Farm profiles

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Farm B (Haye Farm)

Main enterprise: Beef and vegetables

Soil type: Medium loam

Usual grazing regime: Mixed grazing

Nutrients: FYM

Input level: Organic

Previous crop: Beetroot

Date sown: 18/09/2018

Farm D (Porthilly)

Main enterprise: Dairy, beef, arable

Soil type: Medium loam (free draining)

Usual grazing regime: Most of the pasture managed on a 21 day dairy rotation

Nutrients: ??

Input level: High input

Previous crop: ???

Date sown: 03/10/2018

Farm A (Glebe)

Main enterprise: Dairy (organic)

Soil type: Medium loam (free draining)

Usual grazing regime: Set stocking small, grazed (mob style)

Nutrients: Organic

Input level: Organic

Previous crop: Grass clover blend

Date sown: 06/09/2018

Farm E (Tregellast Barton)

Main enterprise: Dairy (organic)

Soil type: Medium loam (free draining)

Usual grazing regime: Strip grazing

Nutrients: Organic

Input level: Organic

Previous crop: Italian rye-grass & vetch

Date sown: 06/09/2018

Farm G & H (Towans)

Main enterprise: Beef (finishing)

Soil type: Clay loam

Usual grazing regime: set stocking graze

Nutrients: FYM plus minerals

Input level: High input

Previous crop: 10 year grass ley

Date sown: 12/09/2018 & ????

Farm C (Newham)

Main enterprise: Beef sucklers

Soil type: Clay loam

Usual grazing regime: Set stocking grazed

Nutrients: FYM plus minerals

Input level: Standard

Previous crop: Permanent pasture

Date sown: 14/09/2018

Farm I (Trenwainton)

Main enterprise: Mixed (silage only)

Soil type: Clay loam

Usual grazing regime: Cut

Nutrients: Slurry and minerals

Input level: High

Previous crop: Barley

Date sown: 01/09/2018

Farm F (Tremayne)

Main enterprise: Beef sucklers (silage only)

Soil type: High organic matter peaty loam

Usual grazing regime: Cut

Nutrients: FYM

Input level: Low input

Previous crop: Brassica

Date sown: 01/08/2018