GRASSLAND

When making silage...

• Close field 8 weeks prior

• Close field 10 weeks prior

• Close field 20 weeks prior

• Close field for 2 weeks prior

Hay should have

• DMD 30%

• DMD 65-75%

• DMD 90%

• DMD 20%

Paddock grazing is

• 20-25 paddocks. exp to set up

• Open field

• Allow animals to move where they wish

Butyric acid is

• Caused by clostridium.

• Caused by lactobacillus

A ley has

• Little variability

• Never ploughed

• More heather

IRG has

• A longer growing season than PRG

• A shorter Growing season than IRG

1 L.U. requires...

• 12 tonnes of herbage per year

• 10 tonnes of herbage per year

• 15 tonnes of herbage per year

Zero grazing is

• Animals inside all year round

• Animals left outside all year

• Animals only eat concentrates

Slurry seeding is ...

• Mixing seed with slurry

• Mixing fertiliser with slurry

Farmers aim to make first cut of silage by..

• 21st June

• 21st May

• 21st July