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Fergal Monaghan
Приєднався 13 гру 2019
GRASSLAND MANAGEMENT
Grasslands are the core of a livestock enterprise but they can also deliver for wildlife. How to get the best of both.
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Відео
MOB GRAZING WITH GOATS
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Using mob grazing with goats to manage scrub in the Irish hills.
The Horse in the Gorse
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Using Horses to manage Gorse in the Irish uplands
WILD BIRD COVER STRIPS
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Planting cereals mixed with linseed and other seed bearing plans provides a food source for small birds and mammals. In turn these support breeding Hen Harriers. This film shows how to establish these crops in the Irish uplands.
SPRING, NEST DISTURBANCE
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Hen Harriers can easily be displaced by disturbance. In the Spring disturbance can cause them to abandon territories. Other upland bird like Red grouse, Meadow Pipits and Curlew are also vulnerable.
LAND MANAGEMENT ON THE HILL
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Getting the best out of hill grazing, managing access routes, water supply, fire risk and invasive species while preventing localised damage by livestock.
HEN HARRIER TRAILER
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A comprehensive set of training films for the management of uplands will be launched nest Tuesday October 20th. see www.henharrierproject.ie
MANAGING CATTLE ON THE HILL
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A short film on how to manage cattle on the Irish uplands. How managed grazing can be good for the farmer and for the environment
RUSH MANAGEMENT
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Time to think again about Rushes, they have a vital role in supporting biodiversity, management can ensure that this role is protected and that an agricultural value is realised.
HEN HARRIER TRAILER
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A short film on how farmers protect the unique landscape in the Irish uplands and how this benefits Hen Harriers and other wildlife.
GRASSLAND MANAGEMENT
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How to manage livestock to deliver for biodiversity and climate action while reducing costs.
GRASSLAND MANAGEMENT
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Managing Grasslands through rotational grazing can reduce costs and increase the output of agricultural and environmental outputs. This is potentially a win win for everybody, a more sustainable farm where support for biodiversity, for carbon sequestration and nutrient cycling is delivered along with high quality food.
HEN HARRIER PROJECT GRAZING INFRASTRUCTURE.
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HEN HARRIER PROJECT GRAZING INFRASTRUCTURE.
Hen Harrier Project, Farming for Conservation in the Irish Uplands
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Hen Harrier Project, Farming for Conservation in the Irish Uplands
I have 11 acres of gorse which has been allowed to spread. Did not consider horses. Many thanks
5:06 there are no animals I don't like this video because there are no animal
Fantastic video.❤
somewhat vastly better intro and outtro than on just about any other video offerings! thank you for the excellent information 🌳🕊💚
What a beáútiful video you guys have put together there... Heartwarming to hear the voice of reason once in a while 🌳🕊💚
Perfect explained!
Perfect explaned! Holistic planed grazing! Watch the ted talk vom Alen Savory!
These are great videos. I look forward to more!
Awesome video thanks. Just got a small plot covered in rushes and this video was just what I was looking for. Thanks again
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A very interesting take on land management I bought 5 acres of pure rush a few years ago behind my house. Mainly to keep the forestry out. I discovered after I started yearly cutting hundreds of spotted orchids so I have not sprayed. There’s a start of diversity coming back with meadow flowers and grasses appearing but the old rush is still extremely strong. What be your thoughts. I don’t keep animals but have started a periodic topping regime leaving where I see them the orchids clover and other clumps of wild flowers.
There used to be some of these birds around here until coillte replanted the heather land,only see buzzards now.
this is helpful! Thank you for producing this :) We need more of this, world round =D
interessante !! vou continuar a ver seus videos
Very interesting ideas for controlling rushes, I've a small field in the west, so far I've been using a scythe to cut them back, for me if you have the time and a small field the scythe is a great way to cut them back, I get to see exactly what's living in the rushes before I cut them, I've been letting a few sheep into graze the field to save me having to cut the grass, I'll definitely be giving the land a chance to have the grass grow longer for a while. Thanks for the video
So you only want to me to use my fields for 28 days of the year?
Rotational grazing gives plants a chance to recover, by itself it does not reduce the farm level stocking rate, merely that animals are kept moving on and are not kept in the same field or paddock for an extended time. Giving plants favored by livestock a chance to recover between grazings means they can compete against Rushes and other unpalatable plants species. The result will be that the stock carrying capacity of the land will if anything be higher than it was before.
The theory sounds great, but I have 600 ewes with lambs, 100 hoggs and 25 cows on 1200 acres. 50 acres of meadow ground then the rest is rough pasture and fell ground. 1 field is 480 acres and the another is 350 acres. I’d be spending 24 hours a day moving animals and fences. It’s a hill farm like what is mentioned in this video and is far from the biggest in my area.
What happens with the goats when the job is done?
Very interesting- thks
Thank you very much for that informative, well designed and important clip
Great video Fergal. First iv seen that stresses the benefit of good management. I have recently bought a farm which is covered in rushes. I’m planing to address them both controlled mob grazing and chemical free. I believe it can be done. Follow my journey at Diffley’s family farm to see weekly progress.
Nice close up. Like n.1 and Greetings from Italy :)
Thank you very much!