Keenan is sponsoring a series of technical seminars at the Grassland & Muck Event organised by the Royal Agricultural Society of England at Stoneleigh on the 21 and 22 May 2008. Organised in conjunction with the British Grassland Society, the seminars will be highly pertinent for any producer looking to maximise livestock production from grazed grass.
“At Keenan UK we firmly believe that grass represents a huge opportunity for increasing profitability, particularly on dairy farms. It’s one of the most un-tapped resources,” says Keenan Nutrition Development Manager, Hugh Kerr. “We are very much more aware about how to grow and harvest grass, but we must now focus on improved utilisation and digestion by the cow to improve Feed Conversion Efficiency and reduce methane emissions.”
The seminar topics plan to focus primarily on the role of grazed grass for feeding the dry cow (both dairy and beef), measuring grass and grass intakes and feed utilisation efficiencies from grazed grass. They will also tackle the practical implications of the revised NVZ rulings.
Using the sown grass plots at the event, Keenan will also bring a practical extension to the seminars by demonstrating how to measure the dry matter of grazed grass and offer guidance on what grass rations physically look like both in terms of their bulk and in their quality.
“Given that in excess of 70% of Keenan customers use grazed grass as their base forage for a large proportion of the year; these are key areas of technical input and research within our business. For this reason, Keenan is delighted to be sponsoring the seminars at the Grassland Event,” Mr Kerr adds.
For more details on the Grassland and Muck Event 2008, or the overall event sponsor Yara UK Ltd, go to www.grasslandevent.co.uk
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Notes for Editors
Grassland & Muck 2008
Grassland and Muck 2008 is the triennial event for the industry. Partnered by Yara UK Limited and proudly presented by the Royal Agricultural Society of England.
Yara UK Limited
- Yara UK Limited is the UK business unit of Yara International ASA, with our head office at Immingham in NE Lincolnshire.
- Yara UK Limited is the leading supplier of agricultural fertilizer-both in solid and liquid form- and horticultural and amenity fertilizer, to the UK market.
- Yara International ASA, the parent company of Yara UK, is a leading chemical company that converts energy and nitrogen from the air into essential products for farmers and industrial customers. As the number one global supplier and developer of mineral fertilizers and agronomic solutions, we help provide food for a growing population.
- Yara International ASA has 6,800 employees, operating in 120 countries and with a turnover in excess of £3.5billion. The head office of Yara International is in Oslo, Norway.
- The Business model for Yara comprises three business
segments:
- Upstream- global production plants
- Downstream- the global sales and marketing of fertilizers and plant nutrition products, divided in to nine business units of which the UK & Ireland is one unit.
- Industrial- the sales and marketing of products for industrial applications
- The name “Yara” is taken from a Nordic word meaning ‘good harvest’.
- For further information on Yara UK Ltd, please see www.yara.co.uk
- For further information on Yara International ASA, please see www.yara.com
For further information please contact:
Alice
Bell, RASE
Tel: 02476 858 276
Email:
aliceb@rase.org.uk
Doreen Forsyth,
Press Officer, Keenan UK
Tel: 01665 713522
Mob: 07968 772531
Email: doreen.forsyth@btconnect.com
Jane Craigie, Event PR
Tel: 01466 780078
Mob: 07795 278767
Email:
jane@janecraigie.com
