What if you could lift your lambing percentage or milk production by 8% in one go, simply by altering one piece of your system to make the whole thing function better? 

 

No change to ewe or cow numbers; no extra inputs; everything else stays the same, but from one year to the next – boom – performance takes off. 

 

Now, in place of ewes or cows, think ryegrass. Is there really one thing we could alter that would make such a big difference? Turns out, the answer is yes!        

 

Welcome to the amazing world of ryegrass endophytes, where a great marriage between microscopic fungi and their host plant can work wonders. You just need time, and patience, to make sure they’re right for each other...

 

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