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Trevor Hayne South West Farmer, South West Farmer Hayne
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Preferential grazing trials Devon
3:08pm Wednesday 28th July 2010
I HAVE been writing the Forage Diary since 2004, and if there has been one crop that I have been continually harping on about from day one, it has to be grass.
Service is the key to success
3:47pm Tuesday 20th July 2010
I FIRST became involved with the commercial side of the agricultural industry back in 1974 and my first understatement of the day has to be that the industry as I knew it back then bears absolutely no relationship whatsoever to the one we see today.
Maize trial sites are all drilled
3:52pm Wednesday 2nd June 2010
ALTHOUGH last winter was a somewhat prolonged period of wet and cold weather, the sudden and rather unexpected dry April proved an absolute bonus.
Some helpful hints
3:51pm Thursday 29th April 2010
DESPITE a significant acreage of maize having already been planted, there is still plenty of time for you to get your crop in the ground, writes Trevor Hayne.
Out-wintering on forage crops
4:09pm Wednesday 31st March 2010
I KNOW that you have only just emerged from a prolonged and extremely cold winter, that the daffodils are only now coming to flower, that lawns have probably only been cut just the once since last autumn – and yet, here I am in mid-March asking you to fast-forward to next winter
Just one merchant left?
3:39pm Tuesday 16th March 2010
MY first real commercial involvement with the agricultural industry was in 1974 when I joined what was then Shellstar – subsequently UKF Fertilisers and then Kemira.
Final maize report
3:14pm Wednesday 10th February 2010
A COUPLE of months ago, I reported on all but two of the 2009 maize trial results, the omissions being due to an enormous amount of information which had to be condensed into a small but logical way of reporting
Fattening beef on maize
2:11pm Wednesday 13th January 2010
DURING the course of the year, I have been reporting on the progress of seven maize trial sites throughout the region – culminating in a full and comprehensive analysis in last month’s issue.
Grass is the key crop
2:51pm Wednesday 30th September 2009
I HAVE been writing this column for over five years now and if there is one crop that I have been consistently banging the drum about, so it should come as no surprise at all to anyone that it’s grass.
Summer and Autumn planning
9:47am Wednesday 5th August 2009
We are now in mid summer, first and second cut silages have both come and gone, barley is due to come off at any moment and consequently, there will be a number of you who are (or should be) thinking of what can be done to supplement grazing until the back end and beyond.
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