Webinar: White Clover and Red Clover Offering Grassland Potential
Watch as Germinal experts Dr Mary McEvoy and Diarmuid Murphy discuss the roles, establishment and management of white clover and red clover. They also cover the benefits of white clover in grazing systems: sowing white clover as part of a full reseed and oversowing white clover into established grassland. Then they cover the role of red clover in intensive animal production systems and best practices for successful establishment and management of white and red clover. Mary and Diarmuid are joined by Sandra Hayes from Teagasc who shares her own valuable insights and experiences working with white and red clover. White clover: https://germinal.ie/product/white-clover-seed/ Red clover: https://germinal.ie/product/red-clover-seed/ 00:00 Introduction 01:36 White clover 03:51 Animal performance benefits with clover 06:42 Clover's nitrogen fixing capabilities 08:16 Physiology of clover 11:07 Effect of clover on DM yield 14:36 White clover varieties 20:42 White clover management 26:17 A full reseed of clover 32:09 Overseeding white clover 38:10 Fertiliser strategy 38:51 Issues with white clover 40:37 Interval 43:41 Advantages of red clover 46:38 Red clover key traits 54:24 Lamb performance on red clover 55:18 Establishing red clover 59:25 Red clover mixtures 1:01:58 Red clover conservation 1:09:30 Red clover risks 1:10:28 Red clover breeding progress 1:11:41 Clover summary and questions
Watch as Germinal experts Dr Mary McEvoy and Diarmuid Murphy discuss the roles, establishment and management of white clover and red clover. They also cover the benefits of white clover in grazing systems: sowing white clover as part of a full reseed and oversowing white clover into established grassland. Then they cover the role of red clover in intensive animal production systems and best practices for successful establishment and management of white and red clover. Mary and Diarmuid are joined by Sandra Hayes from Teagasc who shares her own valuable insights and experiences working with white and red clover. White clover: https://germinal.ie/product/white-clover-seed/ Red clover: https://germinal.ie/product/red-clover-seed/ 00:00 Introduction 01:36 White clover 03:51 Animal performance benefits with clover 06:42 Clover's nitrogen fixing capabilities 08:16 Physiology of clover 11:07 Effect of clover on DM yield 14:36 White clover varieties 20:42 White clover management 26:17 A full reseed of clover 32:09 Overseeding white clover 38:10 Fertiliser strategy 38:51 Issues with white clover 40:37 Interval 43:41 Advantages of red clover 46:38 Red clover key traits 54:24 Lamb performance on red clover 55:18 Establishing red clover 59:25 Red clover mixtures 1:01:58 Red clover conservation 1:09:30 Red clover risks 1:10:28 Red clover breeding progress 1:11:41 Clover summary and questions