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The Grass Week: improved weather and moods as stock go out

Some much-needed reprieve in the weather has been seen in the last few days, which has given farmers the opportunity to get stock out, some for the first time this spring.

GRASS & FEEDING 21 March 2026

The Grass Week: improved weather and moods as stock go out

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Grass+Beef: more hope for grazing in coming days

Grass+Beef: more hope for grazing in coming days

GRASS & FEEDING 18 March 2026

Grass+ Beef: weather still tricky, but stock getting out

Grass+ Beef: weather still tricky, but stock getting out

GRASS & FEEDING 11 March 2026

Poor conditions delaying turn-out on Tullamore Farm

Poor conditions delaying turn-out on Tullamore Farm

Poor conditions delaying turn-out on Tullamore Farm

GRASS & FEEDING 6 March 2026

Grass+ Beef: tentative start of turn out

Grass+ Beef: tentative start of turn out

Grass+ Beef: tentative start of turn out

GRASS & FEEDING 4 March 2026

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Grass+ Beef: grazing a pipe dream for many until conditions improve

Grass+ Beef: grazing a pipe dream for many until conditions improve

Martin Merrick gives the latest on grass growth and grazing conditions on beef farms, with continued wet weather causing major headaches for the majority of farms.

GRASS & FEEDING 8 November 2025

Grass+ Beef: slurry on the mind of many amid wet conditions

Grass+ Beef: slurry on the mind of many amid wet conditions

Slurry is a pressing issue, with wet weather delaying both turn out and spreading of stored slurry.

GRASS & FEEDING 8 November 2025

Clover delivers cattle worth €75/head more

Clover delivers cattle worth €75/head more

Peter Doyle takes a look back at the 2025 results from the Derrypatrick Suckler research herd in Teagasc, Grange, Co. Meath

GRASS & FEEDING 8 November 2025

No big reduction in milk replacer costs

No big reduction in milk replacer costs

There has been no big change in milk replacer costs despite the sharp downturn in dairy markets, writes Aidan Brennan.

CALVES 8 November 2025

The Grass Week: wintry conditions persist for grazing forage crops

The Grass Week: wintry conditions persist for grazing forage crops

While grazing grass paddocks has all but ended, farmers are now looking into grazing of forage crops, with the recent weather not being ideal for this.

GRASS & FEEDING 8 November 2025

Grass+ Beef: heavy rain in south and east to end grazing

Grass+ Beef: heavy rain in south and east to end grazing

Heavy rainfall over the next few days looks set to end the last bit of grazing for many farmers, particularly in Munster and south Leinster.

GRASS & FEEDING 8 November 2025

The Grass Week: muggy and wet weather not ideal for grazing or housing

The Grass Week: muggy and wet weather not ideal for grazing or housing

While the weather outside is too wet for many to be grazing, it is leading to muggy conditions indoors for housed stock.

GRASS & FEEDING 8 November 2025

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Cutting clean in tough conditions: Conal Moore on running Krone EasyCut Mowers

Conal Moore an agri contractor and tillage framer from Ballygar Co Galway. “We do a lot of reseeding, slurry spreading and tillage work but baling would be our main enterprise”.

Cutting clean in tough conditions: Conal Moore on running Krone EasyCut Mowers

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