What will NVZ rules mean for farmers with beef, sheep and arable systems?
Together with consultant Andersons, we’ve created another example farm to show how the NVZ regulations will affect its management. Example Meadow Farm is a 788-acre beef, sheep and arable farm somewhere in the Midlands. It supports 350 lowland Mule ewes lambing in March with all progeny finished on the farm. There are 100 Continental-cross beef finishers, bought as stores and taken through to slaughter. There are 184ha of arable land split equally into winter wheat, winter feed barley, winter oilseed rape and winter beans as the principal break crop.
