The Dairy Edge

For this week’s Grass10 grazing management update, John Maher says that we're now entering into higher growth rates and reproductive stage of the perennial ryegrass plant:
·      Pre grazing yield must target 1300 - 1400 kg DM/ha on all farms
·      This will enable the animals to graze and clean out the sward to 4 cm
·      Grass should be green leaf from top to bottom
 
For fertiliser, when spreading on dry stock farms it is important to include P (if allowance available), K and S, especially on paddocks that may have been damaged on the first rotation.
 
Meanwhile, the featured farmer is Danny Bermingham, from Doonbeg, Co. Clare.
 
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