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Cost of reseeding and best seed mixture!

DJ98 · 2017-01-06 23:31:43

Plan on doing some reseeding next spring and just wondering what it costs per acre for contractors to do everything and also whats the best mixture of grass species for sheep.

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Plan on doing some reseeding next spring and just wondering what it costs per acre for contractors to do everything and also whats the best mixture of grass species for sheep.

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#2 07-01-2017 12:06am

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https://www.teagasc.ie/media/website/publications/2016/Teagasc-Grange-2016.pdf

Go to page one68
We put down a mix of abergain,tyrella and aberchoice and a white clover in a field that will predominantly used for sheep.
It costs about 250 an acre by contractor iirc.

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#3 07-01-2017 1:52am

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It's around 400 or above going the conventional route allowing for 2 ton of lime and 3-4 bags of 10-10-20 per acre.

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