Grassland Village

Clover | Research Farm Updates | Grassland and the Environment | PastureBase Ireland | Silage | Spring Grazing | Pasture Profit Index | Reseeding | Multispecies Swards | Grass Breeding | Producing Home Grown Feed | MoSt | MulitMilk | Dry matter persistence of perennial ryegrass | Milk Fat

Reseeding

Paper - Principles of reseeding (pdf) 

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Multispecies Swards

Paper -  Dry matter production of grazed multispecies swards over three grazing seasons (pdf)

View board as a pdf Moorepark Multispecies

MoSt Grass Growth Prediction Model

Paper -  Update on the MoSt Grass Growth prediction model (pdf)

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Milk Fat

Paper - Reduced milk fat synthesis on Irish dairy farms (pdf) 

Producing Home Grown Feed

Paper - The cost of producing home-grown feeds on Irish farms (pdf)

View board as a pdf - Cost of home produced feeds

Dry matter persistence of perennial ryegrass

Paper - Dry matter production persistence of perennial ryegrass swards on commercial grassland farms

Grass breeding  

Paper - New developments in the Teagasc-Goldcrop grass, legume and herb breeding programme 

View board as a pdf Grass Breeding

MultiMilk

Paper - MultiMilk - an investigation of the impacts of sward and animal characteristics on grazing dairy system performance (pdf)

Clover

Benefits of white clover

The milk production benefits of incorporating white clover in grass swards (pdf)

View board as a pdf Benefits of white clover

Using white clover to reduce nitrogen fertilisation 

Paper - Using white clover to reduce nitrogen fertilisation (pdf)

View board as a pdf - N strategy and grazing management 

Red Clover

Paper - Red clover silage (pdf) 

View board as a pdf -  Red clover silage

 View board as a pdf Red Clover

Soil Fertility and Clover Adoption

Paper - The role of soil fertility in successful clover adoption 

Clover 150 Programme

View board as pdf Clover150

Clover establishment blueprint

 View board as a pdf  Clover establishment blue print

Updates from Teagasc research farms

Clonakilty

Paper - Clonakilty update - the effect of sward type and varying levels of nitrogen application on a spring calving dairy grazing system

View board as a pdf - Clonakilty update

Ballyhaise

Paper - Transitioning to low N dairy systems on a wetland soil type in the border, midlands and western region (pdf)

View board as a pdf - Ballyhaise Farm Update

Curtins Farm

View board as a pdf Curtins farm update

Johnstown Castle

Paper - Johnstown Castle winter-milk herd update - increasing the environmental sustainability of winter-milk systems (pdf)

View board as a pdf Winter Milk

Solohead Farm

Paper - Lowering the carbon footprint of pasture-based milk production at Solohead Research Farm (pdf)

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Grassland management and the environment

Protected Urea

Paper - Protected urea - protecting the environment and delivering for farmers

View board as a pdf Protected Urea - grazing experiment

Reducing nitrogen emissions

Paper - Reducing nitrogen emissions from grazing dairy cows (pdf)

View board as a pdf Reducing N Emissions

Soil Fertility - driving efficient nitrogen use

Paper - Nutrient management and soil fertility are critical for reducing reliance on fertiliser nitrogen and for mitigating N losses to air and water

 View board as a pdf Soil fertility

PastureBase Ireland

Paper - Increasing the usage of PastureBase Ireland on dairy farms (pdf)

View board as pdf - PBI Features

View board as a pdf PastureBase Ireland - growth

Silage 

Paper -  Defining grass silage quality requirements for dairy herds (pdf)

Paper - Making cost-effective grass silage for dairy systems (pdf)

View board as a pdf Defining silage quality 

Spring Grazing

Paper - Spring grazing management - the effect of silage supplementation on milk yield (pdf)

View board as a pdf Early lactation dry matter intake

Paper - Spring grass availability and silage supplementation impact on dry matter intake and enteric methane emissions in spring calving dairy cows (pdf)

View board as a pdf - Do methane emissions change based on spring grass

Pasture Profit Index

Paper -  Updates to the pasture profit index for 2023 (pdf)

View boards as a pdf Irish National List Recommended List Herbage