WILD FLOWERS IN FIELDS AND ORCHARDS
USING marginal land around fields and in gardens beneficially is the aim of Alan Le Maistre at Vintage Farm. Working with his twin brother and cousin, Charles and John Le Maistre at their Le Tacheron Farm, Trinity, they plant 10 percent of their cornfields in traditional annual flowers to improve biodiversity. He said: ‘Our wildflower […]
NEW DATA SHOW PREVIOUS ESTIMATES OF THE CLIMATE IMPACT OF CATTLE GRAZING ARE OFF
Report by Rothamsted Research SCIENTISTS have shown that direct emissions of a powerful greenhouse gas from certain pasture types are lower than previously thought – meaning the climate impact of grass-fed cattle herds may be overestimated. The team from Rothamsted Research found urine from animals reared on pasture where white clover grows – a plant […]