IN BRIEF

26 December 1997

IN BRIEF

&#8226 THE Scottish maize silage competition has been won by David Yates, Meikle Firthhead, Castle Douglas who was complimented for the quality of the product and pit management which had eliminated spoilage and deterioration.

&#8226 CO-OPERATION between the four main Italian dairy breeding companies will see the merger of their existing two bull testing programmes into one, with a capacity to test over 250 bulls/year.

&#8226 SUPPLEMENTING barley-based grower/finisher diets with feed enzymes has enhanced production performance by up to 8%, according to a trial by enzyme manufacturer Finnfeeds.