Getting Mixed Up: It may improve your profits

摘要

Financially astute dairy, beef and sheep farmers are concerned about two things. The high cost of bought in concentrate feed and nitrogen fertiliser. The reason is simple. Excessive variable cost eats margin. Here Ian Wilkinson of Cotswold Seeds explains how diverse seed mixtures can be used to recapture some of those lost profits. With the reseeding season upon us farmers are carefully considering which leys to choose. It's difficult enough with the need to cater for the ups and downs of the weather. But it's the profit crippling costs of animal feed and fertilisers that are the current motivating factors for livestock farmers.