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The Grass Week: miniscule rainfall lends to more field work
Martin Merrick
The nearly non-existent rainfall over the past week or more has allowed for more field work to be completed as stock starts to hit grass.
19 March 2025 Management
Sheep Management: grass supplies, liver fluke and selecting replacements
Conditions for lambing are close to ideal in allowing farmers to get ewes and lambs turned outdoors quickly, while many will happily contend with lower grass supplies than poor conditions/utilisation
8 March 2025 Grass & feeding
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.
The Grass Week: milder and drier conditions to persist
While the last week to 10 days has been fairly miserable, the outlook is much more promising for the week ahead.
1 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
The Grass Week: weather stalls the ball on grazing
Wet weather has put a halt on grazing for many, while soil temperatures remain stubbornly low.
22 February 2025 Grass & feeding
Grass+ Dairy: rain making grazing a bit more tricky
Heavy rain in some areas have seen cows head back indoors, while soil temperatures are predicted to rise in the coming week, write Thomas Condon.
19 February 2025 Grass & feeding
The Grass Week: soil temperature still on the low side
Cool but dry conditions mean that soil temperatures are still low, though should heat come, they wouldn’t be long warming up.
15 February 2025 Grass & feeding
Beef management: Early grass, calving issues and ICBF bull indexes
In this week's beef management notes Adam Woods takes a look at early grass, calf scour and buying a bull for SCEP.
12 February 2025 Management
The Grass Week: using slurry and chemical N wisely
Tanks are starting to fill up, and pressure will be on some farmers to get the tanker hooked up to relieve pressure.
8 February 2025 Grass & feeding
Beef management notes: slurry, fertiliser and cattle grading
Adam Woods takes a look at some tips and advice for drystock farms in this week's beef management notes.
5 February 2025 Management
The Grass Week: opening covers looking solid
Opening covers are looking good, but soil temps are still low, even for the time of year.
1 February 2025 Grass & feeding