Inverness WIA: Winter Feed Decisions – Making the Most of Forage

Name: Inverness WIA: Winter Feed Decisions – Making the Most of Forage
Start: 2025-11-26T10:00:00+00:00
Location: North Kessock Hotel

Schedule

Wed, 26 Nov, 2025 at 10:00 am

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Location

North Kessock Hotel | Inverness, SC

Join us for a presentation, followed by farm walk, with SAC Consultant Derek Hanton, focused on understanding winter feeding requirements for sheep and cattle.
Learn how to interpret your silage analysis — from dry matter to digestibility — and turn those numbers into better on-farm decisions for livestock performance and feed efficiency.
In the morning, we’ll cover:
🔹 Basic Nutrition Principles: Understanding energy, protein, fibre & mineral needs
🔹 Feeding by Class: What ewes, lambs, heifers, and bulls need – and when
🔹 What’s in a Feed Label?
🔹 Silage by the Numbers: Break down key silage metrics like ME, crude protein, pH and lactic acid — and discover what they really mean for animal health and performance.
After lunch, we’ll head out for a:
Farm Forage Walk, at Torgorm Farm, by kind permission of the MacDonald Family
✔️ Establishment tips
✔️ Feeding strategies
✔️ Yield potential
✔️ Role in a winter feeding system
Lunch is provided so booking is essential.
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