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Beef
Beef Management: Beef Welfare, reseeding and buying barley off the combine
Adam Woods
In this week's Beef Management, Adam Woods takes a look at the anomalies in the beef welfare scheme, reseeding on drystock farms and buying barley off the combine.
8 June 2024 Grass & feeding
Five tips for reseeding grassland
Reseeding unproductive swards offers a good return on investment. Outlined are five tips for reseeding.
1 April 2024 Reseeding
Organic farming and reseeding
With growing numbers of farmers either organic or in the process of converting to organic farming, Aidan Brennan looks at some of the options around reseeding.
Selecting the best grass varieties in 2024
Grassland researchers Tomas Tubritt and Michael O’Donovan fromTeagasc, Moorepark, look at some of the considerations farmers should be making before choosing a grass variety.
29 March 2024 Reseeding
Five options for managing reseeded grass in wet conditions
While rain has shelved many plans for reseeding, where farmers have new grass in place, Kieran Mailey offers some advice on managing these swards in wet conditions.
8 August 2023 Reseeding
Five tips for reseeding grassland
Soil moisture levels have recovered and once weather conditions turn for the better, there will be opportunities to reseed underperforming grass swards.
15 July 2023 Management
Is plantain the wonder plant?
Aidan Brennan chats to Glenn Judson from New Zealand and Thomas Moloney from DLF in Ireland about plantain and a new variety available on the Irish market called Ecotain.
29 March 2023 Reseeding
Reseeding in 2023 - what varieties to choose
Tomás Tubritt and Michael O’Donovan from Animal and Grassland Innovation Centre, Teagasc, Moorepark, take a look at the 2023 Pasture Profit Index and look at how to select varieties.
29 March 2023 Reseeding
Time to get started with autumn reseeding plans
For farmers planning to reseed grass this autumn, time is running out, so make a start over the coming days.
9 August 2022 Management
Ten tips for establishing clover in autumn reseeds
For farmers reseeding grassland this autumn, outlined are some tips to getting clover established.
3 August 2022 Reseeding and feed options
Top tips for reseeding to grassland swards
Reseeding around 10% of your farm annually can have major benefits in sward quality and the amount of grass you grow annually.
3 August 2022 Reseeding
10 steps to autumn reseeding grass swards
Where farmers are planning to reseed this autumn, Kieran Mailey outlines some steps to consider.
20 July 2022 Northern Ireland