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It’s been a really difficult year thus far on Irish dairy farms to manage grass and maintain feed quality. This event on July 24th at Ballyhaise will show the impacts of sward type on the performance of dairy systems on heavier soils during a difficult year. All are welcome.

Join us on Wednesday, 24 July at 10am for Ballyhaise'24 - Dairy Open Day in Teagasc Ballyhaise College, Co. Cavan. There will be live demonstrations on the day on clover and grass. Find out more here bit.ly/3LvSkmu

In advance of this week’s Ballyhaise Open Day, taking place on Wednesday, July 24 from 10am, the project team summarise the current trial on clover grazing systems, share early results and look at the implications this research may hold. Read more here bit.ly/3Lzyir5

Ballyhaise '24 - Dairy Open Day takes place tomorrow, 24 July at 10am in Teagasc, Ballyhaise College, Co. Cavan, H12 E392. Brendan Horan, Helena Walsh and John Joe Collins provide an overview as to what will be discussed in this clip. More at bit.ly/3W7I3Tv

We caught up with Dr Joe Patton, Teagasc Head of Dairy Knowledge Transfer at the Ballyhaise ‘24 Dairy Open Day to provide an overview of the change over time in production costs and the differences in profit on farms over the last number of years. More at teagasc.ie/publications/2…

A panel discussion on Farming in Partnerships is taking place at the Ballyhaise ‘24 Dairy Open Day. The discussion is being chaired by James Dunne, Teagasc Dairy Specialist.

We caught up Aine Murray, Teagasc Researcher at the Ballyhaise’24 Dairy Open Day to get an overview of establishing grass white clover swards and what benefits you can see when you have established a grass clover system. View the booklet here teagasc.ie/publications/2…

Scientific research being carried out on clover at Teagasc Ballyhaise Agricultural College - Dairy Open Day 2024 #IrishDairy #FromTheGroundUp

Joseph Dunphy, TeagascGrass10 Advisor provided an overview of some of the grazing management issues from 2024 and some of the lessons learned at today’s Ballyhaise’24 Dairy Open Day. Watch this short clip to find out more! View the event booklet teagasc.ie/publications/2…

A strong message at #Ballyhaise24 was to switch to low chemical N clover swards in grazing systems☘️ With over 80% of feed from pastures, clover boosts efficiency and reduces the expense of feed imports and so cuts costs while remaining environmentally sustainable. Teagasc

We caught up with Margaret Kelleher, ICBF at today’s Ballyhaise ‘24 Dairy Open Day to tell us more about an interesting trend in the dairy herd in the last two years in where people have changed their breeding strategies in terms of dairy conventional semen.

At today’s Ballyhaise ‘24 Dairy Open Day, Francis Bligh, Teagasc Health and Safety Specialist was onsite to highlight the importance of safety with slurry, as part of #FarmSafetyWeek. Farm Safety Foundation Francis Bligh

We spoke to Helena Walsh today at the Ballyhaise '24 Open Day to get an overview of an ongoing trial which is looking at transitioning to low chemical nitrogen perennial ryegrass white clover swards in a wetland soil type in the BMW Region. More at bit.ly/3SlTQvk

If you were unable to make it to today’s Ballyhaise ‘24 Dairy Open Day, the booklet for the event is available to view online. Find it here bit.ly/3SlTQvk

#DYK Data from Teagasc Moorepark shows that cows grazing on grass-white clover swards with an average annual white clover content of 21% had a 1 kg/cow higher total DMI compared to those on grass-only swards. A message highlighted at Ballyhaise 24 this week 🍀 ClieNFarms

Great to see such tangible progress in pursuing a climate-neutral farm... at the impressive Shinagh dairy farm in Co Cork. It's not just about carbon! Shinagh Dairy Farm Trinity College Dublin UCD Research Carbery Group Teagasc irishtimes.com/environment/cl…

🚨new! Both grass-clover and 6-species #multispecies with lower nitrogen (125N) maintained grass yield and nutritive value relative to ryegrass (250N) under grazing systems (2 years) Grass & Forage Science: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gf…… #multispecies Wiley in research Brendan Horan