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How grassland fertilisers increase grassland yield

How to increase grassland yield

The main yield components of grassland are the number of leaves per unit area and dry matter content. Higher yields come from optimising leaf numbers, maintaining a green leaf canopy and achieving a high dry matter content. A balanced grassland fertiliser programme including all macro and micronutrients is essential to help manage all of these components.

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Yara supply our branded fertilisers and crop nutrition products to the Irish market through a network of local merchants and co-ops Use our interactive map to locate your nearest suppliers.

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If you are looking to increase the quality and yield of a particular crop or just need more general advice on any aspect of crop nutrition. Search through our crop information to find useful tips and advice on all aspects of crop nutrition. Begin by choosing your crop.

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Does your grass have a deficiency?

Identify and diagnose if your grass or any of your crops are suffering from nutrient deficiencies and learn more about the symptoms and causes and how to control or correct the deficiency

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Fertiliser spreading advice

Increasing your crop yield and quality doesn’t have to be hard. Getting your spreader settings right might be your best spent few minutes in crop management.

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Do you need help choosing the right fertiliser ?

Our fertilisers are grouped into product families to make it easier to choose the right one. If you are just looking for efficient nitrogen or nitrogen plus sulphur fertilisers, compound fertilisers containing all the major nutrients, micronutrient fertilisers to correct a deficiency or something else you will find plenty of choices.

Nitrate based fertilisers are the most efficient form of nitrogen

YaraBela nitrate based fertilisers contain nitrogen and sulphur in the most available forms for plant uptake, for use on grassland and tillage crops

Compound fertilisers contain each nutrient in every granule

YaraMila complex compound fertilisers (CCF) contain nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and often sulphur too – the essential plant nutrients

Foliar fertilisers supply crops additional micronutient needs

YaraVita micronutrients supply specific nutrients exactly when needed to boost crop performance by overcoming deficiencies

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Take control ...

Against a background of great change, it is even more important to take control where we can to deliver impressive results, whatever the weather or the politics!

... of grassland sulphur

Proactive sulphur management on grassland, using a little and often approach to application, will ensure maximum nitrogen use efficiency.

... of grass selenium levels

Prevention is often better than cure. By preventing issues such as a lack of selenium, you’ll avoid the costly effects of reduced productivity and costly vet bills.

... of grass silage

Don't risk compromising the yield or quality of your silage by cutting corners with your fertiliser programme. Like any crop, grass needs balanced nutrition.

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Grow Your Grass with Philip Cosgrave

Keep up to date with all the latest grassland agronomy advice with this advice column from Yara's chief grassland agronomist Philip Cosgrave.

Agronomy chat with Yara agronomists

Listen to the latest topical advice with these short video agronomy chats from the Yara agronomy team.

Are you looking for the latest agronomy advice ?

These articles will help you get even better results from your fertilisers by keeping you up to date with the latest agronomy advice from the Yara agronomists.

Five steps to increase forage maize yield

Forage maize shouldn't be a difficult crop to grow well. Here are a series of five simple steps that will help to optimise maize nutrition so you can maximise yield and quality.

Managing late drilled wheat crops

Where drilling of winter wheat has been delayed, the crop nutrition strategy should be adapted to help recover the lost yield potential

Fertilisers are remarkable.

Fertilisers take the most natural of basic elements, nitrogen from the air, salts from ancient seas and oceans and phosphate rock from the ground and combine these so plants have essential nutrients to grow healthy crops which can feed the World.

More effective weed control on autumn reseeds

When getting the sprayer out to control grassland weeds on autumn reseeds, there is an opportunity to add a foliar fertiliser to improve weed control and ensure long term sucess of the new ley.

Make your grassland fertiliser work harder

Nitrogen has always been a good investment for livestock farmers, whether you’re growing grass for grazing or looking to reduce feed costs through better silage management.

Ten reasons to use YaraBela Nutri Booster

Whilst nitrogen is the driver of grass growth, it is also important to replenish the sulphur and selenium levels in the crop to ensure your livestock are receiving the very best feed.

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Do you want to make better informed nutrient decisions ?

The farmer's toolbox is a collection of tools help you to make better nutrient decisions to choose the right fertiliser and apply the right amount of nutrients at the right time and in the right place so that the crop yield and quality are maximised whilst still keeping costs in check, avoiding over-fertilisation and protecting the environment.

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