My red clover silage is giving great yield – with no chemical fertiliser

I’m saving €50/ac at today’s fertiliser price, and cutting my carbon emissions

Good growth: Cattle graze on Aidan Maguire’s farm. Photo: Damien Eagers

Aidan Maguire

Grass growth rates have been above 95kg of DM for the last two weeks so there is an opportunity to pull out a number of surplus paddocks that have gotten strong straight away.