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Big year for reseeding in 2025
Aidan Brennan
Aidan Brennan says that all the indications are that 2025 is set to be a good year for reseeding, after a tough year in 2024.
Big year for reseeding in 2025
Insufficient evidence to support multispecies swards - Teagasc
26 March 2025 Grass & feeding
Insufficient evidence to support multispecies swards - Teagasc
A new report on Teagasc research into grass and white clover and multispecies has been published, writes Aidan Brennan.
Hoping grass will ‘spring forward’ like the clocks this week
26 March 2025 Grass & feeding
Hoping grass will ‘spring forward’ like the clocks this week
With growth on the lower side, second-round grazing will be determined by the cover on the first grazed paddocks, write Thomas Condon.
DLF look to New Zealand grass varieties
Aidan Brennan takes a look at Vast, a New Zealand bred grass variety that is now available to Irish dairy farmers.
26 March 2025 Reseeding
Germinal launches new Climate Smart range
The new range is designed to support farmers in the challenges they face with climate change and reductions to chemical nitrogen application rates, writes Aidan Brennan.
26 March 2025 Reseeding
Galgorm tops the PPI for 2025
Aidan Brennan looks through what's important when choosing a grass seed variety or a seed mixture.
26 March 2025 Reseeding
New white clover varieties are a 'step change'
Aidan Brennan reports from a technical open day at Teagasc Grange organised by Goldcrop where visitors heard about new white clover varieties and got an update on red clover trials.
26 March 2025 Reseeding
The Grass Week: miniscule rainfall lends to more field work
The nearly non-existent rainfall over the past week or more has allowed for more field work to be completed as stock starts to hit grass.
22 March 2025 Grass & feeding
Milking platform stocking rate dilemma
Aidan Brennan looks at the risks associated with operating a high milking platform stocking rate and some of the mitigating factors.
19 March 2025 Grass & feeding
Grass+ Dairy: great grass utilisation, but too cold for growth
While grazing conditions have been excellent for the most part, growth has struggled to surpass 10kg DM/ha, writes Thomas Condon.
19 March 2025 Grass & feeding
Spring feeding Q&A with Teagasc experts
There is renewed interest in feeding cows well this spring, Teagasc experts Aisling Claffey and Joe Patton look at the requirements for cows this spring and at peak
19 March 2025 Grass & feeding
The Grass Week: second-round grass looking set to be tight
While grazing conditions are good, the outlook for regrowth on paddocks is less so.
15 March 2025 Grass & feeding