Grassland
Grass10 Newsletter – 17th January 2023
Grass10 Newsletter – 17th January 2023 Grassland Excellence for Irish Livestock Predicted Rainfall Counties map showing predicted rainfall (mm) for the next 7 days from farms involved in the MoSt grass growth model (78 farms). Predicted Grass Growth Counties map showing predicted grass growth over the next 7 days […]
18 January 2023
PastureBase Week – The ultimate PastureBase preparation for grazing 2023
PastureBase Week – The ultimate PastureBase preparation for grazing 2023 Join the Grass10 and PastureBase Ireland team for a week of informative webinars on using and getting the best use from PastureBase. PastureBase Week will consist of a 1 hour webinar at 1pm each day from Monday, 16th – Friday, 20th January. […]
14 January 2023
Grass10 Newsletter – 10th January 2023
Grass10 Newsletter – 10th January 2023 Happy New Year to all readers of the Grass10 weekly newsletter! Predicted Rainfall Counties map showing predicted rainfall (mm) for the next 7 days. This is from farms involved in Elodie Ruelle’s MoSt grass growth model on 78 farms. Predicted Grass Growth Counties map […]
12 January 2023
Considering Red Clover Silage
0 Considering Red Clover Silage The rise in input costs has heightened interest in lowering chemical N inputs. One consideration is introducing red clover to silage fields in particular. Red clover has a poor persistency relative to white clover and under grazing conditions the growing point which is above ground can be damaged. […]
1 January 2023
Review of 2022 with PastureBase Ireland
Review of 2022 with PastureBase Ireland On Wednesday, 7th December, John Douglas & Joseph Dunphy from Teagasc Grass10 and Micheal O’Leary from PastureBase hosted a webinar which focused on a review of 2022 with PastureBase Ireland. John Douglas & Joseph Dunphy from Teagasc Grass10 and Micheal O’Leary from PastureBase showed you how […]
17 December 2022
Curtin’s Farm Research Update
Curtin’s Farm Research Update Alann Jezequel (phD student) and Brendan Horan (research officer) give us an update from the Multi milk project that is currently being run in Curtin’s farm, Fermoy which is comparing performance on grass only, grass – white clover & multi species swards. The objective of the Multi-milk project […]
15 December 2022
Grass10 Featured Farmer, Colin Doherty, Co. Limerick
0 Grass10 Featured Farmer, Colin Doherty, Co. Limerick Colin farms alongside his father Bryan outside Adare in Co. Limerick. Colin was the 2021 Grassland Farmer of the Year Winner and a held a farm walk on their farm in September. “We grazed by day and night into the first week of November, and […]
8 December 2022
Grass 10 Featured Farmer and Johnstown Castle Research Farm Update
0 Grass 10 Featured Farmer and Johnstown Castle Research Farm Update This weeks Featured Farmer are dairy farmers Eugene & Eoin Lawler from Ballitore, Co. Kildare. They give an update on their current grassland management and soil fertility. Aidan Lawless, Dairy Farm Manager at Johnstown Castle gives an update on the grass clover […]
5 December 2022
Grass10 Clover Report
0 Grass10 Clover Report Dr Deirdre Hennessy and Hannah Irish give an update on Moorepark Grass-Clover Research covering closing management this autumn and performance for year to date across the different trials. Philip Creighton gives an update from the Sheep Research Demonstration Farm at Athenry Teagasc Moorepark Grass-Clover Research Update The grass-white clover research […]
2 December 2022
David Gannon Galway – Grass 10 Featured Farmer
David Gannon Galway – Grass 10 Featured Farmer Wet weather over the weekend forced our hand and we had to house cows fulltime, however we had a great run up to that and apart from a few wet days, we got consistent grass in by day for the first 3 weeks of […]
24 November 2022