Show Notes
For this week’s Grass10 grazing management update, John Maher says that we're now entering into higher growth rates and reproductive stage of the perennial ryegrass plant: · Pre grazing yield must target 1300 - 1400 kg DM/ha on all farms · This will enable the animals to graze and clean out the sward to 4 cm · Grass should be green leaf from top to bottom
For fertiliser, when spreading on dry stock farms it is important to include P (if allowance available), K and S, especially on paddocks that may have been damaged on the first rotation.
Meanwhile, the featured farmer is Danny Bermingham, from Doonbeg, Co. Clare.
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For this week’s Grass10 grazing management update, John Maher highlights the top actions that need to be done, including: Prioritising grazing residuals as we head into the final rotation Farms should begin the final rotation early-mid October Updating autumn grass budget Grass growth will be between 40-50 kg DM/ha/day over the next weeks As closing begins on farm set the farm up to graze 60% by early November