A healthy field of grass is one of the most valuable assets a livestock farmer can have.
Direct drilling can help you grow more grass and better grass - at less cost, because there is less labour, machinery and time involved.
Other benefits are: reduce poaching, a reduction in the number of broad-leaved weeds, and the direct drills ability to tackle even quite "difficult" land.
The direct drilling of grass into either a short term or long term ley is a simple enough matter, and even old, worn-out pastures can be re-seeded with direct drill providing a few simple precautions are observed.
A one to ten year old "open" ley presents no problems generally having had no time to build up any substantial quantity of mat in the bottom. Several methods may apply for successful seeding.
Direct reseeding grass into sprayed
pasture (August)
Same field 3 weeks later
Same field mid-winter