Description
- Measuring grass to manage, utilise and graze more grass
- Focusing on higher production and lower costs
- Measuring grass on Pasturebase
- Increasing grass grown and utilised on the farm
- Increase amount of milk produced from grass
- Economic results
- Discussion groups
- Reduce costs, increase output
- Pasturebase Ireland
Reason for the innovation
- Increase amount of milk produced from grass
- Grass measuring
- Increasing grass grown and utilised on the farm
- Pasturebase Ireland
Farm description
Environment
- Soil type: Clay-loam
- Climate type: Temperate Oceanic Climate
- Altitude: Variation across the farm (300m)
- Slope: Variation across the paddocks (30%)
- Agricultural area (ha UAA): 42.95
- Average stocking rate (agriculture area) (LU/ha UAA): 2.7
Grassland management
- Grazing: Yes
- Grazing management type: Rotational grazing
Structure
- Annual work units (AWU): 1.5
- Main animal type: Dairy
- Number of animals (heads): 140
- Total Livestock unit (LU): 116.5 (97 milking cows and replacements)
- Breed type 1: Fr*Je
- Breed type 2: Fr
Animal performance
- Milk production per head (l/year/dairy animal): 5500l
- Grassland management type: Rotational
- Length of grazing period: 285 days
- Fertilization rate (kg N/ha): 240
Why it is working
- Measuring grass to manage, utilise and graze more grass
- Increasing grass grown and utilised on the farm
- Grazing infrastructure and soil fertility
- Economic results
- Grass measuring
- Discussion groups
- Pasturebase Ireland
