Dairy Focus: 30% clover grazing worth €160 extra profit

I have been promoting clover since the late 1980s, and it looks like the job of convincing farmers to avail of the benefits of clover will be easier in future — up to €160 per cow extra profit easier.

According to the researchers the next step in proving the value of clover and getting it adapted widely is to roll the clover system out on to commercial farms, and study the results.

These pastures will be tested on a range of soil types and management systems, and the results compared with those achieved in Clonakilty and Moorepark, and on a number of commercial farms.