Quality grazing despite the frost

摘要

Winter grass emerging from a blanket of snow will do so with a surprisingly high ME content, helping some sheep farmers delay compound feeding and conserve forage stocks. This is according to forage analysis carried out by Rumenco, which showed energylevels remained consistently high in grass which had been covered in snow from December to early January. The company's technical manager, David Thornton says while dry matters and protein levels were notably reduced, energy levels from the eight UK sites were high.