“Offering good yields, a quality that opens up a wider market, and it is also easy to grow with good disease resistance and standing – what’s not to like about Astronomer?”

“We were really pleased with the resulting grass crop and it certainly was ‘colossal’ in terms of yield and contributed to us having a lot of grass for grazing and silage"

"Our Hymax ley was sown in April, we took a first cut in July, and a second much ‘heavier’ cut in mid-September. Hymax has the growing characteristics of Italian ryegrass – it’s very high yielding. But it should also last a lot longer - so we’re planning to keep it down for four years"

“Castlehill is a good all-round mixture – we take a good single cut of silage from it in late June/early July, and the rest of the time it is grazed. I’ve have tried other mixtures in the past, but they didn’t perform as well.”

“The process of getting the optimum silage quality starts at the very beginning with the right grass seed mixture. The blend which was used to produce prize-winning silage was Flexiscot – a dual purpose, medium to long term mixture designed for Scotland and the north of England”

“There are newer, higher yielding varieties available now, but we have come to rely on Westminster as a consistent and reliable variety.”

“There’s no reason for us to go away from growing LG Skyscraper, it yields year in and out, with the option of a soft milling premium, it's clean, has a good bushel weight and cuts easily – so what’s not to like?”