Dairy
Raymond Goggin is milking 120 black and white cows on 60ha of farmland in Templemartin, just outside Bandon in Co. Cork.
The focus at this time of the year is extending the grazing season and building average farm covers but grass clover cannot be ignored.
We are now into the second half of the year which is often associated with the risk of bloat increasing as clover content is at its peak...
Agri-Business
Grass and forage seed company Germinal has announced a significant new investment in its research...
Beef
During the second half of the grazing season, pastures are high in legume content, which if not managed correctly can cause bloat.
A huge topic of discussion at Moorepark '25 open day was laying down strategies to grow 15t dry matter (DM)/ha and grass-clover swards...
We are now into the second half of the year which means in terms of grass and clover management, our actions need to alter ever so slightly...
As part of the ZeroNsile project AgriSearch recently held a farm walk on red clover establishment on the farm of Francis McDonnell...
Soil fertility may be holding a lot of farms back on grass growth, as it is often the first piece to rectifying the grass growing puzzle
Many early spring reseeds did not get the best start to life after a very dry late April and into May which left a soil moisture deficit on...
N.Ireland
Three clover, two Italian rye-grass, and eight perennial rye-grass varieties have been added to the RGCL for England and Wales 2025/26.
At a recent Teagasc/Dairygold farm walk in Co. Cork, dairy farmer Tim Leader highlighted how he has been staying ahead of grass quality...
Showers and rainfall have been coming and going this week but in general the ground conditions are ideal for reseeding which has allowed...
With the weather looking dry and warm for the next couple of days and potentially weeks, its offering ideal conditions for a spring reseed...
Environment
Teagasc has published an external review of its grass/clover and multi-species swards research...
Begin to walk paddocks and review the annual tonnage of each paddock on the farm to identify paddocks for a spring reseed.
A new generation of clover-friendly herbicides will become commercially available over the coming years due to new chemistries
Dairy Technical
2024 was certainly a tricky one from a clover incorporation point of view as the weather and poor growing conditions hindered pasture...
Nitrate leaching into water is a challenge globally and practical tools to reduce it are needed to aid in water quality improvement...
Now that we are at the latter end of the grazing season for 2024,the College of Agriculture Food & Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) have taken...
Tillage
All agronomists agree that soil pH must be considered the all-important starting-point of any crop fertiliser plan.
Your clover swards are not like your grass swards and so, they should not be treated in the same manner meaning a plan must...
As we enter into the autumn months, the risk of bloat increases as clover content is at its peak and many swards have a low level of dry...
