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Grass Growth update for NW
Grass Growth rockets to a 5 year high for the week !!! (blue line says it all ) Still ahead of last year in terms of total grown for the year (7.5 tonne )compared to last year (6.7 tonne DM/HA)…
Mingary Castle – Long term Dual purpose Grass Mixture
Being cut at Blackmoss Farm, near Chipping (July 22) A mixture of PRg and Timothy with White Clover
Grass Growth 2022 – 2weeks ahead of last year
Roller coaster of a year for grass growth !!!
soil temps this week 16-18 degrees.
Drilling a Multi Species Ley in East Lancashire – with this new drill out fit – looking forward to seeing the results.
Forage crisis averted – Grass is now growing at a pace – the blue line says it all !!!, also a grazing height guide (no plate meter needed for this one ) .
Grass growth is slow
As of today 9th April we have grown 16% less grass than same time last year – average growth rate of 33 kg/day Below is a excellent re seed of Dundas Grass Mixture – From Watson Seeds (Nr Preston)
2021 Grass Season kicks off
So with soil temperatures hitting 8 degrees this week across the North West , its say we have lift off with years grass season. If you have some fields under preforming , take a look and assess what your perennial…
Spring Grazing
Spring block calving is about to begin, so its time to work out grass covers ready for grazing over the the next month Aim for a pre graze cover of 2200-2300 kg/cover , at this cover grass quality is high…