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Grass Utilisation

Dairy farmers urged to reduce bought in feed and focus on grass to boost profits

Dairy

4 months ago

Dairy farmers urged to reduce bought in feed and focus on grass to boost profits

Future Irish dairy farms must become "more resilient by minimising reliance on external inputs"...

Grazing: Taking opportunities as they come this spring

Dairy

8 months ago

Grazing: Taking opportunities as they come this spring

Early grazing can be a controversial topic for many farmers at this time of the year, but taking...

Dairy advice: Keeping costs down in 2025

Dairy

10 months ago

Dairy advice: Keeping costs down in 2025

Keeping costs down in 2025 is going to be the vital tool in improving farm profitability for the...

Dairy Focus: Cork man manages 1,500-cow farm in England

Dairy

12 months ago

Dairy Focus: Cork man manages 1,500-cow farm in England

This week's Dairy Focus takes us to a farm where Breffni Daly, a young man from west Cork, has been...

Proving high yielding cows can be grazed successfully in Co. Down

Dairy

about 1 year ago

Proving high yielding cows can be grazed successfully in Co. Down

In Northern Ireland, traditionally, a lot of the herds would be high yielding cows being milked on...

Dairy

over 1 year ago

Total production costs up by 56% since 2015 on dairy farms

According to Teagasc, total production costs are up by 56% since 2015, with feed costs up by 100%,...

Total production costs up by 56% since 2015 on dairy farms

Dairy Technical

almost 2 years ago

Grass utilisation remains key to dairy profitability

Grass utilisation on farms remains the key driver of farm profitability and sustainability on Irish...

Grass utilisation remains key to dairy profitability

Agri-Business

over 2 years ago

Breakthrough means measuring grass from space

A world-first technology breakthrough that could revolutionise grassland farming and grass...

Breakthrough means measuring grass from space

Dairy Technical

about 4 years ago

Pasture utilisation key to being economically sustainable

Speaking at the Dairy Open Day 2021 at Moorepark in Co. Cork, Dr. Joe Patton, the new head of Dairy...

Pasture utilisation key to being economically sustainable

Sheep

over 5 years ago

Sheep management: How can I improve grass utilisation on my farm?

Over the next few weeks, it is important that sheep farmers make the most of the grass supplies...

Sheep management: How can I improve grass utilisation on my farm?

Dairy

almost 6 years ago

Greater grass utilisation achieves €616/ha more than the average

The top spring-calving herds are utilising 2.3t DM/ha or 27% more grass than the average spring...

Greater grass utilisation achieves €616/ha more than the average

Dairy

over 6 years ago

Pics: See best practices for successful grass utilisation

The mid-grazing season can be one of the most difficult times for managing grass on your farm....

Pics: See best practices for successful grass utilisation

Beef

over 8 years ago

'Return on investment in utilisation of grass cannot be ignored'

The need to focus on grass production and utilisation was a key message from the Irish Grassland...

'Return on investment in utilisation of grass cannot be ignored'

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