Grassland
The Clover Reporter with Brian McCarthy
The Clover Reporter with Brian McCarthy The Grass10 team would like to introduce you to a new section of the Grass10 newsletter, The Clover Reporter. This section will give weekly reports and videos from farmers who have a lot of clover established on their farms. Brian McCarthy is this week’s Clover Reporter […]
12 February 2022
Advice on Liming Factsheet
Advice on Liming Factsheet Teagasc recently published a compendium of 20 factsheets providing the latest technical advice on soils, nutrients and fertiliser. The second of these is about Liming and can be read here. All 20 will be published here on Teagasc Daily Farmers are urged to focus on Nutrient management planning, […]
12 February 2022
Soil Sampling and Analysis Factsheet
0 Soil Sampling and Analysis Factsheet Teagasc recently published a compendium of 20 factsheets providing the latest technical advice on soils, nutrients and fertiliser. The first of these is about Soil Sampling and Analysis and can be read here. All 20 will be published here on Teagasc Daily Farmers are urged to focus […]
8 February 2022
The Clover Reporter with Jim White
0 The Clover Reporter with Jim White The Grass10 team would like to introduce you to a new section of the Grass10 newsletter, The Clover Reporter. This section will give weekly reports and videos from farmers who have a lot of clover established on their farms. These farms are continuing to establish more clover […]
7 February 2022
Growing Grass Using Less Nitrogen Fertiliser
Growing Grass Using Less Nitrogen Fertiliser This Thursday at 7pm join John Douglas and Joseph Dunphy, Teagasc Grass10 and Micheal O’Leary from PastureBase Ireland online, for advice on Getting the best response from what fertiliser you apply. David O’Leary, 2020 Young Grassland Farmer of the Year will talk about his system. Register […]
18 January 2022
Plan your spring fertiliser applications
Plan your spring fertiliser applications There are three areas of focus planning for 2022 which require careful planning: limiting the increase in expenditure in fertiliser, growing sufficient grass to feed animals and protecting the soil fertility on the farm for the future. Find out how and avoid waste with the advice outlined […]
15 January 2022
Benefits of using Protected Urea in 2022
Benefits of using Protected Urea in 2022 Protected urea is cheaper than CAN on a cost per kg of nitrogen basis, and, while it may appear slightly dearer than ordinary urea, it will give the same “effective N” as urea, at a 12.5% lower spreading rate. Niall Treanor, Advisor, Teagasc Ballinasloe, summarises […]
12 January 2022
The benefits of soil sampling to farmers
The benefits of soil sampling to farmers It is crucial that farmers take soil samples and analyse the findings to save money in 2022. Brendan Garry and John Noonan, Teagasc Mayo provide some advice and Edward Gibbons, local farmer discusses the benefits he has seen on his farm by taking soil samples […]
19 December 2021
How to reduce chemical fertiliser N in 2022
How to reduce chemical fertiliser N in 2022 Getting more from every kilo of nitrogen (N) in 2022 is the new challenge as fertiliser N prices reach record highs and legislative N limits tighten in a quest to improve water quality and reduce the impacts of agricultural emissions on climate change. Mark […]
18 December 2021
Is the Tide Eventually Turning for Clover?
Is the Tide Eventually Turning for Clover? Dairy farmers are regularly asking their advisors what they are going to do about fertiliser next spring. They are aware that Nitrogen fertiliser looks to be scarce for next spring and if available, it will be at inflated prices. Teagasc Advisor John Hardy has advice […]
14 November 2021