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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.
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.
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.
Ensuring sufficient water supplies this grazing season
Several factors feed in to the sizing of water troughs and a clean, fresh water supply is essential for all stock types.
2 April 2025 Buildings
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
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
Annual maintenance required on farm roadways
Martin Merrick looks at some areas that farmers may need to draw attention to when it comes to roadway maintenance.
19 March 2025 Buildings
Grass+ Dairy: great grass utilisation, but too cold for growth
While grazing conditions have been excellent for the most part, growth has struggled to surpass 10kg DM/ha, writes Thomas Condon.
19 March 2025 Grass & feeding
Grass+ Dairy: sluggish grass growth could lead to trouble
Regrowths on the first grazed paddocks are very lack lustre, and could spell trouble when it comes to the second round, write Thomas Condon.
12 March 2025 Grass & feeding
The Grass Week: drier week changes grazing game
Some weather stations have gone from recording double the normal weekly rainfall to seeing less than 20% of the normal falling in the last week.
8 March 2025 Grass & feeding
Grass+ Beef: first of cattle turned out for many
The past week has seen the first of cattle turned out in many farms, with the longer days and more settled weather lending to more favourable grazing conditions.
5 March 2025 Grass & feeding
Grass+ Beef: rainfall making grazing impossible, but soil temperatures rise
While the heavy rain in many parts of the country has hit grazing efforts hard, the positive is that soil temperatures have taken a good jump.
26 February 2025 Grass & feeding