Benefits of feeding willow to livestock

The benefits of feeding willow to livestock should become more widely known thanks to a newly formed Innovative Farmers group

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Benefits of feeding willow to livestock

Some of willow's benefits to livestock production and health have been recognised for many years. However, recent work at the Allerton Trust's Loddington Estate in Leicestershire has added fresh evidence...

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