It is wet now from rain with surface water lying in places. It will not be going anywhere soon. Surface water keeps a soil water-logged, reduces growth and makes it hard for ryegrass to compete. It also makes damage by pugging harder to avoid, although some of these effects in colder weather are not as bad now as compared to the same problem in the heat of summer. Good surface drainage grows and utilises more grass.MDF Fortnightly Update 496 2019-06-07
Dairy Research Farm demonstrating best management practice
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The Macalister Research Farm, known as the Macalister Demonstration Farm since 2008, is a farmer-owned co-operative that was established on April 13th 1960. The brief was to acquire a commercial dairy farm on which systems of farming that had the … Read More