Farmers Weekly Awards: Grassland Manager finalists 2019.

All three finalists were focusing on growing quality grass and forage to reduce their reliance on bought-in feed and were shining examples of how farms can be productive while enhancing the environment by protecting watercourses and creating wildlife habitats. After lambing, ewes and lambs are rotationally grazed. Ewes and lambs are rotationally grazed and complete three 24-day rotations up to weaning in early August with lambs achieving daily liveweight gains of 250-275g. Store lambs are sent to a local organic farmer for finishing on red clover grown as breakcrop, and they winter graze ewe lambs at another organic unit. [Extracted from the article]