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Bale grazing - what are the benefits and is it right for your farm?

Bale grazing is a growing trend, allowing livestock producers to cut winter housing costs by outwintering stock in a way that is kind to the land

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Bale grazing - what are the benefits and is it right for your farm?

Bale grazing has allowed organic beef and sheep farmer Angus Nelless to increase stock numbers on the 540-hectare (1,334-acre) Thistleyhaugh Farm, Northumberland, without spending capital on infrastructure....

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