Category Archives: Archives for Gold Cup

Gold Cup Comment – Forage foundation for success

In the first NMR / RABDF Gold Cup column of 2026, Chris Ruffley; Operations and Crops Manager at Harper Adams’ Future Farm, and David Howard; Nutritionist at Carrs Billington Agriculture, take up their pens to explain their approach to forage.  Rising input costs, tightening margins and the industry’s drive towards net zero have sharpened the […]

Gold Cup Comment – The pre-Christmas juggle

Tractors decorated with Christmas lights at Harper Adams Futures' Farm

In this month’s RABDF / NMR Gold Cup column, Ruminant Sector Manager Kate Robinson runs through the pre-Christmas planning, and takes a look at some of the research projects coming up at Harper Adams’ Future Farm. As December approaches, Harper Adams’ Future Farm reflects on a year of intense activity across its ruminant enterprises, student […]

Gold Cup Comment – An equal opportunities dairy

Dan Humphries scanning cows at Harper Adams, winner of the NMR RABDF Gold Cup

In this month’s NMR / RABDF Gold Cup column, Harper Adams Future Farm’s vet Dan Humphries from Horizon Dairy Vets takes centre stage to explain the farm’s approach to  animal health and efficiencies, with a focus on individuals, not averages. July and the Gold Cup open day seem like quite a long time ago now. […]