Dairy
As we are now into second half of the year, cow performance will begin to eventually drop off, but there are a number of metrics we...
Keeping high quality grass in front of cows is essential to maintain high quality milk production. During the spring of this year (2024...
Dairy Technical
Completing the first grass walk of the year is important for a number of reason on grass based dairy herds.
N.Ireland
AgriSearch has published a new booklet focusing on ‘grass cover estimation for precision grazing systems’.
Agri-Business
A world-first technology breakthrough that could revolutionise grassland farming and grass measuring has been announced.
Grass measuring will play an important role on dairy farms over the coming weeks as growth rates once again increase.
The weather looks to have improved and along with that, a major boost in grass growth has finally arrived - for most.
Dairy News
The 2023 grazing season has just gotten underway in earnest on the Co Monaghan dairy farm of Declan McKenna.
Grass measuring has a vital role to play on the majority of Irish farm, let alone dairy farms - with it ensuring the cows are eating the best possible feed.
It may be time for farmers to complete the first grass walk of 2023 on their farm ahead of the start of calving or for some as calving gets underway.
Grass measuring is a common practice on many dairy, beef and sheep farms, but on many farms it is not common practice.
Completing a grass walk on your farm in the coming days will help to determine an opening cover for your farm.
Tomorrow is September 1, which means cow are ending the final third of their lactation, and is also an important date for building grass supplies on-farm.
For the last number of weeks grass growth has been slow on the majority of farms, with some farms continue to buffer feed cows to maintain production.
Most areas have now experienced an adequate amount of rain fall to correct the SMD, which will lead to the much needed boost in grass growth.
Grass measuring has become very popular on dairy farms as a tool to ensure that dairy cows are receiving the best quality grass possible.
Grass
The South Tipperary Young Farmers Discussion Group will host an online talk from a company that specialises in grass measuring by satellite.
Measuring grass to budget for the short term can allow you see surplus and deficits, rather than feeding concentrates when a shortage occurs.
Grazed grass is the cheapest feed available to Irish farmers and is key to achieving high levels of performance.
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In this episode: we get farmers’ views at Kilcullen Mart on Coronavirus, Siobhán Walsh finds out how one Cork tillage...
Technology allowing farmers to automatically measure grass through their mobile phones took home top awards in Millstreet.
The importance of grass in both dairy and beef production systems is no secret and is the cheapest form of feed.
A 22 year-old Co. Cork student has launched a grassland measuring service. Tim Casey from Innishannon, is a final year student in UCC.
