Grassland management brings substantial profit

Mark en Matt Pilkington in Rugby (UK) work with autumn-calving cattle to maximize the use of rampantly growing grassland. Their cost price is 28 cents per kilo, including labour costs. In recent years their profit was more than € 200 k. “The good part of being really involved in grassland management is that you must make decisions every day,” says British dairy farmer Matt Pilkington, while walking through a pasture with considerable speed measuring grass heights every meter or so