Grassland
Grass 10 Featured Farmer – the Clune family
Grass 10 Featured Farmer – the Clune family The Clune family commenced the grazing year last Sunday when 30 cows went to grass under on-off grazing, with an aim of halving 40% of the farm grazed by March 1st. Francis, Bríd, Brian, and Conor Clune milk 115 cows in Tulla, Co. Clare. […]
25 January 2023
Teagasc Grass10 Grazing Courses Recommended By 99% Of Farmers!
Teagasc Grass10 Grazing Courses Recommended By 99% Of Farmers! 99% of farmers surveyed in Teagasc Grass10 Grazing Courses said they would recommend it to another farmer. The Grass10 Campaign has a vision to create a culture of successful grazing amongst Irish livestock farmers through developing excellent grazing skills and growing quality pasture. […]
23 January 2023
Taking a Silage Sample
Taking a Silage Sample Silage sampling for a laboratory analysis is recommended to get a more detailed report on the nutritional value of silage, Eamonn Dempsey, Teagasc Advisor, tells us more. Samples should not be taken until at least 5 to 6 weeks after ensiling and is essential to give the farmer […]
19 January 2023
Grass10 Featured Farmer – Dara Killeen
Grass10 Featured Farmer – Dara Killeen Dara Killeen farms with his wife Beatrix, father Charlie and daughter Isabella, milking 160 cows on 46 Ha. Dara completed his opening AFC last week and completed a spring grass budget on PastureBase Ireland to help him manage grass supply throught the spring. Location: Eyrecourt, Co. GalwayEnterprise: […]
19 January 2023
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