Sean Moher: Fine-tuning a red clover system
Red clover on Sean Moher's farm. Picture: Sean Moher
Last week, we were continuing to enjoy the Mediterranean weather here in Cork. We didn’t get any great flush in growth after last Saturday night’s rain.
Growth seems to have maxed out at 50kgDM/ha per day, and I expect it to fall back to the 30s fairly soon. So, rather than take another cut of silage, we are zero-grazing the grass, which, in effect, reduces the stocking rate to 2.4 cows/ha.
