Measuring grass to manage, utilise and graze more grass

Description

  • Measuring grass to manage, utilise and graze more grass
  • Focusing on higher production and lower costs
  • Measuring grass on Pasturebase
  • Increasing grass grown and utilised on the farm
  • Increase amount of milk produced from grass
  • Economic results
  • Discussion groups
  • Reduce costs, increase output
  • Pasturebase Ireland

Reason for the innovation

  • Increase amount of milk produced from grass
  • Grass measuring
  • Increasing grass grown and utilised on the farm
  • Pasturebase Ireland

Farm description

Environment

  • Soil type: Clay-loam
  • Climate type: Temperate Oceanic Climate
  • Altitude: Variation across the farm (300m)
  • Slope: Variation across the paddocks (30%)
  • Agricultural area (ha UAA): 42.95
  • Average stocking rate (agriculture area) (LU/ha UAA): 2.7

Grassland management

  • Grazing: Yes
  • Grazing management type: Rotational grazing

Structure

  • Annual work units (AWU): 1.5
  • Main animal type: Dairy
  • Number of animals (heads): 140
  • Total Livestock unit (LU): 116.5 (97 milking cows and replacements)
  • Breed type 1: Fr*Je
  • Breed type 2: Fr

Animal performance

  • Milk production per head (l/year/dairy animal): 5500l
  • Grassland management type: Rotational
  • Length of grazing period: 285 days
  • Fertilization rate (kg N/ha): 240

Why it is working

  • Measuring grass to manage, utilise and graze more grass
  • Increasing grass grown and utilised on the farm
  • Grazing infrastructure and soil fertility
  • Economic results
  • Grass measuring
  • Discussion groups
  • Pasturebase Ireland

Additional information

Farming system

conventional farming

Domains of innovation

forage mixture, grazing management system

Main types of animal

dairy cattle

Country

Ireland

Product type

Farmer portrait

Language

English

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