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How to increase grassland yield

The main yield components of grass 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 fertiliser programme including all macro and micronutrients is essential to help manage all of these components.

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Grassland advice

Whether you are looking to increase the quality and yield of a your grassland or just need more general advice agronomy and crop nutrition information. See the latest advice from the Yara agronomists.

How to increase selenium content of grass

Grazing animals have different requirements for micronutrients to those that are required for grass growth. Selenium is an essential nutrient for animals but not for plants so it is important sufficient is present in the grass to meet the animals' needs.

How to improve grassland quality

The three aspects to grassland and pasture quality are sward quality, nutritional quality and animal health. Each of these aspects is greatly influenced and improved by a balanced nutrition programme

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Check if your grassland has a nutrient deficiency

Identify and diagnose if your grass is suffering from nutrient deficiencies and learn how to control or correct the deficiency. Choose a nutrient below to learn more about the symptoms of its deficiency in grassland and its effect on sward growth and development.

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Grassland fertiliser programmes

Yara's solid fertiliser and foliar programmes for barley are based around YaraBela and YaraMila fertilisers

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How to increase grassland yield

The main yield components of grassland are the number of leaves per unit area and dry matter content. A balanced nutrition of all macro and micronutrients is essential to maximise grass yield.

Grassland nutritional summary

A correct balance between macronutrients and micronutrients is essential for balanced grass growth. A deficiency of any single nutrient is enough to limit growth and the availability of each nutrient needs to be related to requirements.

How to increase selenium content of grass

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More grassland agronomy advice

The latest grassland nutrition advice from the Yara agronomists.

November 19, 2018

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.

March 10, 2017

Benefit from applying lime to grassland

Would it surprise you to know that two thirds of all grassland soil samples received by the lab have a soil pH which is too low to maximise the potential of productive grasslands?

January 18, 2019

Planning spring phosphate applications

Phosphorus is a key nutrient for grass, and its role in energy supply, root growth and tillering makes its availability crucial for grass growth in the spring.

March 08, 2018

Influencing earlier spring grass

Earlier grass is becoming more valuable than ever with winter forage reserves running low on many farms. Nutrition can play a vital role in influencing early growth.

January 08, 2019

What about selenium ?

Selenium is an essential nutrient for animal health but not for crops, yet applying selenium to grassland via fortified fertilizers raises the selenium levels in forage and avoids all the costs of unhealthy livestock.