Dairy Technical
Dairy advice: Preparing for grazing when conditions allow
Although grazing for many is still a few weeks away, it is important that you are ready to get cows...
Grazing Targets
Dairy Technical
Grazing management during wet conditions
The heavy rain experienced by many parts of the country over the weekend has made grazing management this autumn more...
Dairy Technical
October is one of most important months of the year
October is one of the most important months of year for a grazing herd; farmers are starting their final rotation...
Dairy
Delayed turnout means grazing target of 30% has not been reached
The severe weather seen in the early part of February means the vast majority of farmers did not manage to...
Dairy
Opportunities and challenges facing spring grazing
For Irish dairy farmers, grazing grass represents our greatest advantage in livestock and milk production. It costs three to four...
Dairy
Dairy advice: It's time to get grazing ready
It is hard to believe with the recent bad weather that the grazing season on farms will be starting again...
Dairy
Grass advice: Don't generalise your closing cover targets
As we plan to extend the grazing season, increasing the average farm cover (AFC) is now on most of our...
Dairy
Grass advice: Reaping the rewards of April grass and choosing fertilisers
It’s mid-April and the sun is shining. Temperatures are varying quite a bit throughout the country but farms that got the...