Dairy - Grass and Feeding
Dairy Cattle - Grass and Feeding
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Dairy Cattle - Grass and Feeding
Aisling Claffey, Teagasc nutrition specialist, outlines some of the key factors when it comes to feeding winter milk herds this winter.
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While conditions for the first half of October had been ideal, more recent rainfall will likely making grazing out paddocks a little trickier, writes Thomas Condon.
Conditions for the most part are favourable, so farmers should use this opportunity to get wetter paddocks grazed off.
While grazing conditions are okay for the most part, a lack of grass is a bigger headache to many, writes Thomas Condon.
Remedial action is necessary to ensure that opening grass covers next spring are not compromised.
Farms will now be on their last rotation of grazing, signalling the end of a difficult 2024 grass-wise.
Aidan Brennan chats with two members of the Future Vision group looking to enter the sector.
While average growth rates are sitting at 44kg DM/ha, there are some farms in a moisture deficit recording growth in the 20s, write Thomas Condon.
Dara and Beatrice Killeen are milking 150 cows in Eyrecourt Co. Galway and is a former winner of the FBD Young Farmer of the Year
There is just a week left to get slurry spread, otherwise it will have to be held over until January or February 2025.
