The basic low-cost infrastructure for mob-grazing cattle on 900 acres in Scotland
Farmerama podcast
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This podcast focuses on organic livestock farmer Andrew Brewster and his brother who have developed some simple low-cost tools to support them moving their cattle twice a day across their 900 acres in Angus, Scotland. Andrew talks us through their umbilical chord water system, a clever water pump, their ladder electric fencing and simple gate systems.
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This podcast is produced by Farmerama Radio, which describes itself as a community sourced radio that produces a monthly podcast “sharing the voices of smaller scale farmers in the UK and beyond.”
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- Farmerama
Date:
01/03/2017Evidence:
Farmer experience
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Key Farming Practices:
- Mob grazing
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