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Grasstec Agricultural Services - Experts for your farming needs

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Grasstec offer a wide range of services & products to the agricultural & commercial sector in Ireland, the UK & mainland Europe

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PastureBase Ireland. PastureBaseIreland is a grassland management decision support tool and a mechanism to capture background data on farms.

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Install permanent water troughs

Continue measuring grass

Continue improving out farm

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Continue reseeding part of farm

Increase stocking rate to match grass growing capabilities

GLAS complete- focus on improving productivity of out farm

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Continue reseeding part of farm

Carry out soil tests and alter nutrient management plan to suit
Get grasstec to map the farm

Begin measuring grass
Complete fencing

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Continue fencing boundary

Install farm roadway on home block

Begin reseeding fields

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Carry out soil tests

Draw up nutrient management plan for individual fields

Carry out drainage work in parts of the farm.

Begin erecting permanent fencing along boundary ditches
Install small holding pen on block away from yard on the home farm for A.I.- prevent need to bring cattle across public road

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Objective of 5 year plan is to increase grass growth, increase stocking rate, begin measuring grass

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Weather- Average rainfall = 980mm/year

Labour- reliant on family help, sons gone to college during week, can't justify paid labour.

Rising input costs
Variable price for cattle

Brexit

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Join a DG with emphasis on grassland management

Newford farm Athenry nearby
Sean Hayes nearby (Tulla- better beef farm)

Huge opportunity to expand in coming years purchasing/renting neighbouring land- Ageing farmer population

Map farm accurately and begin measuring grass

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Working full time in limerick city (35/40 mins drive)
Not in any DG
Hard to justify significant investment due to small scale and tight margins

Some land tied up in GLAS as LIPP and traditional hay meadows.

TB becoming an issue locally

Management of outfarm- Landlocked+ 9km round trip
Lack of permanent grazing infrastructure- time consuming putting up poly wire to move stock through fields

No reseeding done

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100% A.I
Has bred cows to produce suitable animals for store trade (Limousin/ charolais)
Part of BDGP program

Open to change/progress

Relatively dry ground
Usually turn out mid - late March, house early November

Huge potential to grow more grass
Completed soil test as part of GLAS

Cows strip grazed on home farm all summer
Yearlings rotated through paddocks on outblock

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14 spring calving suckler cows.
All calves reared to 18 month old stores.
100% A.I

Home farm consists of 12.5ha split by a small road
Outfarm consists of 6.2ha
No land rented