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Be wary of buying soil enhancers, farmers told
Rachel Donovan
Diversity of plant species in the sward will ensure resilience to shocks such as drought.
21 August 2024 Footprint Farmers
Trialing multispecies swards in Laois
Andrew Mulhare planted a small area of multispecies sward on his farm as an experiment to 'see how it goes', reports Kelsey Daly.
14 August 2024 Farmer Writes
Farmer Writes: the fashionable move to the multi species sward
"I wish people would stop talking about yields (numerically) this harvest. I’m not bothered about benchmarking with other peoples’ yields," writes Gerald Potterton.
Third grazing for the multispecies sward
The multispecies sward is thriving well on Tullamore Farm with a good yield expected again this year.
29 June 2024 Tullamore Farm
Clover and multispecies deliver cost savings
At a recent farmwalk hosted on Bill Harpur's suckler beef farm, farmers heard how clover and multispecies swards were reducing inputs and emissions.
26 June 2024 Northern Ireland