Student research about silage

[Jake Nixon]

Hi there!

I am a final year student agriculture student at the RAU in Cirencester and for my dissertation I am conducting research into the supposed benefits of multicut grass silage over the traditional 3/4 cut system to see if in reality it is as good as its cracked up to be.

I am looking for dairy farmers producing grass clamp silage under both the traditional and multicut systems to participate in an initial short questionnaire which aims to build up a general overview of the participants farm and will hopefully identify patterns between the kind of farms that adopt each system. Willing participants are then invited to participate in further surveys to gain a deeper insight into your silage production on-farm.

The short questionnaire should only take 5 minutes and it would be greatly appreciated if anyone would take the time to fill it out.

Click here to open the questionnaire

Thanks in advance!

 

[Princess Pooper]

Hi there!

I am a final year student agriculture student at the RAU in Cirencester and for my dissertation I am conducting research into the supposed benefits of multicut grass silage over the traditional 3/4 cut system to see if in reality it is as good as its cracked up to be.

I am looking for dairy farmers producing grass clamp silage under both the traditional and multicut systems to participate in an initial short questionnaire which aims to build up a general overview of the participants farm and will hopefully identify patterns between the kind of farms that adopt each system. Willing participants are then invited to participate in further surveys to gain a deeper insight into your silage production on-farm.

The short questionnaire should only take 5 minutes and it would be greatly appreciated if anyone would take the time to fill it out.

Click here to open the questionnaire

Thanks in advance!

Good survey, straighforward.

 

[Jake Nixon]

The number of responses so far have been far greater than I expected so once again thank you all very much, especially to those who have volunteered for further participation!

I will publish the second questionnaire shortly, this will aim to collect silage analysis, production costs, and milk yield data. This one may be a little long-winded but I have tried to make it as easy to complete as I can by adding a "save and return later" button so that it can be completed in multiple sittings if that is more convenient, under normal circumstances I would have collected this data on local farms but with the joys of coronavirus this obviously isn't possible at the moment.

Once again thank you to everyone for taking the time to participate!

 

[buffalo_soldier]

Done, only do them after a positive review from the Princess nowadays .

Suprised to learn my 4 cuts system is considered traditional.

 

[Conrod96]

Done, only do them after a positive review from the Princess nowadays .

Suprised to learn my 4 cuts system is considered traditional.

Had a chuckle myself too when I saw 4 cuts was traditional lol we are going well to get that where we live too

 

[Still Farming]

They been saying different things for generations and if we are lucky enough to go to another Grassland event will say different again!

 

[Jake Nixon]

Had a chuckle myself too when I saw 4 cuts was traditional lol we are going well to get that where we live too

I always thought 2 cuts was good going before going away to gain my piece of paper but have since been told to move with the times

 

[Jake Nixon]

They been saying different things for generations and if we are lucky enough to go to another Grassland event will say different again!

Well they've got to keep us students entertained for our last six months somehow, I don't think the wild geese would appreciate us going back to chasing them instead

 

[Still Farming]

Well they've got to keep us students entertained for our last six months somehow, I don't think the wild geese would appreciate us going back to chasing them instead

No May balls must be quiet there?

 

[Jake Nixon]

No May balls must be quiet there?

Yes very much on the quiet side! Everything has been online since last Easter which hasn't been too bad but it has been slightly amusing that our African compadres seem to have a better internet connection for accessing the teaching materials than I do on the edge of the Dales!

 

[Still Farming]

Yes very much on the quiet side! Everything has been online since last Easter which hasn't been too bad but it has been slightly amusing that our African compadres seem to have a better internet connection for accessing the teaching materials than I do on the edge of the Dales!

Those May Balls there were The business!

 

[Jake Nixon]

Those May Balls there were The business!

They certainly are! Unfortunately they seem to be better at organising a Ball than they were at running a farm They're still hoping for one this year but I think they're being optimistic!