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Beef
The Grass Week: variable grazing conditions as heavy rainfall hits some
Martin Merrick
Grass growth is on par with normal, but some have found less favourable grazing conditions over the past week or ten days.
23 April 2025 Grass & feeding
Grass+ Beef: weather stalls the ball on grass growth
A hopefully temporary blip in grass growth should rebound next week, while conditions should also dry out stickier ground.
23 April 2025 Grass & feeding
Grass+ Dairy: Rain has greened up many areas
Rain and a rise in soil temperature is pushing growth across the country, which is where more frequent grass measuring needs to come in, writes Thomas Condon.
Grass+ Beef: grass still on the tight side for many
While grazing conditions are still excellent and growth is increasing, a lot of farmers are yet to turn all stock to grass.
9 April 2025 Grass & feeding
Grass+ Dairy: farms hit cruise control as good weather persists
With excellent grazing conditions and a predicted lift in growth, the majority of farms are in a very good position when it comes to grass right now.
2 April 2025 Grass & feeding
Clover working well at Ballyhaise
Helena Walsh, John Joe Collins and Brendan Horan, Teagasc explore the performance of grass and clover at Ballyhaise research farm.
29 March 2025 Reseeding
Grass+ Dairy: great grass utilisation, but too cold for growth
While grazing conditions have been excellent for the most part, growth has struggled to surpass 10kg DM/ha, writes Thomas Condon.
19 March 2025 Grass & feeding
Grass+ Beef: more stock hit grass as weather set to warm up
More cattle have been hitting grass this week as ground conditions are a world apart from last year, while the cooler weather is set to be replaced by more milder conditions.
19 March 2025 Grass & feeding
Dairy management: Grass, milk recording and maiden heifers
Aidan Brennan takes a look at tight grass supplies on dairy farms and asks what farmers who have a high proportion of the farm grazed can do to keep grass in the diet.
19 March 2025 Management
Dairy Management: crucial few weeks for grass
Grazing conditions are perfect, but grass growth rates and average farm cover are behind target leading to tricky grassland management over the next few weeks, writes Aidan Brennan.
17 March 2025 Management
The Grass Week: second-round grass looking set to be tight
While grazing conditions are good, the outlook for regrowth on paddocks is less so.
15 March 2025 Grass & feeding
Grass+ Beef: good ground conditions, but poor growth
While ground has been trafficable for the most part, growth is behind on the norm and may affect when the second round kicks off.
12 March 2025 Grass & feeding