June 24th 2021: Like most farmers this year we were glad to get the remainder of our 1st cut in the pit on June 5th. It bulked extremely well and we are more than happy with the tonnages achieved on…
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Bio-Boost Rate Study ISO
ISO method for evaluating the effect and dosage of Bio-Boost Product: Bio-Boost™ Researcher: Ricardo Steffen Gerusa Steffen St. Maria – Brazil Date: September 2019 Evaluation design: Measuring method: ISO 17512-1 40 plastic boxes filled with soilBio-Boost was applied at dosages…
MAY 2021 West Cork Dairy Farmer
May 31st 2021: 2021 – such an unpredictable year! It has been tough growth wise but it has shown us that the biological approach we are taking here on our farm is very resilient – even in a cold year…
OCTOBER 2020 West Cork Dairy Farmer
October 27th 2020: Farm Cover (Kg DM/Ha): 709 Growth Rate (Kg DM/Ha): 25 Growth here is ticking along nicely as are cows with milk yield averaging 1.6 Kg MS/cow/day. We took what opportunities we had to get parlour washings and…
SEPTEMBER 2020 West Cork Dairy Farmer
September 25th 2020: This week was D-day in terms of assessing how much fertiliser and how much nitrogen specifically was used in total for the year. Calculations are made easier with all fertiliser purchased through our local co-op, Barryroe and…
AUGUST 2020 West Cork Dairy Farmer
August 27th 2020: Growth is absolutely flying here at the moment. We have been applying watery slurry to paddocks and the response in growth is amazing – if I had enough watery slurry every rotation we would need very little…