- Location
- Lincolnshire.
Clive’s trial will be interesting. My prejudice is that bio stimulants cannot take the pressure off arable land and allow it to “recover” in the same way multi annual leys do in mixed farming situations, or even replicate that effect in any way. Let’s see.I'm not dodging the question, just not able to explain what I'm mean. A grazing animal brings far more to the ecosystem than we understand so imv a cow cannot be judged on it's food conversion abilities, it is way more complex than that, many people, who know far more than I ever will, say that they are simply vital to the health of the ecosystem. I have no doubt that the widespread removal and/ or mismanagement of grazing animals from our land is playing a huge part in the problems that we are facing with pests, disease, climate challenges etc. Fencing, lack of roi , lack of stock man skills etc etc are real challenges but that doesn't change the fact that these animals are vital so they can't be judged on their food conversion efficiency, a fish might be better but it can't graze grass so can't bring the soil health benefits that and ruminant brings