by Laura Drury | Mar 20, 2020 | blog
One of the keynote speakers at the recent annual Maize Grower’s Association conference, which this year was sponsored by Bright Maize, was Phil Garnsworthy – Professor of Dairy Science at the University of Nottingham. Prof. Garnsworthy offered deep insights into the...
by Laura Drury | Feb 26, 2020 | blog
What are the issues in dairy farming at the moment? And is diversification one of the solutions? At Farm Zone, we recently spoke to Nunton Farm Dairy – a key customer of Bright Maize – to find out. Nunton Farm Dairy is a 1,200 acre dairy operation near Salisbury run...
by Laura Drury | Jan 13, 2020 | blog
The benefits of precision drilling are strong, particularly for maize. Farm Zone spoke to Rod Crossley, senior technical advisor at Bright Maize, to find out the reality about precision drilling. Farm Zone (FZ): Which crops benefit the most from precision drilling?...
by Laura Drury | Dec 10, 2019 | blog
A recent visit to a Ukrainian mega dairy was an eye-opener for UK farmers In the UK, so-called super dairies have caused significant controversy, with local communities often banding together to oppose their construction entirely. This is not the case in the Ukraine,...
by Laura Drury | Oct 29, 2019 | blog
Dairy farms are currently witnessing a major increase in demand for raw milk (unpasteurised, unhomogenised milk). This is driven by many factors. Raw milk has been the subject of a wave of recent research which argues that it carries strong health and nutritional...
