What a season it has been for grass growth in Northwest of England, we had tipping edge drought conditions in the early part of the growing year , with 2 inch’s of rainfall between February and the end of May…
Author: James
Grass quality is really good , and graze down levels are fantastic – digestibility all the way to the deck on well managed platforms !!!
Grass Growth in the North West , in a word “Slow”, but at least we have had some rain compared with other regions
on my average block we have grown 7.8 t/ DM/ha this year to date which is still 10% behind last year.
Grass Growth still holding up at the end of July in the North West .
we are 11% Behind last year to date , so a bit to go , will we catch ???
Forage rye – ready for the off this week , fantastic crop pictured destined for a dry cow diet !!
Well the rain has helped drive the curve back in the right direction, but there is a bit go !!!
This is a little concerning !!!, grass growth still needing water !!, its only the 20th of May
Grass growth shows the affects of hardly any rainfall since February !!!, – the blue line is 2025
Grass needs 200 litres of water to grow 1 kg of grass DM/ha , 1 inch of rainfall should grow approx 500 kg of grass matter (10 days average grass growth ) , we have had 2-3 inchs since Feb…
Grass Growth 2025 season is a go
With Soil temperatures now rolling near too 10 degrees and more daylight than dark , grass is off , and at least we can utilize it due to good ground conditions unlike last year