About this episode
This episode provides an update on grazing management and grass growth rates, featuring insights from John Maher and guest Danny Bermingham.
For this week’s Grass10 grazing management update, John Maher says that we're now entering into higher growth rates and reproductive stage of the perennial ryegrass plant: · Pre grazing yield must target 1300 - 1400 kg DM/ha on all farms · This will enable the animals to graze and clean out the sward to 4 cm · Grass should be green leaf from top to bottom For fertiliser, when spreading on dry stock farms it is important to include P (if allowance available), K and S, especially on paddocks that may have been damaged on the first rotation. Meanwhile, the featured farmer is Danny Bermingham, from Doonbeg, Co. Clare. Read more from this week’s Grass10 newsletter and subscribe for weekly updates at: https://bit.ly/Grass10-28thApril 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: Danny Bermingham
Topics covered
- grazing management
- grass growth
- fertiliser application
- dairy farming
- sward management
Keywords
- grass growth
- grazing management
- fertiliser
- perennial ryegrass
- dairy farming
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Teagasc
Places: Doonbeg, Co. Clare
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