The farm is managed as a high performance commercial arable/dairy unit. It provides first class resources in the form of; technologically advanced facilities (including individual cow feeders, robot milking parlours), diverse soil types and cropping, and high health livestock: all of which create significant opportunities for research. It also has a key educational role by providing an environment for the effective tuition of students in biosciences and veterinary science. This is enhanced by the unique proximity of the farm to the campus as it surrounds the Biosciences and Vet School on all sides.
Livestockedit
The dairy herd consists of 200 cows, which are milked using 4 Lely robot milking units. Heifers are reared on the farm. Current herd average is 10,700 litres placing it in the top 10% of dairy herds in the UK. Land used by the University Vet School and Bio-Resource unit is also managed by the farm. The dairy herd is managed by Nige Armstrong.
Arable landedit
325 hectares are devoted to arable crops including cereals and oilseed rape; a further 5 hectares is currently in an organic rotation. 80 hectares of land is used to grow grass and maize silage for the dairy unit. The arable area will be utilising a direct drill establishment method for cereal and grass crops from Autumn 2012. The remaining land support 20 hectares of mature woodland and 15 hectares in environmental schemes. Approx 18 hectares of the arable rotation is devoted to a range of crop trials. There are a range of soil types across the farm ranging from "blow-away" sands to Keuper Marl clays.
Jubilee Woodlandedit
As of November 2012 approx 24ha (60 acres) of the farm at Sutton Bonington will be used to plant a Jubilee woodland. The woodland will be linked by a path along the River Soar allowing it to form a stunning educational and amenity area for the university and surrounding communities.
university, farm, nottinghamshire, this, article, includes, list, references, related, reading, external, links, sources, remain, unclear, because, lacks, inline, citations, please, help, improve, this, article, introducing, more, precise, citations, december,. This article includes a list of references related reading or external links but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations Please help improve this article by introducing more precise citations December 2021 Learn how and when to remove this message University Farm is a 445 hectare 4 45 km2 commercial research farm attached to the Sutton Bonington Campus of the University of Nottingham England It lies across the parishes of Sutton Bonington and Kingston on Soar There are two further blocks of land in Clifton on the north bank of the River Trent and at Bunny Park in the village of Bunny Both these block are several miles from the main campus Contents 1 Facilities 1 1 Livestock 1 2 Arable land 1 3 Jubilee Woodland 2 External linksFacilities editThe farm is managed as a high performance commercial arable dairy unit It provides first class resources in the form of technologically advanced facilities including individual cow feeders robot milking parlours diverse soil types and cropping and high health livestock all of which create significant opportunities for research It also has a key educational role by providing an environment for the effective tuition of students in biosciences and veterinary science This is enhanced by the unique proximity of the farm to the campus as it surrounds the Biosciences and Vet School on all sides Livestock edit The dairy herd consists of 200 cows which are milked using 4 Lely robot milking units Heifers are reared on the farm Current herd average is 10 700 litres placing it in the top 10 of dairy herds in the UK Land used by the University Vet School and Bio Resource unit is also managed by the farm The dairy herd is managed by Nige Armstrong Arable land edit 325 hectares are devoted to arable crops including cereals and oilseed rape a further 5 hectares is currently in an organic rotation 80 hectares of land is used to grow grass and maize silage for the dairy unit The arable area will be utilising a direct drill establishment method for cereal and grass crops from Autumn 2012 The remaining land support 20 hectares of mature woodland and 15 hectares in environmental schemes Approx 18 hectares of the arable rotation is devoted to a range of crop trials There are a range of soil types across the farm ranging from blow away sands to Keuper Marl clays Jubilee Woodland edit As of November 2012 approx 24ha 60 acres of the farm at Sutton Bonington will be used to plant a Jubilee woodland The woodland will be linked by a path along the River Soar allowing it to form a stunning educational and amenity area for the university and surrounding communities External links editUniversity Farm Video of the dairy farm 52 49 59 N 1 14 50 W 52 83306 N 1 24722 W 52 83306 1 24722 nbsp This Nottinghamshire location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title University Farm Nottinghamshire amp oldid 1060492923, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
