Average growth rate across the whole island of Ireland was up at 60kg DM/ha/day for the last seven days. Thankfully this means that covers will be building on most farms. As always, there is big variation around this figure, with measurements coming in as low as 30kg of growth daily and as high as 110kg. Region-specific weather patterns are playing a huge role in this, with certain parts of the country now well and truly out of fodder crisis mode and others remaining cold, wet and still very much up against it. To compound the hardship in these places, ground might still be touch-and-go when it comes to travelling, so fertiliser applications are well back, contributing further to poor growth rates.