About this episode
John Maher discusses the challenges of grass quality in June and provides grazing management tips.
For this week’s Grass10 grazing management update, John Maher explains that June is a challenging month for grass quality as we are now in the main heading phase for perennial ryegrass. Pre grazing yield is too high on many farms: - Watch rotation length (Target 18-21 days) - Minimise stem content - Grazing covers >1500 kg DM/ha will have a negative effect on animal performance, pasture cleanout, grass recovery and quality in the subsequent rotation Read more from this week’s Grass10 newsletter and subscribe for weekly updates at: https://bit.ly/Grass10-9thJune For more episodes from the Dairy Edge podcast go to the show page at: https://www.teagasc.ie/animals/dairy/the-dairy-edge-podcast/ The Dairy Edge is a co-production with LastCastMedia.com
People in this episode
Guest: John Maher
Topics covered
- grazing management
- grass quality
- perennial ryegrass
- animal performance
- pasture recovery
Keywords
- grass management
- grazing
- ryegrass
- animal performance
- pasture cleanout
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Teagasc, LastCastMedia.com
Books & works: Grass10 newsletter
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