Spring Grass Growth: Nutrient Planning for Grazing Success
From Grow the future by Yara Agronomy Team
April 8, 2026 · 18 min · Episode 147
About this episode
This episode discusses nutrient planning for grass growth in light of recent challenges faced by grassland farmers in the UK and Ireland.
Spring grazing is underway, but a late start to the season and high winter rainfall have created new challenges for grassland farmers across the UK and Ireland. In this episode of Yara’s Grow the Future podcast, Ken Rundle is joined by grassland specialist Philip Cosgrave to discuss how farmers can adapt their nutrient strategy to drive grass growth this spring. They explore how rainfall and soil conditions may have reduced available nitrogen and sulphur, why phosphate and potash shouldn’t be...
People in this episode
Host: Ken Rundle
Guest: Philip Cosgrave
Topics covered
- spring grazing
- nutrient strategy
- grass growth
- grassland farming
- soil conditions
Keywords
- spring grazing
- nutrient planning
- grass growth
- UK
- Ireland
- soil conditions
- nitrogen
- sulphur
- phosphate
- potash
Mentioned in this episode
Places: UK, Ireland
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