The role of multi species swards on Irish organic farms - Webinar

On Wednesday, 22nd September, Joe Kelleher and Elaine Leavy, Teagasc Organic Specialists were joined by Thomas Moloney, DLF and Kevin O’Hanlon, Organic dairy farmer for the first in a series of Autumn Organic Webinars which focused on the role of multi species swards on Irish organic farms.

A questions and answers session took place at the end of the webinar.

View presentations below

• Why we use Multi Species Swards on our organic farm (PDF)
  Kevin O’Hanlon, Farm Manager, Pollard Organic Dairy Farm
• Results from Teagasc Grange MSS trial and on-going MSS work with DLF (PDF)
  Thomas Moloney, DLF

Watch webinar recording below

Find out more about organics here

Guylain Grange from Johnstown Castle research centre gives information and advice on establishing multi-species swards in general and has some good advice on choosing your multi-species mixture here:  Grassland re-seeding: how to establish multi-species swards

Watch out for the next in the series of Autumn Organic Webinars here on Teagasc Daily.