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Newford block
26.72ha or 66acres – main block with yard.Paddock system installed in 2015.Graze some yearlings at start of year.Gradual turnout of cows and calves to smaller sheltered paddocks close to the yard.Join cows and calves into two main groups – 45 to 50 cows.Grow grass for three weeks – graze in three days.Maintain pre-grazing covers at target of 1,500kg DM/ha.Take out surplus grass as baled silage – manage grass and replenish fodder supplies.Reseed 3ha of poor-performing grassland.Raheen Woods
15.51ha or 38.3acres – one mile away.Driest part of farm.Main block for silage on the farm.Closed on 10 October 2015.Weather delayed target for March grazing until April.Pushed closing date for first-cut silage from 1 April to 12 April.Close for second cut – target harvest date of the start of August.Graze from the end of August to 10 October with finishing cattle.No reseeding or changes to infrastructure required.Gort na hAbhainn
13.57ha or 33.53acres - one mile away in opposite direction.Land type heavier in nature.Grazing block for one- to two-year-old cattle.Two groups with eight divisions.Very high stocking rate (3,000kg DM/ha).Will be under most pressure to grow grass; need to utilise 13t grass DM/ha on this block.Upper drier half was reseeded in 2015.Portion of lower half may be reseeded depending on grass supply in 2016.New water system; also drainage job to alleviate flooding.New crush erected to handle stock efficiently and safely on this block. Read more
Full coverage: Newford Farm
Over a thousand cattle farmers from all over the country attended the first
Click here to download a larger map of the paddocks
Newford block
26.72ha or 66acres – main block with yard.Paddock system installed in 2015.Graze some yearlings at start of year.Gradual turnout of cows and calves to smaller sheltered paddocks close to the yard.Join cows and calves into two main groups – 45 to 50 cows.Grow grass for three weeks – graze in three days.Maintain pre-grazing covers at target of 1,500kg DM/ha.Take out surplus grass as baled silage – manage grass and replenish fodder supplies.Reseed 3ha of poor-performing grassland.Raheen Woods
15.51ha or 38.3acres – one mile away.Driest part of farm.Main block for silage on the farm.Closed on 10 October 2015.Weather delayed target for March grazing until April.Pushed closing date for first-cut silage from 1 April to 12 April.Close for second cut – target harvest date of the start of August.Graze from the end of August to 10 October with finishing cattle.No reseeding or changes to infrastructure required.Gort na hAbhainn
13.57ha or 33.53acres - one mile away in opposite direction.Land type heavier in nature.Grazing block for one- to two-year-old cattle.Two groups with eight divisions.Very high stocking rate (3,000kg DM/ha).Will be under most pressure to grow grass; need to utilise 13t grass DM/ha on this block.Upper drier half was reseeded in 2015.Portion of lower half may be reseeded depending on grass supply in 2016.New water system; also drainage job to alleviate flooding.New crush erected to handle stock efficiently and safely on this block. Read more
Full coverage: Newford Farm
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