PastureBase Ireland (PBI) is a web-based grassland management application incorporating
a dual function of grassland decision support and a centralized national database to collate …

Ninety-four cows were randomly allocated to 1 of 5 stocking rates (2.2, 2.7, 3.1, 3.7, and 4.3
cows/ha) in a completely randomized design for 3 years. Herds were seasonal calving, with …

Feed represents a large proportion of the variable costs in dairy production systems. The
omission of feed intake measures explicitly from national dairy cow breeding objectives is …

Soil compaction has been estimated to be responsible for 33 million ha of soil degradation
in Europe, reducing crop yields, however there is limited data on grassland silage yields …

The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of pre-grazing herbage mass (HM)
and pasture allowance (PA) on sward characteristics, milk production performance, dry …

The objective of this study was to estimate genetic parameters for grass dry matter intake
(DMI), energy balance (EB), and cow internal digestibility (IDG) in grazing Holstein-Friesian …

A 2‐year whole‐farm system study compared the accumulation, utilization and nutritive
value of grass in spring‐calving grass‐based systems differing in stocking rate (SR) and …

Six rumen-cannulated Holstein cows in early lactation were assigned to 3 treatments:
grazing (G), zero-grazing (ZG), and grass silage (GS) harvested from the same perennial rye …

Data from a multiyear farm systems study evaluating the effect of stocking rate (SR) on
pasture production and utilization, milk production per cow and per hectare, reproduction …

The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of pregrazing herbage mass (HM)
and pasture allowance (PA) on the grazing management and lactation performance of …