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Over the past few decades farms have become increasingly specialised, with arable growers losing many of the traditional benefits of a mixed rotation. CPM gets an insight into how livestock farmers and arable growers can work together for mutual gain. Combining the two systems has a positive benefit from a climate change perspective. By Lucy de la Pasture Most arable farms had a mix of enterprises a couple of generations ago, but the livestock have long since disappeared and with it the benefits they brought to the rotation. But grass leys are slowly creeping back into the arable rotation, partly to help with blackgrass control but also because it plays a key role in enhancing soil health. The reintroduction of grass leys can also bring other opportunities, including synergistic arrangements between arable and livestock farmers providing an income stream for one and land for the other. Trampled plant material and manure return organic matter to the soil when mob-grazing beef. Last year, AHDB published it’s ‘Livestock and the arable rotation’ guide which explores how farmers can work together for mutual benefit. The guide covers the extensive opportunities available – including the grazing of arable land, growing crops…
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