Materials from the SilAC-sponsored BGS Red Clover Day

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Silage Advisory Centre

Last week, a team of Silage Advisory Centre (SilAC) experts were present at the SilAC-sponsored BGS Profiting from Red Clover day. Filled with excellent knowledge exchange, practical demonstrations and lively discussions; the day proved to be a valuable learning experience for all who attended.

John and Tim Downes opened the day with an insightful introduction and honest disclosure on the issues they, and many others, have faced with this year’s Red Clover crop as a result of the weather. Followed nicely by expert presentations (below) from BGS representatives and SilAC expert Dave Davies, Director of Silage Solutions Ltd, attendees were advised on how to best use Red Clover as an effective silage crop.

A bale wrapping demonstration, delivered by Mel John, bpi.agri and Rhun Fychan, Research Scientist at IBERS, showed best practice tips on how to wrap the perfect bale (for more advice on this visit http://www.silageadvice.com/bale-wrapping-lloyd-dawson.

For more information on the day contact Lauren Burge at lauren@silageadvice.com or if you'd like to know more about Red Clover visit the Red Clover Series of factsheets in the Advisory Resources section of this site http://www.silageadvice.com/advisory-resources?q=factsheets.    

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BGS Red clover 2011 - George Fisher Nutrients.pdf
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BGS Red clover 2011 - Athole Marshall - Varieties.pdf
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BGS Red Clover 2011 - Dave Davies - Silac.pdf
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BGS Red Clover 2011 - Helen Mathieu - Establishment.pdf
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