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| Brewery News | | Conservation Grazing with Highland Cattle | | 24, Jan, 2009 | Brandon Brewery is helping with conservation in the local environment. The spent malted barley is a favourite treat for these highland cattle.
A herd of 26 highland cattle graze a number of different sites throughout the year. The sites grazed include areas belonging to the Suffolk Wildlife Trust & Forestry Commission Cows do not graze as intensively and in a different manner to sheep so, are favoured on more environmentally sensitive areas such as SSSI’s.
The cows break up overgrown areas and help to suppress overgrowth of bracken and saplings, their dung provides flies for birds and bats to feed on and therefore only certain types of spray are used on the cows to prevent parasites. The cows are very food orientated and their favourite treat is brewer’s grain, this helps to find them when they are grazing very large and overgrown areas. | | | | | |
