Dairy Technical
How to utilise the most out of your grass for your herd
Completing the first grass walk of the year is important for a number of reasons on grass-based dairy herds. Grass...
Grass Measuring
N.Ireland
Agrisearch publishes new booklet on grass cover estimation
AgriSearch has published a new booklet focusing on ‘grass cover estimation for precision grazing systems’. The project is part of...
Agri-Business
Breakthrough means measuring grass from space
A world-first technology breakthrough that could revolutionise grassland farming and grass measuring has today (Tuesday, July 18) been announced by...
Dairy Technical
Grass measuring: Vital as growth returns
Grass measuring will play an important role on dairy farms over the coming weeks as growth rates once again increase....
Dairy Technical
Grass growth: High growth rates have arrived
The weather looks to have improved and along with that, a boost in grass growth has finally arrived for most....
Dairy News
Grass measuring service having major impact on Monaghan farm
The 2023 grazing season has just gotten underway in earnest on the Co. Monaghan dairy farm of Declan McKenna. He...
Dairy Technical
Time to get back in the habit of measuring grass
Grass measuring has a vital role to play on the majority of Irish farms, especially dairy farms, as it ensuring...
Dairy Technical
Have you completed your first grass walk of 2023?
It may be time to complete the first grass walk of 2023 ahead of the start of calving or, for...
Dairy
New Year resolutions should include grass measuring
Grass measuring is common practice on many dairy, beef and sheep farms, but on others it is not. The spring-calving...
Dairy Technical
Time for the first grass walk of the year
Completing a grass walk on your farm in the coming days will help to determine an opening cover for your...
Dairy Technical
Grass growth remains steady as summer turns to autumn
Tomorrow is September 1, which means cows are entering the final third of their lactation on spring-calving farms, and it...
Dairy Technical
Grass growth: The much needed rain is set to return
For the last number of weeks, grass growth has been slow on the majority of farms, with some farmers continuing...
Dairy Technical
Grass growth: A return to more normal levels expected
Most areas have now experienced an adequate amount of rainfall to correct the soil moisture deficits (SMD) – which will...
Dairy Technical
The importance of grass measuring as good weather continues
Grass measuring has become very popular on Irish dairy farms as a tool to ensure that dairy cows are receiving...
Grass
Farmer group to hear from satellite grass measuring company
The South Tipperary Young Farmers Discussion Group will host an online talk from an Australia-based company that specialises in remote...
Dairy
You can't manage what you don't measure
During the Irish Grassland Association (IGA) dairy conference, on Wednesday, January 6, Dr. Deirdre Hennessy, a Teagasc grassland research officer based in...
Dairy
Video: How to carry out grass measuring on your farm
Grazed grass is the cheapest feed available to Irish farmers and is key to achieving high levels of performance in...
Video
FarmLand 12th March 2020
In this episode: we get farmers’ views at Kilcullen Mart on Coronavirus, Siobhán Walsh finds out how one Cork tillage...