Grassland
The Clover Reporter with Trevor Boland
The Clover Reporter with Trevor Boland The Grass 10 team continue with their weekly focus on clover. This week the farmer in the spotlight is Trevor Boland from County Sligo, winner of the Suckler section of the Grassland Farmer of the Year in 2019 Name: Trevor Boland Location: Sligo Enterprise: Suckler/Beef Soil Type: Clay […]
11 March 2022
Nitrogen for Dairy Farms Factsheet
Nitrogen for Dairy Farms Factsheet Teagasc recently published a compendium of 20 factsheets providing the latest technical advice on soils, nutrients and fertiliser. The eighth of these is about Nitrogen for Dairy Farms and can be read here. All 20 will be published here on Teagasc Daily Farmers are urged to focus […]
10 March 2022
PastureBase Ireland – Increasing your Income and Saving you Time
0 PastureBase Ireland – Increasing your Income and Saving you Time Have you recently started grass measuring and want to learn how to make better use of PastureBase Ireland, to make better grazing decisions, earn more and save more time?. Join the PastureBase and Grass10 experts as they demonstrate using the PastureBase Ireland […]
9 March 2022
The Clover Reporter with Laurence Sexton
0 The Clover Reporter with Laurence Sexton The Grass10 team continue the weekly new section of the newsletter, The Clover Reporter. This week it’s the turn of dairy farmer, Laurence Sexton. These farms are continuing to establish more clover into their grass-clover swards for animal performance and nitrogen reduction gains. Name: Laurence Sexton Location: […]
6 March 2022
High Fertiliser Prices, Where to now?
0 High Fertiliser Prices, Where to now? At this stage we are all aware fertiliser prices, in particular nitrogen, has increased dramatically in the last 6 months. So, what’s the advice to overcome this dramatic change? Austin Callaghan, Drystock Advisor, Teagasc Claremorris has advice on when to spread, take stock of slurry, lime […]
6 March 2022
Nitrogen for Beef Farms Factsheet
0 Nitrogen for Beef Farms Factsheet Teagasc recently published a compendium of 20 factsheets providing the latest technical advice on soils, nutrients and fertiliser. The seventh of these is about Nitrogen for Beef Farms and can be read here. All 20 will be published here on Teagasc Daily Farmers are urged to focus […]
5 March 2022
White Clover Factsheet
White Clover Factsheet Teagasc recently published a compendium of 20 factsheets providing the latest technical advice on soils, nutrients and fertiliser. The sixth of these is about White Clover and can be read here. All 20 will be published here on Teagasc Daily Farmers are urged to focus on Nutrient management planning, […]
27 February 2022
The Clover Reporter with Peter Doyle
The Clover Reporter with Peter Doyle The Clover Reporter is the newest addition to the Grass10 newsletter. This section will give weekly reports and videos from farmers who have a lot of clover established on their farms. This week Peter Doyle, Researcher at the Derrypatrick Herd, Teagasc Grange reports on clover on […]
27 February 2022
Liming could be your cheapest option to grow grass this year
Liming could be your cheapest option to grow grass this year Shane Devaney, Drystock Advisor, Teagasc Longford says he has written a few articles on the importance of lime over the last number of years but this year it was never more important. This year liming your farm will be the cheapest […]
25 February 2022
Protected Urea Factsheet
Protected Urea Factsheet Teagasc recently published a compendium of 20 factsheets providing the latest technical advice on soils, nutrients and fertiliser. The fifth of these is about Protected Urea and can be read here. All 20 will be published here on Teagasc Daily Farmers are urged to focus on Nutrient management planning, […]
22 February 2022