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Growing grass in Ireland is something that we as farmers do instinctively. Sometimes it is good to sit back and see the wood from the trees and think about the steps that are required to make truly great silage.
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After the difficult conditions this summer across the UK and Ireland many of us have tried growing fodder crops such as rape, kale or stubble turnips to graze through the winter. These brassica crops can be a nutritious low-cost feed source for both cattle and sheep over the winter period. Work completed by the Scottish Agricultural College has found that store cattle can achieve 0.9kg DLWG and store lambs can achieve 0.25 kg DLWG.
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Many people are starting to purchase cattle and house cattle for winter finishing. This is a very stressful period for cattle particularly those bought from the market and being taken straight into the feedlot.
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2018 has turned out to be a difficult year for farming. With a late spring blizzard followed directly by a drought that for some is still a big issue and for others no so much of a current issue.
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2018 has been a very difficult year for livestock farmers with the long winter of 2017 and the late spring meaning there was very little surplus fodder.
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With the rains after coming back, we can get back to the job of growing grass and hopefully top up winter fodder reserves for the coming year.
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In our blog this week we will be looking at the recent findings of the SQUARE project which stands for Soil Quality Research Assessment Project. The project was run between Teagasc, DAFM, University of Limerick, UCD and Sligo IT. The aim was to access the soil quality and functions across Ireland.
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The weather has finally changed and grass growth has gone into over drive - our thoughts are now turning to summer grazing and making silage.
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