Your Weekly Grass10 Update
· 14 min
Episode Your Weekly Grass10 Update
For this week’s Grass10 grazing management update, John Maher says that 42% of farms are well above target AFC (> 750 kg DM/ha) largely due to challenging grazing conditions.
While each farm is individual, these key rules need to be applied:
- Maximum SR of 4.2 LU/ha
- Minimum AFC of 160 kg DM/LU
Now is also a good time to assess clover content in your paddocks and the aim is to identify paddocks with a good clover content.
The target is 20-25% clover content in April to allow for reductions in chemical N in May/June
Meanwhile, the featured farmer is Tom McEvoy from Ballyragget,Co. Kilkenny.
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