Have spent the last week with Kiwi scholar Paul MaGill touring Ireland. We headed south first and caught up with 3 of the Irish scholars we met earlier in the year in Washington. Kevin Nolan and the two Bill O'Keefes were able to show us around and teach us a bit of the Irish culture.
The season has been great, lots of grass and crops look good. This is some of Kevs wheat. Yields over 12t/ha are not out of the question.
We also visited Moore Park and Oak Park research centres looking at some of the trials they are conducting. This is a ryegrass trial that was recently harvested for dry matter evaluation.
These are some AI bred heifers. This farmer was using Charolais and Limo genetics and getting fantastic results. These were going for slaughter later in the week. It goes to show that good breeding pays off.
These sheep are part of a grazing trail at Oak Park looking at clover persistence. Not a lot of clover is used in grass mixes here but as nitrogen prices increase and the regulations of the nitrate directive it will have a big role to play.
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