Grassland

10 tips: Dealing with higher fertiliser prices on grassland farms

With the fertiliser market remaining volatile, Signpost Programme Training & Development Specialist, Mark Plunkett shares some essential reading for grassland farmers looking to manage through a year of high fertiliser prices.
20 April 2026

First-cut silage: Planning for quality in 2026

Planning and timing are key to producing high-quality grass silage. Peter Lawrence Drystock Advisor, Teagasc, Tinahely, delves into the key considerations when it comes to grazing, fertilising, cutting date and weed control.
17 April 2026

Irish farmers make the move to clover

Volatility in fertiliser markets over recent years has seen more Irish farmers turn to clover to reduce the reliance on chemical nitrogen on their grassland farms.
16 April 2026

Reducing N inputs with multi species swards

With fertiliser prices rocketing over the last number of weeks, many people are looking to improving resilience of their grassland systems to such market shocks, Mark Plunkett and John Finn, Teagasc Johnstown Castle, delve into some of the benefits of multi-species swards.
15 April 2026

Recognising excellence in grassland

Top grassland farmers from across the country have been recognised as part of the Pasture Progress Awards.
14 April 2026

Sulphur improves efficiency of Fertiliser N

There is an ever increasing need to improve the return from applied fertiliser nitrogen (N) to reduce farm greenhouse gas emissions and improve farm profitability, Mark Plunkett, Specialist on the Teagasc Signpost Programme, tells us more.
8 April 2026

Flexible grazing paying dividends in a wet spring

John Kilboyle highlights how record rainfall levels have made it difficult to get cattle out grazing, and outlines management strategies to maintain grass-based beef systems under these challenging conditions.
7 April 2026

Soil fertility first: making every kilo of fertiliser count

With fertiliser prices still volatile in recent years and tighter environmental rules in place, the best return on any farm this spring will come from soil fertility done right, Padraig Glynn, Teagasc Advisor, tells us more.
4 April 2026

Clover 2026: the move is on

Teagasc is hosting a webinar on white clover on Wednesday, 25 March called ‘Clover: the move is on’. The webinar will highlight the key benefits and new innovations of white clover in grass-based production systems.
24 March 2026

Cattle slurry a valuable source of N, P & K

Getting the most from cattle slurry will help ease the impacts of high chemical fertiliser prices in 2026, Mark Plunkett, Teagasc Signpost Programme, tells us how.
23 March 2026