Grass Growth update 27-6-14 An Excellent 2nd Cut Tantallon Grass being mown on the 17th June, this was direct drilled last Sept (13)
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Its been like a greenhouse this week and Grass growth flies
Grass hits a average of 100 kg/Dm /Day
Grass Growth slows down as we hit June
This is the grass growth curve for a number of Dairy units in the Lancashire/Cumbria
Grass Growth hits Magic day
With grass growth hitting rates of 75kg/DM/day in Lancashire, we need to focus on grass management, if we let grass grow too far a head of cows we will struggle to maintain quality during the rest of the grazing…
Cows are out
With grass growth hitting the 33kg/dm/day mark this week , we have seen some dairy cows out during the day time, grass quality is obviously variable at present but we do know that the protein levels are around the 24-26…
Grass growth Charting this years growth
This is the grass growth curve for 2014 (in red) , compared with predicted. results to date are up to early March 2014, Early March growth rate is running at approx. 5 kg/DM/Day.
EM silage Additve on some very dry Whole crop has proved a success
Treating whole crop wheat can often be interesting to say the least, but I used some EM Silage additive on a very dry whole crop (you could nearly of had the combine in), the results have been very impressive because…
Recent trip to Netherlands provides a little insight into Cow Building design
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Cows Still Grazing 7 months on !.
Grazing cows this year has been a dream compared with last year, some herds in this area have been grazing for 7 months plus now, unheard of last year. This week grass has been growing at 55kg/dm/ha (this is…
Grass still Growing in the good wether
Grass Growth this week appears to be holding up in the Mid 50’S Same as 10 days ago, so on average milk from grass alone worth approximately 5-6 litres, for high yielders, (some systems will be higher than this ).…