Livestock Crops
“NIAB offer a flexible and cost effective trials and evaluation service producing results that your customers will trust”
Services
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Experience in all forage crops, as well as many of the new ‘alternative’ crops
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Ability to deliver Variety, Agrochemical, Fertiliser and other input trials
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Standard and specialist field trials equipment, including Haldrups and Forage Harvesters
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Oven drying facilities for measuring dry matter content
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Crop specialists and pathologists
Locations
These represent the main regional climatic locations for intensive animal production:
- NIAB Yorkshire - NIAB Devon
- NIAB Shropshire - NIAB Hampshire
Crop capability
- Perennial ryegrass - Forage maize
- Italian ryegrass - Grain maize
- Hybrid grasses - Whole crop wheat and other cereals
- Timothy - Fodder beet, Swede, Turnip and Kale
- White clover - Minor forage crop e.g Sainfoin, Vetches and Lucerne
- Red clover - Lupins/Soya
Service Support
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Trials are supported by NIAB’s scientific laboratory and research services
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Feed evaluation trials can be provided through links with other scientific animal research organisations.
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Evaluation and characterisation of germplasm
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Data handling and statistics analysis
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Significant market influence, through publications, press releases and demonstrations