Clover
Aidan Brennan on 20 Oct 2021
Multispecies doing the job at Johnstown Castle
Multispecies swards are being compared to grass and clover swards at the Teagasc research centre in Johnstown Castle. Aidan Brennan reports.
John Crowe on 13 Oct 2021
Limerick dairy farm reducing its carbon footprint by 14%
Gerry and Niall Moloney embrace clover and protected urea to maintain grass growth while reducing their carbon footprint, writes John Crowe.
Aidan Brennan on 06 Oct 2021
Dairy Management: closing paddocks and getting ready for winter
Aidan Brennan says paddocks with a high clover content should be closed last in order to prevent them from being shaded out over the winter.
Aidan Brennan on 06 Oct 2021
Environmental challenges laid bare at dairy walk
Aidan Brennan reports from the Teagasc/Glanbia joint programme farm walk in Kilkenny last week.
Declan O'Brien on 24 Sep 2021
Nitrates poisoning blamed for 15 cow deaths in southeast
The animal deaths were blamed on a combination of lush, fast-growing herbage, a recent fertiliser application and high grass intakes.
Bill O'Keeffe on 22 Sep 2021
Farmer Writes: lead-in times needed on nitrates proposals
Hopefully, some sort of a lead-in time will be facilitated to allow farmers to get their house in order in a timely fashion on the nitrates regulations, Bill O'Keeffe says.
John Crowe on 18 Sep 2021
The Grass Week: Adopting new technologies to grow and manage grass better
Clover was the star of the show at the Moorepark Open Day but what other grassland technologies can farmers adopt? John Crowe reports.
Justin McCarthy on 15 Sep 2021
Editorial: Moorepark doubles down on the basics of dairy farming
The Teagasc drive to dramatically reduce concentrate use on dairy farms will be met with criticism from some circles.
John Crowe on 15 Sep 2021
Grass+: hitting peak average grass cover on farms
John Crowe and Declan Marren discuss peak average farm cover targets and spreading lime and potash.
John Crowe on 15 Sep 2021
Moorepark: clover leading the way to reduce chemical N applications
The focus at this year’s grazing demo at the Moorepark Open Day is grass covers, autumn grass management and clover, writes John Crowe.
John Crowe on 14 Sep 2021
Moorepark: improving nitrogen use efficiency and reducing nitrogen surpluses
Michael O’Donovan and Michael Egan discuss the key aspects of balancing N inputs and outputs to reduce N surpluses.
Aidan Brennan on 13 Sep 2021
Dairy management: super growth rates set to continue
Soil temperatures are running three to five degrees higher than normal, writes Aidan Brennan.
Contributor on 08 Sep 2021
Reducing chemical nitrogen use on dairy farms
Brian McCarthy, Deidre Hennessy and Michael Egan discuss where artificial nitrogen is going in the future.
Contributor on 08 Sep 2021
Improving animal performance from grazed pasture
Michael Dineen and Micheal O’Leary discuss how to improve grazing to help better performance.
Contributor on 08 Sep 2021
What does nitrogen use efficiency mean?
Michael O’Donovan, Elodie Ruelle and Brendan Horan discuss using grazing to improve nitrogen use efficiency.
Contributor on 08 Sep 2021
Researching reducing emissions on dairy farms
Ben Lahart, Katie Starsmore, Jonathan Herron, Frank Buckley and Laurence Shalloo are investigating methane reduction.
Aidan Brennan on 01 Sep 2021
Dairy Management: reseeding, feed and nitrates
Aidan Brennan says farmers should shop around when it comes to buying feed.
Aidan Brennan on 01 Sep 2021
Grass+: super grass growth rates driving autumn covers
Aidan Brennan and Declan Marren discuss grassland management as we head into the autumn period.
Aidan Brennan on 26 Aug 2021
Farm walk on top 1% milk price herd
Aidan Brennan reports from the Teagasc Grass10 open day on John Galvin’s dairy farm, sustainability winner in the 2020 grassland farmer of the year awards.
Aidan Brennan on 23 Aug 2021
Dairy management: three weeks to get the last of the nitrogen spread
There are just over three weeks left to get the last of the chemical nitrogen and phosphorus applied to grassland, writes Aidan Brennan.