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Meet the beef finalists in the Sustainable Grassland Farmer of the Year awards
Aidan Brennan
Aidan Brennan profiles the three beef farmer finalists in the 2024 Sustainable Grassland Farmer of the Year awards.
Meet the beef finalists in the Sustainable Grassland Farmer of the Year awards
Grass+ Beef: growth and mood lifts
16 April 2025 Grass & feeding
Grass+ Beef: growth and mood lifts
Growth has taken a nice lift in the last week or 10 days, with the sprinkle of rainfall helping matters.
Grass+ Beef: grass still on the tight side for many
9 April 2025 Grass & feeding
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.
The Grass Week: growth kicks into gear for second round
Growth has finally taken a turn and is more back in line with the norm of the five-year average for this time of the year.
5 April 2025 Grass & feeding
Grass+ Beef: reseeding and spreading silage ground on the mind
With ground conditions in excellent order, spring reseeding and getting fertiliser out on silage ground will be on the mind of many.
2 April 2025 Grass & feeding
The Grass Week: second round a way off for some
While grass supplies are extremely tight on some farms, next week’s heat combined with the recent application of fertiliser should see growth lift considerably.
31 March 2025 Grass & feeding
Five golden rules for reseeding
Aidan Brennan outlines five golden rules to follow when reseeding fields, to ensure best success of the new sward.
29 March 2025 Reseeding
Grass+ Beef: growth still lackluster as covers deplete
Grass growth has failed to take off to any great degree for many, and though conditions are ideal, many are having to hold cattle in the shed due to a lack of grass.
26 March 2025 Grass & feeding
New white clover varieties are a 'step change'
Aidan Brennan reports from a technical open day at Teagasc Grange organised by Goldcrop where visitors heard about new white clover varieties and got an update on red clover trials.
26 March 2025 Reseeding
The Grass Week: miniscule rainfall lends to more field work
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.
22 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
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