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Grass+ Beef: final furlong of grazing 2024
Martin Merrick
After a challenging year, it’s a welcome relief to get some reprieve on the weather front as grazing comes to an end.
2 November 2024 Grass & feeding
The Grass Week: ground firm but grass running out
While ground conditions are excellent for the most part, it will be a lack of grass that will force any stock indoors.
30 October 2024 Grass & feeding
Grass+ dairy: ground conditions holding, marking major improvement on last year
Ground conditions this year compared to last year are night and day, writes Thomas Condon.
Dairy Management: grazing, lime and Dairy Day
Good growth rates and good grazing conditions mean that many farms are in a position to extend the grazing season this autumn, writes Aidan Brennan.
30 October 2024 Management
The Grass Week: weekend weather will end grazing for some
If the coming weekend falls as bad as is promised, it will spell the end of grazing for some farmers.
19 October 2024 Grass & feeding
Beef Management: housing, keeping weanlings thriving and sheep grazing
This week Adam Woods takes a look at housing heavy cattle, keeping weanlings thriving and on target weight gains, and grazing excess grass with sheep.
16 October 2024 Management
Early October brought ideal grazing conditions
While conditions for the first half of October had been ideal, more recent rainfall will likely making grazing out paddocks a little trickier, writes Thomas Condon.
16 October 2024 Grass & feeding
Grazing conditions rapidly becoming tricky
Even just a few days of rain have caused what were exceptional grazing conditions to turn a corner, with trickier conditions now underfoot.
16 October 2024 Grass & feeding
EU beef output to fall on back of ‘shrinking’ cattle herds
The tight beef supply continues to support EU beef producer prices and the price of live animals, the European Commission's short-term outlook said.
13 October 2024 News
The Grass Week: graze hard while the going is good
Conditions for the most part are favourable, so farmers should use this opportunity to get wetter paddocks grazed off.
12 October 2024 Grass & feeding
Covers disappearing fast on farms
The poor growth earlier in August and September has affected farm cover dramatically, and will likely lead to an earlier housing date.
9 October 2024 Grass & feeding
Ground conditions hold up - but average farm cover declining
While grazing conditions are okay for the most part, a lack of grass is a bigger headache to many, writes Thomas Condon.
9 October 2024 Grass & feeding