Grass, milk and robots - webinar

In this webinar, our grassland agronomy expert Philip Cosgrave joins Cormac Garvey from Lely to discuss grazing systems for robotic milking, grassland management and grassland nutrition management.

Topics covered include

  • Different grazing systems for robotic milking - Cormac
  • Grassland management for robotic systems - Cormac
  • How the Lely robotic milking system works - Cormac
  • Fertiliser applications this grazing season – Philip  
  • Selenium – meeting the herd's requirement at grass - Philip
  • Q and A session - Philip and Cormac

Available as an on-demand recording

The webinar was recorded on the 14th of April 2021 but don't worry if you missed it as the webinar is still available to watch below as an on-demand recording.

Grass, milk and robots - webinar

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