Grass Growth

Dairy management: Keeping on top of grass and starting the breeding season

Aidan Brennan has some advice for farmers on what stocking rate to choose on the milking platform over the next four or five weeks.

MANAGEMENT 29 April 2026

Dairy management: Keeping on top of grass and starting the breeding season

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Farmers maintain grass levels with less N

Farmers maintain grass levels with less N

NEWS 29 April 2026

Farmer Writes: cows cycling and calves thriving

Farmer Writes: cows cycling and calves thriving

FARMER WRITES 29 April 2026

Grass+ Beef: drier weather makes for more positive grazing progression

Grass+ Beef: drier weather makes for more positive grazing progression

Grass+ Beef: drier weather makes for more positive grazing progression

GRASS & FEEDING 22 April 2026

Spring has finally sprung on Tullamore Farm

Spring has finally sprung on Tullamore Farm

Spring has finally sprung on Tullamore Farm

TULLAMORE FARM 22 April 2026

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Farmer Writes: exodus from the shed

Farmer Writes: exodus from the shed

Anything that isn’t calving in the next couple of weeks is being let loose as last winter was long enough on both man and beast.

FARMER WRITES 15 April 2026

Sheep Management: in-lamb yearling hoggets and marketing spring lambs

Sheep Management: in-lamb yearling hoggets and marketing spring lambs

Farmers with ewe hoggets to sell are reminded to check that they are not in lamb and also to check that they have not set permanent teeth.

MANAGEMENT 15 April 2026

Beef Management: stocking rates, breeding and weed control.

Beef Management: stocking rates, breeding and weed control.

Martin Merrick discusses some key tasks to be completed, with grass buyers having to purchase stock to satisfy ANC, breeding kicking off and controlling weeds in grassland swards.

GRASS & FEEDING 15 April 2026

Highs of 21°C forecast for Friday

Highs of 21°C forecast for Friday

Temperatures are set to rise from Thursday, as high pressure dominates the country.

NEWS 15 April 2026

Dairy Management: prioritising good weather jobs

Dairy Management: prioritising good weather jobs

Aidan Brennan looks at what tasks dairy farmers should be prioritising now that the weather has improved.

MANAGEMENT 15 April 2026

Heavy April rains hammer the west

Heavy April rains hammer the west

The forecast upturn in the weather can't come soon enough for farmers battling poor grass growth, desperate ground conditions and tightening fodder supplies.

NEWS 15 April 2026

Beef Management: TB changes, fodder supplies and coccidiosis

Beef Management: TB changes, fodder supplies and coccidiosis

Martin Merrick outlines some of the recent changes to TB testing for cows and boosting fodder supplies early in the summer.

MANAGEMENT 15 April 2026

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A different kind of farm visit

Organic beef and sheep farmer, Kay O’Sullivan, describes her experience of hosting a group of chefs on her farm.

A different kind of farm visit

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