Grassland Village

Clover | Research Farm Updates | Grassland and the Environment | PastureBase Ireland | Silage | Spring Grazing | Pasture Profit Index | Reseeding | Multispecies Swards | Grass Breeding | Producing Home Grown Feed | MoSt | MulitMilk | Dry matter persistence of perennial ryegrass | Milk Fat

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Reseeding

Paper – Principles of reseeding (pdf) 

View Reseeding Board as a pdf

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Multispecies Swards

Paper –  Dry matter production of grazed multispecies swards over three grazing seasons (pdf)

View board as a pdf Moorepark Multispecies

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MoSt Grass Growth Prediction Model

Paper –  Update on the MoSt Grass Growth prediction model (pdf)

View board as a pdf MoSt grass growth

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Milk Fat

Paper – Reduced milk fat synthesis on Irish dairy farms (pdf) 

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Producing Home Grown Feed

Paper – The cost of producing home-grown feeds on Irish farms (pdf)

View board as a pdf – Cost of home produced feeds

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Dry matter persistence of perennial ryegrass

Paper – Dry matter production persistence of perennial ryegrass swards on commercial grassland farms

 

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Grass breeding  

Paper – New developments in the Teagasc-Goldcrop grass, legume and herb breeding programme 

View board as a pdf Grass Breeding

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MultiMilk

Paper – MultiMilk – an investigation of the impacts of sward and animal characteristics on grazing dairy system performance (pdf)

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Clover

Benefits of white clover

The milk production benefits of incorporating white clover in grass swards (pdf)

View board as a pdf Benefits of white clover

Using white clover to reduce nitrogen fertilisation 

Paper – Using white clover to reduce nitrogen fertilisation (pdf)

View board as a pdf – N strategy and grazing management 

Red Clover

Paper – Red clover silage (pdf) 

View board as a pdf –  Red clover silage

 View board as a pdf Red Clover

Soil Fertility and Clover Adoption

Paper – The role of soil fertility in successful clover adoption 

Clover 150 Programme

 

View board as pdf Clover150

Clover establishment blueprint

 View board as a pdf  Clover establishment blue print

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Updates from Teagasc research farms

Clonakilty

Paper – Clonakilty update – the effect of sward type and varying levels of nitrogen application on a spring calving dairy grazing system

View board as a pdf – Clonakilty update

Ballyhaise

Paper – Transitioning to low N dairy systems on a wetland soil type in the border, midlands and western region (pdf)

View board as a pdf – Ballyhaise Farm Update

Curtins Farm

View board as a pdf Curtins farm update

Johnstown Castle

Paper – Johnstown Castle winter-milk herd update – increasing the environmental sustainability of winter-milk systems (pdf)

View board as a pdf Winter Milk

Solohead Farm

Paper – Lowering the carbon footprint of pasture-based milk production at Solohead Research Farm (pdf)

View board as a pdf Solohead research farm

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Grassland management and the environment

Protected Urea

Paper – Protected urea – protecting the environment and delivering for farmers

View board as a pdf Protected Urea – grazing experiment

Reducing nitrogen emissions

Paper – Reducing nitrogen emissions from grazing dairy cows (pdf)

View board as a pdf Reducing N Emissions

Soil Fertility – driving efficient nitrogen use

Paper – Nutrient management and soil fertility are critical for reducing reliance on fertiliser nitrogen and for mitigating N losses to air and water

 View board as a pdf Soil fertility

 

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PastureBase Ireland

Paper – Increasing the usage of PastureBase Ireland on dairy farms (pdf)

View board as pdf – PBI Features

View board as a pdf PastureBase Ireland – growth

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Silage 

Paper –  Defining grass silage quality requirements for dairy herds (pdf)

Paper – Making cost-effective grass silage for dairy systems (pdf)

View board as a pdf Defining silage quality 

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Spring Grazing

Paper – Spring grazing management – the effect of silage supplementation on milk yield (pdf)

View board as a pdf Early lactation dry matter intake

Paper – Spring grass availability and silage supplementation impact on dry matter intake and enteric methane emissions in spring calving dairy cows (pdf)

View board as a pdf – Do methane emissions change based on spring grass

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Pasture Profit Index

Paper –  Updates to the pasture profit index for 2023 (pdf)

 

 

View boards as a pdf Irish National List Recommended List Herbage