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Latest research 'shows clear path' to upping grass yields 26 January 2021 | 1.0T/ha extra DM of grass is a 'transformative but realistic target' for dairy and livestock businesses Targeting an extra 1.0t/ha dry matter of grass is an achievable aim for most dairy and livestock businesses and one that could make a huge difference to their production and financial performance. This is according to Mark Garrett of CF Fertilisers, who said recent grassland trials showed that dry matter gains of at least 1.0t/ha were possible through better use of key nutrients such as N, P, K and S. He said this ...

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The toxic mix that led to teenager Alex Rodda's murder Murderer Matthew Mason killed Alex Rodda, 15, to keep a guilty secret hidden Updated The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Alex Rodda was a thoroughly modern young lad, a gregarious, openly gay schoolboy whose short life ended violently in Cheshire woodland a year ago. The young man who bludgeoned him to death, Matthew Mason, 19, could hardly have been more different: a young farmer from an affluent, conservative, agricultural background who was ashamed of the growing realisation he might be gay. For Alex, discovering who he was w...

A TEENAGER who claimed he killed his 15-year-old lover after paying more than £2,000 to keep their relationship quiet has been found guilty of murder. Matthew Mason, 19, of Ash Lane, Ollerton denied deliberately killing Alex, saying instead he had lost control, despite admitting hitting him with a wrench 15 times in secluded woodland in Ashley on December 12, 2019. The jury didn't believe Mason's account and after more than nine hours of deliberation, the foreperson returned a majority 10-2 guilty verdict, as the killer sat quietly sobbing in the dock. Just before lunch on Thursday, ...

A Welsh dairy farm is capturing 4,100 litres of milk from forage since improving grassland management. Bryn Farm at Tremeirchion, Denbighshire, is farmed by three generations – Ivor Hughes, his son Dilwyn, and grandson Aled Potts. Aled joined the business after first studying agriculture at Llysfasi College and later dairy farm management at Reaseheath College and was keen to apply some of the knowledge he had gained. The business is in the process of changing its milk production profile from all year-round calving to an autumn block and systems have been put in place to capture mor...