SHARING OPTIONS: There are over 40 paddocks on the demo farm and each of these can be sub-divided to help increase the grazing pressure when required. \ Philip Doyle Top-quality grassland management is a must on dairy-calf-to-beef farms. Grazing these animals is very different to grazing suckler cows. They are unforgiving if grass is not kept correct in front of them at all times. From looking at the performance of the programme farmers, it is clear to see that the biggest difference between those excelling at grassland management and those that can do better, is that the best performers are consistently measuring grass. We keep alluding to the fine margins that these systems operate on. Gaining an extra 0.1kg/day of liveweight at grass may not seem like much, but over a grazing season this could mean an additional 20kg of liveweight, or at current beef prices an additional €42 of carcase output.