To farmers who are unfamiliar with winter grazing fodder crops, kale and fodder beet can appear to provide very similar feeds. In fact, there are many points of difference, from yield and cattle ...

Nick and Liz Haines have been firm believers in growing fodder beet to feed dry cows over the winter. The couple, who have recently come to the end of their contract farming agreement at Hardwick Farm ...

Results from a fodder beet trail done on a Manawatu sheep farm has shown the return on the drop is three times greater than pasture. Pictured Scott Linklater in his fodder beet crop.Supplied / Central ...

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The beef industry is poised for a revolution driven by explosive growth in the adoption of fodder beet by Kiwi farmers to finish cattle faster and cheaper than it has ever been possible before. That ...

While crops like turnips and rape have been used regularly by some farmers, new varieties of fodder beet and kale are now offering more options. In the state’s North-West, Roberts agronomist Kurt de ...

Fodder beet is an increasingly popular winter crop for beef and dairy cattle due to the large amounts of dry matter it produces, but you and your stock won’t get the best out of the crop if its ...

New varieties of fodder beet are breaking the barriers for dry matter yield, according to the latest trial results from Limagrain UK. Top of the fodder beet list is Brick, a variety that was ...

Fodder beet overuse could lead to low reproductive performance and metabolic disease. Fodder beet is proving its worth in the dairy sector but there are some concerns and questions. Looking to answer ...

Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol. 47, No. 300 (JULY 1996), pp. 863-870 (8 pages) To investigate the factors governing the accumulation of sucrose and amino acids in the taproots of sugar beet, ...