How to increase grassland yield

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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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 improve grassland quality
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
How to increase selenium content of grass
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 so it is important sufficient is present in the grass to meet the animals' needs.
Grassland nutritional summary
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.
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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!

Take control of grassland sulphur
... of grassland sulphur
Proactive sulphur management on grassland, using a little and often approach to application, will ensure maximum nitrogen use efficiency.
Take control of grass selenium levels
... 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.
Take control of your silage
... of your 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.

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.

N Nitrogen
P Phosphorus
K Potassium
S Sulphur
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Grassland crop programmes
Grassland crop programmes

Grassland fertiliser programmes

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

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More grassland agronomy advice

The latest grassland nutrition advice from the Yara agronomists.

Nutrient management of horse paddocks
Horse paddocks like any other crop require sufficient nutrients to grow and without the correct balance of nutrition the quality of the grass will suffer and there may well be consequences for animal heath.
How much is not spreading sulphur costing you ?
How much is not spreading sulphur costing you ?
Many farming practices for good reason are rooted in tradition and when it comes to buying fertiliser, farmers continue to buy what they have always bought. But if not spreading sulphur on grassland is costing you over £100/ha should this practice continue ?
Planning spring phosphate applications
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.
Influencing earlier spring grass
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.
What about selenium ?
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.
Agronomy Advice - Managing winter grazing
Managing winter grazing
Good management of grazing from autumn through into early spring can increase the quality of first cut silage.
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Down on the farm with Philip Cosgrave

Down On The Farm 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

Agronomy chat with Yara agronomists

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