John Crowe

jcrowe@farmersjournal.ie

New rotary going like clockwork

John Crowe visited a new DeLaval rotary in Co Louth where cow flow, milking time and milker comfort were top of the wishlist.

DAIRY EQUIPMENT 5 January 2022

New rotary going like clockwork

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Preparing for another grazing season

Preparing for another grazing season

GRASS & FEEDING 3 January 2022

Calving 2022: making a list and checking it twice

Calving 2022: making a list and checking it twice

MANAGEMENT 30 December 2021

Soil fertility is the key to success

Soil fertility is the key to success

Soil fertility is the key to success

MANAGEMENT 28 December 2021

The Grass Week: measuring grass, what do you need?

The Grass Week: measuring grass, what do you need?

The Grass Week: measuring grass, what do you need?

GRASS & FEEDING 17 December 2021

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The Grass Week: preparing for spring

The Grass Week: preparing for spring

Take time now to assess grazing infrastructure to get more days at grass next spring, writes John Crowe.

GRASS & FEEDING 17 November 2021

The Grass Week: the closing farm cover

The Grass Week: the closing farm cover

John Crowe takes a look at the importance of doing a closing farm cover this week.

GRASS & FEEDING 17 November 2021

Ensuring calving facilities and calf sheds are ready for action

Ensuring calving facilities and calf sheds are ready for action

It may seem early days to be talking about calving with drying off only now taking place but it won’t be long coming around and early preparations will pay off, writes John Crowe.

MANAGEMENT 17 November 2021

The Grass Week: growth rates to plummet

The Grass Week: growth rates to plummet

Predicted growth rates have taken a big hit with the arrival of colder temperatures, writes John Crowe

GRASS & FEEDING 17 November 2021

The Grass Week: temperatures forecast to drop

The Grass Week: temperatures forecast to drop

Caution needed when extending the grazing season further this autumn as regrowth’s slow writes John Crowe

GRASS & FEEDING 17 November 2021

Fertility to the fore at winter milk walk

Fertility to the fore at winter milk walk

Aidan Brennan reports from a winter milk farm walk at the Porter farm in Co Donegal.

MANAGEMENT 17 November 2021

Grass+: review and prepare to restart in 2022

Grass+: review and prepare to restart in 2022

John Crowe and Declan Marren discuss the 2021 grass year and how farmers can prepare to make the most of their grass in 2022

GRASS & FEEDING 17 November 2021

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