https://padlet.com/p_glynn25/fc74529in3pb To create a plan for creating a grassland management plan for our home sheep farm. en-us 2018-02-20 12:48:38 UTC 2023-03-01 06:27:57 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/257869874/3f3d0109b115915417bc3a425c2293f9/th.jpg p_glynn25 https://padlet.com/p_glynn25/fc74529in3pb/wish/233236922 Extreme weather events, (flooding, snow, ice)

Labour - currently reliant of father while son in college weekdays

Price of inputs: fertilisers, diesel, concentrates

Policy- GHG regulations

Price for products such as fertiliser - huge variability in recent years

New diseases such as Schmallenberg

]]> 2018-02-20 13:19:48 UTC https://padlet.com/p_glynn25/fc74529in3pb/wish/233236922 p_glynn25 https://padlet.com/p_glynn25/fc74529in3pb/wish/233254734 Join a grass focused discussion group

Join a sheep DG - grass focused sheep advisor in the area

Attend farm walks and open days

Teagasc research farm nearby in Mellows campus Athenry

Get the farm mapped by Grasstec

Measurement tools available for grass measuring

Start the use of electric fences to divide up paddocks

Utilisation of mixed grazing grazing benefits due to having cows and cattle on the farm also

]]> 2018-02-20 13:55:47 UTC https://padlet.com/p_glynn25/fc74529in3pb/wish/233254734 p_glynn25 https://padlet.com/p_glynn25/fc74529in3pb/wish/233254836 Has another job other than farming

Time is a major challenge due to having a beef and tillage farm also

Price for lamb at the factory influences cash flow and progress

Future of lamb exports and ultimately price is uncertain due to Brexit

Scale of farm not huge so wary of big investments

Not in a regular discussion group focused on grass utilisation

Poor boundary fencing

Inconsistent cash flow

Getting early silage by grazing paddocks once early in Spring

Land is not in close proximity - not in one block

]]> 2018-02-20 13:55:57 UTC https://padlet.com/p_glynn25/fc74529in3pb/wish/233254836 p_glynn25 https://padlet.com/p_glynn25/fc74529in3pb/wish/233255179 Currently large under utilisation of grass on Irish sheep farms (4.1t DM/ha) (Dr.Sinclair Mayne 2017)

Potential to grow 12-16t Dm/ha (O'Donovan et al., 2011)

During 2015 farms in Ireland exported an estimated 47,000 tonnes of sheep meat which was valued at approximately €230 million.

Huge potential for improvements due to lack of any grassland management plans of many sheep farms. 

Average sheep farmers income = €15,000]]> 2018-02-20 13:56:33 UTC https://padlet.com/p_glynn25/fc74529in3pb/wish/233255179 p_glynn25 https://padlet.com/p_glynn25/fc74529in3pb/wish/233282830 System of lambing ewes and finishing lambs requires good quality grass

Willingness to progress

Good potential to grow grass and utilise it

Educated (green cert and worked in an Agricultural college for many years)

Has a son willing to help adapt new technologies on the farm, join young farmers scheme to of grants for the likes of fencing

Attends group discussions and farm walks as part of STAP

Possibility to practice crop rotation due to have tillage crops on the farm also

Has his own silage making outfit and produces his own animal feed (barley and oats

]]> 2018-02-20 14:39:07 UTC https://padlet.com/p_glynn25/fc74529in3pb/wish/233282830 p_glynn25 https://padlet.com/p_glynn25/fc74529in3pb/wish/233682738 The objective of this sheep farm over the next 5 years is to start measuring grass, map out farm, budgeting via a decision support tool and match stocking rate to growth potential]]> 2018-02-21 11:41:53 UTC https://padlet.com/p_glynn25/fc74529in3pb/wish/233682738 p_glynn25 https://padlet.com/p_glynn25/fc74529in3pb/wish/233684955 Grass measuring

Adjusting nutrient levels - application of lime and N,P,K where necessary

Grazing Infrastructure

]]> 2018-02-21 11:51:03 UTC https://padlet.com/p_glynn25/fc74529in3pb/wish/233684955 p_glynn25 https://padlet.com/p_glynn25/fc74529in3pb/wish/233685045 Continue measuring every week

Design a reseeding plan

Soil test - monitor progress]]> 2018-02-21 11:51:21 UTC https://padlet.com/p_glynn25/fc74529in3pb/wish/233685045 p_glynn25 https://padlet.com/p_glynn25/fc74529in3pb/wish/233685118 Follow spring rotation planner

2 years data collated and continue

Use data to review your system:
Stocking rate
Lambing data
No. of lambs finished on grass alone
Grazed and silage herbage grown
Utilisation figures]]> 2018-02-21 11:51:39 UTC https://padlet.com/p_glynn25/fc74529in3pb/wish/233685118 p_glynn25 https://padlet.com/p_glynn25/fc74529in3pb/wish/233685180 Soil testing

Design a mapping plan for the farm

]]> 2018-02-21 11:51:54 UTC https://padlet.com/p_glynn25/fc74529in3pb/wish/233685180 p_glynn25 https://padlet.com/p_glynn25/fc74529in3pb/wish/233701644 Weed control plan 

Alternative herbs/ winter forages

Continue to measure and budget
Performance at grass - weighing

]]> 2018-02-21 12:53:38 UTC https://padlet.com/p_glynn25/fc74529in3pb/wish/233701644 p_glynn25 https://padlet.com/p_glynn25/fc74529in3pb/wish/233704201 Menlough, Co. Galway]]> 2018-02-21 13:01:33 UTC https://padlet.com/p_glynn25/fc74529in3pb/wish/233704201 p_glynn25 https://padlet.com/p_glynn25/fc74529in3pb/wish/233711141 2018-02-21 13:20:21 UTC https://padlet.com/p_glynn25/fc74529in3pb/wish/233711141 p_glynn25 https://padlet.com/p_glynn25/fc74529in3pb/wish/235598059 2018-02-26 19:51:14 UTC https://padlet.com/p_glynn25/fc74529in3pb/wish/235598059 p_glynn25 https://padlet.com/p_glynn25/fc74529in3pb/wish/251518826 2018-04-13 12:42:39 UTC https://padlet.com/p_glynn25/fc74529in3pb/wish/251518826