Event Time 9:30am
Venue Online
This webinar will discuss the benefits on including white clover in grassland in terms of animal performance and environmental sustainability plus how best to incorporate into grassland farms.
PastureBase data for the week & Elodie Ruelle’s MoSt Grass Growth Prediction Model.
After a cold week & heavy rain on the western seaboard, growth predicted to rise dramatically over the next 7 days.
Mike Bermingham, 2019 Dairy Category winner from the Grassland Farmer of the Year discusses managing grass on his farm as we approach 1
st May.
Grazing advice for farmers who have an AFC of less than 550 Kg DM/Ha.
Grazing Update from Grassland Farmer of the Year – Grassland Merit award winner, David Brady from Co. Cavan.
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nd Rotation grazing starting in Athenry- Sheep Update from Philip Creighton, Teagasc, Athenry, Co. Galway.
March 15, 2021 6:20 am
Last week, Philip Creighton of Teagasc discussed all things grass and touched on what sort of an opening average farm cover is needed on sheep farms this spring.
In his presentation, Philip also spoke about the importance of farms having an autumn closing plan in place and how farms that closed ground early last back end, are seeing the benefits this spring.
Speaking about what sort of opening covers farms should be looking to have at turnout after lambing, he said that farms stocked at 10 ewes/ha would want an opening farm cover of approximately 650kg DM/ha at the start of the grazing season. That’s the equivalent of an average grass height across the farm of 5.5cm.
March 13, 2021 5:00 pm
During a recent webinar about grazing management on sheep farms, Philip Creighton of Teagasc spoke about the benefits of applying nitrogen (N) this spring.
Philip said: “Once we have built our grass covers as part of our closing plan, we need a number of things such as heat, moisture and N to boost growth rates.
“The decisions around what to apply and when to apply is based around our stocking rate (our demand) and how much grass we need.
“By applying N early we can see many benefits, especially in terms of reducing concentrate requirements and ultimately costs.