Tips & advice for closing silage ground The Beef Edge

With the difficult weather conditions, DairyBeef 500 advisor Gordon Peppard is on this week’s Beef Edge podcast with some timely tips in relation to closing ground for silage.
 
Gordon highlights that on many farms silage ground won’t be cut but this could provide an opportunity to cut this silage earlier and hence have after grass coming into the rotation faster or the ability to close ground earlier for second cut silage if needed.
 
Gordon also describes the different fertiliser programme options and weed control available.
 
Developing a fodder plan for the farm to determine the area of ground that needs to be closed based on the amount of silage required is important while keeping the groups of stock that will be on the farm next winter, Gordon explains on the show.
 
For further details:
https://www.teagasc.ie/news--events/daily/beef/silage-quality-improvements---ten-point-plan.php
 
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