Importance of clover in grassland

Clover has most to offer on well managed grassland with stocking rates of 2 livestock units per hectare (0.8LU/acre) or less.

Nitrogen can be reduced to between 50-100kg of N/ha/year.

Research at Teagasc Solohead has shown savings of €125 per hectare (€50/acre) are possible by maximising white clover content in productive swards. This is a 50% cut in N fertiliser and for a 100 acre farm is a saving of €5000.