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The Grass Week: growth variable from farm to farm
Martin Merrick
While some farms are seeing growth surpass demand, some are still having to hold cattle in amid lack lustre growth.
The Grass Week: growth variable from farm to farm
Clover looking promising in 2025
9 April 2025 Grass & feeding
Clover looking promising in 2025
Aidan Brennan chats with Teagasc researchers Michael Egan and Michael O’Donovan on managing clover this summer.
Grass+ Dairy: taking action amid rapid change in growth rates
9 April 2025 Grass & feeding
Grass+ Dairy: taking action amid rapid change in growth rates
Growth is differing among some regions, but where growth is taking off, incorrect management could be a costly mistake.
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+ 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
Textbook spring conditions in Cavan
Aidan Brennan visits the Reilly farm in Cavan to get an update on how the spring is progressing and plans for the next few weeks.
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
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
Hoping grass will ‘spring forward’ like the clocks this week
With growth on the lower side, second-round grazing will be determined by the cover on the first grazed paddocks, write Thomas Condon.
26 March 2025 Grass & feeding
Insufficient evidence to support multispecies swards - Teagasc report
A new report on Teagasc research into grass and white clover and multispecies has been published, writes Aidan Brennan.
26 March 2025 Grass & feeding
Big year for reseeding in 2025
Aidan Brennan says that all the indications are that 2025 is set to be a good year for reseeding, after a tough year in 2024.
26 March 2025 Reseeding