Dairy Cattle - Grass and Feeding

LATEST ARTICLES
Dairy
Young farmers looking for farms
Aidan Brennan
Aidan Brennan chats with two members of the Future Vision group looking to
Young farmers looking for farms
Heat vanishes and shorter days set in
25 September 2024 Grass & feeding
Heat vanishes and shorter days set in
While average growth rates are sitting at 44kg DM/ha, there are some farms in a moisture deficit recording growth in the 20s, write Thomas Condon.
Killeen operation in Eyrecourt
25 September 2024 Grass & feeding
Killeen operation in Eyrecourt
Dara and Beatrice Killeen are milking 150 cows in Eyrecourt Co. Galway and is a former winner of the FBD Young Farmer of the Year
The Grass Week: last-chance saloon for slurry
There is just a week left to get slurry spread, otherwise it will have to be held over until January or February 2025.
21 September 2024 Grass & feeding
The sun's out for the ploughing!
While the sunshine will suit attendees to the ploughing, it won’t suit those looking for rain to push on growth, writes Thomas Condon.
18 September 2024 Grass & feeding
The Grass Week: last chance saloon for fertiliser application
Chemical fertiliser application is closed from Sunday onwards, but there is still time to spread some organic fertilisers.
14 September 2024 Grass & feeding
Race against time to build covers
Lacklustre growth has made building covers nigh on impossible for a lot of farms, writes Thomas Condon.
11 September 2024 Grass & feeding
The Grass Week: poor growth leading to behind-target grass supplies
The sustained poor growth over the past few weeks has been a real pain in the side of farmers, resulting in heavy supplementation having to go in.
10 September 2024 Grass & feeding
No bounce in growth just yet
The rain might have made the place green again, but it didn’t do much to increase growth rates.
4 September 2024 Grass & feeding
Too much rain or too little causing problems
Farmers in the west and north are suffering with too much rain, while those in parts of Munster and Leinster haven't got enough writes Thomas Condon
28 August 2024 Grass & feeding
The Grass Week: contrasting conditions from west to east
It has been a tale of two halves this week, with some farmers having to house stock to prevent poaching in the west, while rainfall is still required in the east.
24 August 2024 Grass & feeding
Contrasting conditions only short distances away
Farmers in the northwest are seeing ground conditions become tricky after heavy rain, while moisture stress is still an issue for those further south, write Thomas Condon.
21 August 2024 Grass & feeding