Dairy farmer and Grass 10 champion Bryan Daniels joins Emma-Louise Coffey to give his insights into running a sustainable and profitable dairy farm.

Bryan considers the key elements of sustainable dairy farming and to him this equates to a stocking rate of approximately 2.5 cows per ha on his farm, incorporating white clover, maintaining high levels of soil fertility, spreading 220 kg N and feeding a maximum of 400 kg concentrate supplementation per cow.

Additionally, Bryan wants to have a farm that is an attractive place to work and changes to infrastructure such as the installation of a rotary milking parlour has halved milking time.

Finally, Bryan gives an insight into the efforts to maintain and restore biodiversity including hedgerows and explains that the farm has actively engaged in environmental initiatives including REPS and GLAS.

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