GrassCheck Bulletin Week Beginning 03-06-2024🌱 Grass growth is to fall below the LT av due to low temperatures.🌥️ There is a variation in grass quality between and across farms. Pre-mowing and topping can be used as tools to correct grass quality ⭐ow.ly/fQ1w50S8xIZ

GrassCheck Bulletin Week Beginning 10-06-2024🌱 Grass growth has declined sharply as predicted due to colder than normal air temperatures, which are predicted to persist throughout the incoming week also.📈

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🌱Grass growth has rallied and with sufficient soil moisture and warmer temperatures forecast, grass growth is forecast to return to the LT avg. however avg. farm cover is still low on many farms with demand exceeding growth rates over the past weeks. ow.ly/irnT50SkTct

GrassCheck Bulletin Week Beginning 24-06-2024🌱 Grass plot growth has remained static over the past week, but it is forecast to slightly exceed the LT. av. over the next fortnight.📈 ow.ly/gPUI50Speun

GrassCheck Bulletin Week Beginning 01-07-2024🌱 Grass quality, especially CP% is extremely variable between GC pilot farms, whilst ME is relatively consistent and higher on farms, in part due to better grazing residuals.

Grass plot growth has held higher than forecast in the past week but there is a lot of variation in growth rates across the province, in part due to differences in soil moisture. Full Details: agrisearch.org/grasscheck

GrassCheck Bulletin Week Beginning 15-07-2024🌱 Grass growth has exceeded expectations in the past week but variation continues across the province with a difference of 22kgDM/ha between highest and lowest growth on farm.📈 ow.ly/J6SH50SCeZ0

GrassCheck Bulletin Week Beginning 22-07-2024🌱 Grass growth on farm has continued to remain ahead of plot growth in most parts of the region, however, the Eastern province is slightly behind on average growth due to a much higher soil moisture deficit. ow.ly/tSJ550SI9vt

GrassCheck Bulletin Week Beginning 29-07-2024🌱 The total av. grass growth to the end of July 2024 is 6.54 T DM/ha, 82.2% of the LT. av. for the same period, which is 7.96 T DM/ha. This will vary between counties. 🌟ow.ly/z52B50SNfw2

GrassCheck Podcast🌱 Listen to this weeks podcast featuring David Patterson (AFBI), Robert Patterson (CAFRE), Geoffrey Malcolmson a dairy farmer from Newry and Declan Rafferty a Beef farmer from Pomeroy.🐄 ow.ly/OlgR50SOgp7

GrassCheck Bulletin Week Beginning 05.08.2024🌱 August is an important month for building covers to achieve extra days at grass in the Autumn. Increasing the rotation length by 2.5 days per week is key in achieving this.🐄 🌟ow.ly/TXt650SS5Mi

GrassCheck Bulletin 12.08.2024🌱 The window for Autumn reseeding is opening up - use grass management data to determine paddocks which have underperformed this year as well as Soil Nutrient Health Scheme data (if available) to determine nutrient and lime requirements.

GrassCheck Bulletin w/c 19-08-2024🌱 The amount of grass to build up by 1st Sept should be determined by the stocking rate and the projected housing date. 🐄🐑 🌟ow.ly/BR5e50T21Kk

GrassCheck Bulletin 26-08-2024🌱 Poorly grazed swards need to be cleaned out this week to allow for better quality regrowth as covers start to build - this can be done by topping or grazing with lower priority stock.🐑 🌟ow.ly/Y1XA50T7BcB

Rainfall figures (mm) for the month of August so far from our GrassCheck weather stations🌧️ High variation across the province with the highest figures predominantly in the West☔ Fingers crossed we get a good spell before the end of the grazing season🤞☀️

GrassCheck Bulletin 02.09.2024🌱 Final fertiliser applications must be applied before 15th September. Balance the need for extra grass with the knowledge that fertiliser applied now will have the lowest response rate 🌟ow.ly/UKYy50Tek4v

GrassCheck Bulletin 09-09-2024🌱 Sustained lower growth rates have been making it difficult to build covers. When supplementing at grass, use 12 or 24 allocations and budget the grass available🐄 🌟ow.ly/wYZN50Tk3zS

GrassCheck Bulletin 16.09.24🌱 Grass growth continues to fall behind the LT. av, as it has done for much of the year. 🌟ow.ly/vMtn50Tp12R