David Brady - Grassland Merit Award for Most Improved Grassland - 2020 Grassland Farmer of the Year скачать в хорошем качестве

David Brady - Grassland Merit Award for Most Improved Grassland - 2020 Grassland Farmer of the Year

David milks 100 cows on his farm near Stradone, Co. Cavan on a heavy farm. David won a Grassland Merit Award for Most Improved Grassland at the 2020 Grassland Farmer of the Year Awards. The farm is stocked at 2.5 LU/ha and has made huge progress over the past number of years to grow and utilise more grass. David gravel-mole ploughs 5-10 acres of his farm each year transforming the wettest paddocks on the farm to some of the driest he has. These paddocks have went from growing 5 T DM/ha to 13 T DM/ha. 70% of the rain that falls is drained away within 24 hours. Soil fertility is a big focus on heavier farms to prepare ground for profitable reseeding. Reseeding is helping to grow more grass. In 2019, David’s farm grew 14 T DM/ha, this was back to 13 T DM/ha in 2020. He delivered 520 Kg MS per cow (supplied to Lakeland Dairies) from 910 kg meal in 2020. David walked his farm 40 times in 2020 and is also a member of the Grass10 grazing course. For more info see www.teagasc.ie/grass10