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Dairy Management: high grass growth poses a risk
Aidan Brennan
With grass growth rates exceeding demand, the risk of too much surplus is real, writes Aidan Brennan.
5 April 2025 Grass & feeding
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.
2 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.
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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
Dairy Management: avoid an April grass surplus
Grass growth rates are on the increase, so farmers need to take action to avoid a big surplus in April, writes Aidan Brennan.
31 March 2025 Management
Galway farmer unable to graze his sheep due to forest storm damage
Fallen trees on Coillte lands has damaged the adjoining boundary and fencing on Aidan Mullins' lands and left him without grazing for ewes and newborn lambs.
28 March 2025 News
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
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
Galgorm tops the PPI for 2025
Aidan Brennan looks through what's important when choosing a grass seed variety or a seed mixture.
26 March 2025 Reseeding
Germinal launches new Climate Smart range
The new range is designed to support farmers in the challenges they face with climate change and reductions to chemical nitrogen application rates, writes Aidan Brennan.
26 March 2025 Reseeding
DLF look to New Zealand grass varieties
Aidan Brennan takes a look at Vast, a New Zealand bred grass variety that is now available to Irish dairy farmers.
26 March 2025 Reseeding
Dairy management: watch out for sick dairy cows as temperatures fluctuate
Variable weather with changing air temperatures is likely to be causing increased dairy cow health issues, writes Aidan Brennan.
24 March 2025 Management