Organisation: Teagasc Solohead farm

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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.

Thu, 09 Jun, 2016

Research finds that farmers are using 25% more N fertiliser than required

Research work by James Humphreys and colleagues in the late nineties indicate that 200 to 220 units of N per acre are sufficient to support 1 cow per acre without clover.

Thu, 30 Oct, 2014

Organisation: Teagasc Solohead farm

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

Research finds that farmers are using 25% more N fertiliser than required

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Mick Clifford

Organisation: Teagasc Solohead farm

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

Research finds that farmers are using 25% more N fertiliser than required

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Mick Clifford

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