Regenerative Agriculture in Ireland - News and Updates
Stay Informed with the Latest News in the world of soil health and the natural fertiliser market
NurTure™ Complementary Mineral Feed
NurTure™ Wean-To-Finish is a feed supplement specifically designed to improve growth rate and feed efficiency
World Soil Day December 5th 2021
Soil ecosystem as basis for agricultural production. Knowing that agriculture is fundamental for the maintenance
JUNE 2021 West Cork Dairy Farmer
June 24th 2021: Like most farmers this year we were glad to get the remainder
Bio-Boost Rate Study ISO
Study using ISO method to quantify effect of varying rates of our soil biology enhancer, Bio-Boost.
MAY 2021 West Cork Dairy Farmer
May 31st 2021: 2021 – such an unpredictable year! It has been tough growth wise
OCTOBER 2020 West Cork Dairy Farmer
October 27th 2020: Farm Cover (Kg DM/Ha): 709 Growth Rate (Kg DM/Ha): 25 Growth here
SEPTEMBER 2020 West Cork Dairy Farmer
September 25th 2020: This week was D-day in terms of assessing how much fertiliser and
AUGUST 2020 West Cork Dairy Farmer
August 27th 2020: Growth is absolutely flying here at the moment. We have been applying
JULY 2020 West Cork Dairy Farmer
July 19th 2020: Currently averaging 1.91 Kgs MS/Cow/Day on 4kgs of a 13% protein dairy
JUNE 2020 West Cork Dairy Farmer
June 18th 2020: Apologies for not being able to update last week – things were
MAY 2020 West Cork dairy farmer – Reducing nitrogen use and improving soil health
Hi there. My name is Thomas Griffin and I farm here with my family in Timoleague in West Cork. We currently milk 200 high EBI spring calving Friesian cows in a grass based system with an effective SR of 2.55 LU/Ha. We measure grass weekly and all data is inputted into Pasture Base Ireland. Last year we averaged 14 T DM/Ha with 525 Kg MS/cow sold. We have 2 labour units and all heifers are contract reared off-farm.
Soil health – what is it?
Soil health is a term we hear a lot of recently but what is it?
Soil health is defined as the continued capacity of soil to function as a vital living ecosystem that sustains plants, animals, and humans.