Spring has sprung in Tullamore Farm with the weather improving and lambs arriving.

As lambing is in full swing, it’s a busy time on Tullamore Farm. The long winter has finally begun to show some good weather and farm manager Shaun Diver is making the most of it.

With 22 cows and calves now out at grass, Shaun intends to try let out seven or eight each day over the next week.

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With just 10 cows left to calve, attention now turns to the ewes where lambing is in full swing.

Fifty ewes with lambs are now out at grass alongside the 40 EasyCare ewes, which are lambing outside in a paddock beside the yard, with 15 lambed already.

The lambing has a few upsets this spring with a rough start where a number of ewes aborted lambs.

All lambs were sent to the lab for a postmortem where no issues was detected - thankfully, all is back on track with ewes lambing away since.

Approximately 60% of the silage ground has now been grazed ahead of closing for silage. This will receive 3,000gls/acre of slurry in the coming week.

There's 55 acres of grazing ground spread with 30 units of protected urea/acre, with more fertiliser intended to be spread over the coming days.

The forage rye will receive 50kg/ha of protected urea this week ahead of cutting in early May.