GrowthWatch

GrassCheck farm walk: Maximising milk from grazed grass with high-yielding cows

Dairy

GrassCheck farm walk: Maximising milk from grazed grass with high-yielding cows

Making the most of grazed grass with high-yielding cows will be a key topic of discussion at the...
Proactive grazing management reaps rewards on Limavady farm

Dairy

Proactive grazing management reaps rewards on Limavady farm

The summer drought didn’t hold back Northern Irish dairy farmer Andrew Dale. Despite the...

Using fake grass to boost utilisation of the real stuff in Co. Tyrone

Dairy

Using fake grass to boost utilisation of the real stuff in Co. Tyrone

A Co. Tyrone dairyman has made use of a novel way to boost grass utilisation. The laneways of...

GrassCheck: Growth stalls as NI sees biggest extremes in 10 years

Grass

GrassCheck: Growth stalls as NI sees biggest extremes in 10 years

Grass growth in Northern Ireland has slumped as rainfall becomes an issue on many farms, the...

GrassCheck: Contractors reel in bumper first cut as growth spurt continues

Grass

GrassCheck: Contractors reel in bumper first cut as growth spurt continues

Northern Ireland’s grass growth has been almost off the chart this week, as a combination of...

N.Ireland

Open day planned at NI’s first RamCompare flock

Open day planned at NI’s first RamCompare flock

Grass

GrassCheck: Testing samples ‘essential’ for a good first cut

GrassCheck: Testing samples ‘essential’ for a good first cut

Grass

GrassCheck: A second boom week on the cards

GrassCheck: A second boom week on the cards

Dairy

Poll: Have you got your cows out yet?

Several of you have been sending us your pictures and videos of your cows’ first days out...

Poll: Have you got your cows out yet?

Grass

Grass growth fortunes turning as temperatures start to rise

Grass growth fortunes turning as temperatures start to rise