the soil and grass will have been impacted by flooding.

A combination of drought and flooding has had devastating consequences on soil health says Shane Brewer of Eurofins Agro, which operates two agricultural testing laboratories in the UK which specialise...

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