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Title AYAF PGSH Plot Trial
License CC-BY-NC
Teagasc Department Grassland Science Research
Teagasc Programme Animal and Grassland
Description This dataset contains grassland yield, forage content, nutritive quality, and tiller density results from a four-year plot trial (2019–2022) conducted at Teagasc Athenry, Co. Galway. The trial tested five different sward types under three post-grazing sward height treatments. Measurements included herbage yield, sward composition, tiller density, and forage quality parameters (crude protein, dry matter digestibility, water soluble carbohydrates). Data were collected by Lisa McGrane and Philip Creighton, with sward quality analysis carried out using Near Infrared Spectrometry at Teagasc Moorepark.
Language English
Principal Investigator (PI) Dr. Philip Creighton
Principal Investigator (PI) email philip.creighton@teagasc.ie
Principal Investigator (PI) ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6106-4436
Data creator(s)
  1. Lisa McGrane
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) doi.org/10.82253/85FG-J232
Citation McGrane, L., & Creighton, P. (2025). AYAF PGSH Plot Trial [Dataset]. Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority. https://doi.org/10.82253/85FG-J232
Rights notes https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Related resources
  1. PhD Thesis: An evaluation of alternative forages in combination with perennial ryegrass to increase animal performance and output in sheep pasture-based production systems
  2. McGrane, L. Creighton, P. (n.d.) Ayaf-athenry-alternative-forages-animal-performance. Available at: datacatalogue.teagasc.ie/dataset/ayaf-athenry-alternative-forages-animal-performance
  3. McGrane, L. Creighton P. (n.d.) AYAF reseed methods dataset/ datacatalogue. Available at: datacatalogue.teagasc.ie/dataset/ayaf-reseed-methods-plot-trial
Equipment used Quadrats and shears Weigh scales NIR machine (Foss UK Ltd., Warrington, UK) SAS software (for analysis)
Provenance information Data were collected from plot trials at Teagasc Athenry. Measurements included quadrat and shears for herbage cuts, weigh scales for yield, and NIR analysis for sward quality.
Time of data collection 2019-2022