Duncan McEwen: ‘Growing good silage is a huge cost benefit.’
With the prospect of a crisis in winter fodder already affecting many farmers, the Soil Association Scotland is inviting land managers to an event on Mull looking at the importance of silage.
Sheep and arable farmer Duncan McEwen, of Arnprior Farm near Stirling, said: ‘Growing good silage is a huge cost benefit. With the silage we make now, we’re feeding the same amount of concentrates with 1,200 sheep as we were with 350, when we used to feed them hay.