Grazing monoculture swards

Description

  • Reseeding monocultures and managing them
  • Some varieties performing extremely well
  • Some varieties are more difficult to manage
  • Growing more grass as a result
  • Poor varieties are hard to graze out properly
  • Can see which varieties suit the farm
  • Economic results
  • Reseeding and managing grass
  • Research purposes and farmers curiosity
  • Young Grassland Farmer of the Year 2017

Young Grassland Farmer of the Year 2017

Reason for the innovation

Produce more milk from grass

  • Reseeding monocultures and managing them
  • Some varieties performing extremely well
  • Reseeding and managing grass

Farm description

Environment

  • Soil type: Clayey-loam
  • Climate type: Maritim climate
  • Agricultural area (ha UAA): 60
  • Permanent grassland area (ha): 60
  • Average stocking rate (agriculture area) (LU/ha UAA): 2.64
  • Altitude: Variation across the farm (300m)
  • Slope: Variation across farm (30%)

Grassland management

  • Grazing: Yes
  • Grazing management type: Rotational grazing

Structure

  • Annual work units (AWU): 1.5
  • Main animal type: Dairy
  • Total Livestock unit (LU): 130
  • Breed type 1: Fr
  • Agricultural area (ha UAA): 60

Animal performance

  • Milk production per head (l/year/dairy animal): 5400l
  • Grassland management type: Rotational
  • Length of grazing period: 290 days
  • Fertilization rate (kg N/ha): 220

Why it is working

  • Reseeding monocultures and managing them
  • Some varieties performing extremely well
  • Growing more grass as a result
  • Can see which varieties suit the farm
  • Economic results
  • Reseeding and managing grass
  • Research purposes and farmers curiosity
  • Pasturebase Ireland

Additional information

Farming system

conventional farming

Domains of innovation

farm system, forage mixture, grazing management system

Main types of animal

dairy cattle

Country

Ireland

Product type

Farmer portrait

Language

English

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