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The Grass Week: miniscule rainfall lends to more field work
Martin Merrick
The nearly non-existent rainfall over the past week or more has allowed for more field work to be completed as stock starts to hit grass.
The Grass Week: miniscule rainfall lends to more field work
Milking platform stocking rate dilemma
19 March 2025 Grass & feeding
Milking platform stocking rate dilemma
Aidan Brennan looks at the risks associated with operating a high milking platform stocking rate and some of the mitigating factors.
Grass+ Dairy: great grass utilisation, but too cold for growth
19 March 2025 Grass & feeding
Grass+ Dairy: great grass utilisation, but too cold for growth
While grazing conditions have been excellent for the most part, growth has struggled to surpass 10kg DM/ha, writes Thomas Condon.
Spring feeding Q&A with Teagasc experts
There is renewed interest in feeding cows well this spring, Teagasc experts Aisling Claffey and Joe Patton look at the requirements for cows this spring and at peak
19 March 2025 Grass & feeding
The Grass Week: second-round grass looking set to be tight
While grazing conditions are good, the outlook for regrowth on paddocks is less so.
15 March 2025 Grass & feeding
Grass+ Dairy: sluggish grass growth could lead to trouble
Regrowths on the first grazed paddocks are very lack lustre, and could spell trouble when it comes to the second round, write Thomas Condon.
12 March 2025 Grass & feeding
The Grass Week: drier week changes grazing game
Some weather stations have gone from recording double the normal weekly rainfall to seeing less than 20% of the normal falling in the last week.
8 March 2025 Grass & feeding
Grass+ Dairy: strong start to March grazing
After a poor finish to February grazing, March has kicked off well, with some drier conditions, writes Thomas Codon.
5 March 2025 Grass & feeding
Sun's out, cows out in south Cork
Aidan Brennan visits the Bernard family farm in Cork where Jerome and John Bernard are milking 220 cows.
5 March 2025 Grass & feeding
The Grass Week: milder and drier conditions to persist
While the last week to 10 days has been fairly miserable, the outlook is much more promising for the week ahead.
1 March 2025 Grass & feeding
Grass+ Dairy: heavy showers making grazing challenging
Torrential rain over the last week has made grazing nigh on impossible, but the week ahead looks more promising, writes Thomas Condon.
26 February 2025 Grass & feeding
Is grass worth the hassle in spring?
Aidan Brennan looks at the energy and protein content of various feeds and says that typical quality grass silage is hugely detrimental to performance.
26 February 2025 Grass & feeding