Grazing conditions

Ground conditions this year compared to last year are night and day, writes Thomas Condon.

Good growth rates and good grazing conditions mean that many farms are in a position to extend the grazing season this autumn, writes Aidan Brennan.

If the coming weekend falls as bad as is promised, it will spell the end of grazing for some farmers.

This week Adam Woods takes a look at housing heavy cattle, keeping weanlings thriving and on target weight gains, and grazing excess grass with sheep.

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.

Even just a few days of rain have caused what were exceptional grazing conditions to turn a corner, with trickier conditions now underfoot.

The tight beef supply continues to support EU beef producer prices and the price of live animals, the European Commission's short-term outlook said.

Conditions for the most part are favourable, so farmers should use this opportunity to get wetter paddocks grazed off.