Dairy
Following a slow and wet start to the grass growing season, growth has taken off like a rocket with the spell of good weather.
The sun has arrived and is forecast to stay for at least another week, finally putting a bit of shape to spring grazing.
The whole spring grazing situation is still a mess, with some farms on their second rotations while others are still struggling to start.
We are now in April yet a good number of herds have very little of the platform grazed, while some still have not seen any grass in 2026.
Grass
Unsettled weather means spring grazing is still quite messy, but its important to push on as the risk of negative energy balances (NEB) rise.
Beef
In the latest Beef Brief Podcast, Agriland caught up with Michael Cunniffe, who runs a specialist breeding heifer system in Co. Roscommon.
Podcast
In this limited podcast series produced by Agriland, technical beef journalist Breifne O’Brien...
Unsurprisingly more than 50% of dairy farms across the country have less than 10% of the farm grazed as places remain saturated.
With cows edging towards peak milk production, farmers need to ensure the herd is meeting its energy requirements.
As we approach St. Patrick's Day, grazing continues to be a challenge on the majority of farms given the recent weather.
St. Patrick's Day is fast approaching but spring grazing on drystock farms remains unworkable in most cases and challenging in others.
With such a poor start to the grazing season, what percentage of crude protein should be in the dairy nuts you are using?
White line disease and sole bruising can lead to serious lameness issues at this time of the year as cows get back out to grass.
It has been far from a smooth spring grazing so far, following one of the wettest starts to the year we have experienced in a long time.
Agri-Business
Agriland visited the farm of Brian and Peter Kelly in Co. Monaghan to see how their grassland management is fairing out this spring.
The wet weather still has not let up, however dry farms that can get cows to grass need to keep an eye out for lameness.
After one of the wettest starts to the year we have seen in a long time, grazing conditions are still in dire states.
Agriland recently visited the Hanbidges' dairy farm in Kiltegan, Co. Wicklow for one of the Teagasc Grass10 spring grazing farm walks.
Agriland visited the farm of Michael Harty in Nenagh, Co. Tipperary to see how his grassland management is shaping up this spring.
Farmers must be mindful of targets for their yearling heifers as they are turned out to grass for the first time once the weather improves.
Getting cows out to grass is still looking like a distant task considering the saturated condition of paddocks following the wet weather.
There was heavy rainfall in most parts of the country over the weekend which has not affected grazing conditions and will hopefully...
The improvement in grass growth across the country over the last number of days has given farmers a bit more of a positive grazing outlook...
