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The Grass Week: swansong of grazing for 2024
Martin Merrick
Farms will now be on their last rotation of grazing, signalling the end of a difficult 2024 grass-wise.
The Grass Week: swansong of grazing for 2024
Grass+ Beef: last rotation commences for 2024
2 October 2024 Grass & feeding
Grass+ Beef: last rotation commences for 2024
Farms will now be on their last rotation of grazing, signalling the end of a difficult 2024 for grass.
Grass+ Beef: tight grass supplies likely to cause early housing
25 September 2024 Grass & feeding
Grass+ Beef: tight grass supplies likely to cause early housing
While ground conditions have improved significantly, particularly in the west, grass is tight on farms which will likely cause early housing of cattle.
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
Sunshine brings respite for the west though east still hungry for rain
The east/west divide remains, and while the weather suited those on heavy ground and attendees of the ploughing, rainfall would have been more welcome by many.
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
Grazing conditions improve, but supplies lacking for many
While farmers in the northwest have seen a reprieve in grazing conditions, grass supply remains a struggle for many.
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
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
Trialing multispecies swards in Laois
Andrew Mulhare planted a small area of multispecies sward on his farm as an experiment to 'see how it goes', reports Kelsey Daly.
21 August 2024 Footprint Farmers
The Grass Week: farm covers slowly building ahead of autumn
There has been a steady build-up of growth over the last while, with farm covers now sitting at 714kg DM/ha on average.
17 August 2024 Grass & feeding