Grass
'Multi-species sward driving litres but hitting protein' on Tipperary farm
Multi-species swards on a Tipperary-based farm are having slightly mixed results with protein being hit, but litres driving on and...
Multi-Species Swards
Grass
Farmers urged to plant multi-species swards to reduce input costs
Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM), Pippa Hackett, is encouraging beef and dairy...
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Register now for the Farm Well Hub Series
The Farm Well Hub is a new Irish on-line resource specifically dedicated to farmers mental health & wellbeing. The Farm...
Dairy Technical
Dairy open day: What did we learn?
The dust has now settled on the Dairy Open Day 2021 at Moorepark in Co. Cork, and now is a...
N.Ireland
NI farm walk to explore potential of multi-species swards for beef and sheep
Through a farm walk in Northern Ireland, beef and sheep farmers will have the opportunity to see for themselves how...
Beef News
New video series to highlight use of EIP multi-species swards
AgriSearch is producing a series of short videos to introduce the farmers involved in the European Innovation Partnership (EIP) project:...
Dairy Technical
Multi-species swards: Do they have a role on Irish farms?
Multi-species swards have the ability to grow 11t of dry matter (DM) with no chemical nitrogen (N), but have they...
Grass
Reducing chemical inputs with multi-species swards
With the increasing pressure on the Irish agricultural sector to reduce the level of chemical nitrogen (N) applied on farms, the...
Dairy
Teagasc aiming for 15% reduction in dairy emissions intensity by 2027
Teagasc is aiming to reduce emissions intensity in the dairy sector by 15% by 2027, according to its grassland science...
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Watch: Rugby legend on tackling resistant worms in cattle
At this time of year, many farmers are organising their animal health plan and tackling resistant worms to cover their...
Dairy
'Lots done and lots more to do' in the area of grassland technology - UCD research
There are many grazing technologies which have been developed, or are under development, with some of these currently being adopted...
Dairy
Finishing cattle off mixed-species grasslands alone in the UK
An organic farmer in the UK has been finishing cattle – at 28 months – off mixed-species grasslands alone, while...
Dairy
Multi-species: Findings from the SmartGrass Project
With the increasing pressure to reduce the level of applied nitrogen (N) on farms, the industry – and farmers – are...
Dairy
Multi-species swards outperform ryegrass monocultures
As part of the research – which is ongoing at Johnstown Castle – Teagasc has been completing some studies based...
Sheep
Higher lamb growth rate and less worms when grazing multi-species swards
A study carried at UCD (University College Dublin) Lyons Farm during 2015 and 2016 showed that lambs produced from multi-species...
Sheep
Lambs reach slaughter weight 25 days earlier on UCD's multi-species sward trial
Lambs grazing multi-species swards have higher growth rates and are slaughtered earlier, according to UCD’s Dr Tommy Boland. The UCD Senior...