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How to keep control of the grass on your farm, maintain quality and avoid feed waste
FromThe Dairy Edge
How to keep control of the grass on your farm, maintain quality and avoid feed waste
FromThe Dairy Edge
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Length:
21 minutes
Released:
May 9, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Micheál O’Leary from PastureBase Ireland joins Emma-Louise Coffey on the latest Dairy Edge podcast with advice on how to keep control of the grass on your farm, maintain quality and avoid feed waste as growth rates explode across the country.
Currently, average farm cover is 790 kg DM/ha / 203 kg/cow, growth 70 kg/day, demand 56 kg/day and almost half of dairy farms have a pre-grazing cover of >1,600 kg DM/ha.
Micheál recommends that dairy farmers take action to reduce the pre-grazing cover to 1,300-1,400 kg to hit paddocks at the 3-leaf stage to ensure good digestibility and quality to support high milk solids production.
Where surplus grass is taken out in the form of bales, Micheál reminds us to replenish key nutrients (Phosphorus and Potassium) using 2,500 gallons of slurry where available on farm or alternatively, a compound such as 18-6-12.
For more information:
https://www.teagasc.ie/crops/grassland/grass10/grass10-newsletter/
For more episodes from the Dairy Edge podcast go to the show page at:
https://www.teagasc.ie/animals/dairy/the-dairy-edge-podcast/
The Dairy Edge is a co-production with LastCastMedia.com
Currently, average farm cover is 790 kg DM/ha / 203 kg/cow, growth 70 kg/day, demand 56 kg/day and almost half of dairy farms have a pre-grazing cover of >1,600 kg DM/ha.
Micheál recommends that dairy farmers take action to reduce the pre-grazing cover to 1,300-1,400 kg to hit paddocks at the 3-leaf stage to ensure good digestibility and quality to support high milk solids production.
Where surplus grass is taken out in the form of bales, Micheál reminds us to replenish key nutrients (Phosphorus and Potassium) using 2,500 gallons of slurry where available on farm or alternatively, a compound such as 18-6-12.
For more information:
https://www.teagasc.ie/crops/grassland/grass10/grass10-newsletter/
For more episodes from the Dairy Edge podcast go to the show page at:
https://www.teagasc.ie/animals/dairy/the-dairy-edge-podcast/
The Dairy Edge is a co-production with LastCastMedia.com
Released:
May 9, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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