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Beef
Grass+ Beef: good ground conditions, but poor growth
Martin Merrick
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
Kick-start growth with targeted fertiliser application
The recent improvement in weather and relatively positive forecast is giving a good chance for farmers to get fertiliser applied
12 March 2025 Management
Beef Management: silage fertiliser advice and turnout tips
In this week's beef management notes Adam Woods takes a look at silage fertiliser, selling cull cows and tips for turnout
The Grass Week: drier week changes grazing game
Some weather stations have gone from recording double the normal weekly rainfall to seeing less than 20% of the normal falling in the last week.
8 March 2025 Grass & feeding
Beef Management: rearing calves, turnout and vaccinations
Adam Woods takes a look at some of the detail around rearing dairy calves, a smooth turnout and keeping vaccinations up to date.
5 March 2025 Management
Grass+ Beef: first of cattle turned out for many
The past week has seen the first of cattle turned out in many farms, with the longer days and more settled weather lending to more favourable grazing conditions.
5 March 2025 Grass & feeding
Grass+ Dairy: strong start to March grazing
After a poor finish to February grazing, March has kicked off well, with some drier conditions, writes Thomas Codon.
5 March 2025 Grass & feeding
Grass+ Beef: rainfall making grazing impossible, but soil temperatures rise
While the heavy rain in many parts of the country has hit grazing efforts hard, the positive is that soil temperatures have taken a good jump.
26 February 2025 Grass & feeding
Sheep Management: weather woes, lambing and TAMS deadline
There is an improved weather forecast on the horizon but it will take time for conditions to improve following the torrential rainfall experienced over the last week.
26 February 2025 Management
Is grass worth the hassle in spring?
Aidan Brennan looks at the energy and protein content of various feeds and says that typical quality grass silage is hugely detrimental to performance.
26 February 2025 Grass & feeding
Challenging conditions for grazing cows
After a weekend of heavy rainfall, ground conditions are touch and go in most places, writes Aidan Brennan.
24 February 2025 Management
Dairy Management: ground turns wet in the south
After a lot of rain in the south east and south, ground conditions have turned tricky.
19 February 2025 Management