Grassland

Grazing Management

Pasturebase Ireland

• PastureBase Ireland
• PastureBase Ireland - Capturing Grassland Data on Irish Drystock Farms (PDF)

Grassland Measuring, Management and infrastructure

• Sheep Autumn Closing Planner (PDF)
• Measuring grass using a Sward Stick (YouTube) Sward stick explanation leaflet (PDF)
• TAA5 SheepNo2 July 2015 (PDF)
• Improve-Flock-Performance-Todays-Farm-March-April-2016 (PDF)

Making the most of grazed grass

• Sheep Conference - Killarney and Trim (pages 5-12, PDF)

Utilising grassland in sheep systems

• National Sheep Conference Proceedings 2013 (pages 26-31, PDF)

Grass shortage in spring

• Grass Scarcity Lactating Ewe (PDF)

Extended grazing

• Extended Grazing (PDF)
• Extended grazing potential limitations (PDF)

Grassland Research

Soil Fertility

• Soil & Soil Fertility

Silage conservation and digestibility 

• Silage digestibility – its effects on animal performance (PDF)
• Silage digestibility – its effects on concentrate requirement (PDF)
• Factors affecting grass silage digestibility (PDF)
• Extended grazing ewes this winter (PDF)
• For high levels of animal performance from grass silage focus on digestibility (PDF) 
• High feed value grass silage (PDF) 
• The effects of silage digestibility on animal performance (PDF)

Grass silage stock checker

• Feed Checker

Reseeding

Pasture Profit index

• Pasture Profit Index

Reseeding options

• Reseeding Options Improve Pasture Productivity

Weed control

• Grassland New Leys 2016 (PDF)

Weed control

• Grassland Weed Control (PDF)

Weed control in new reseeds

• Grassland New Leys 2016 (PDF)

Alternative forages

• Alternative Forages (PDF)
• Reseeding Pasture Chicory or Tyfon (PDF)

Grass based lamb production articles

• TK Key issues effecting lamb performance from pasture (PDF)
• Efficient sheep production (PDF)
• Finishing Lambs from Grazed Pasture (PDF)
• Lamb performance from grazed grass 2013 (PDF)
• Grassland Management High Lamb Performance (PDF)