Grazing 2023

When do u know not to go with fertilliser. I spread all fields that have covers. But ground is gone very dry

I noticed the weeds always manage to keep on growing when the grass stops in a drought. It's a great time to launch a counter attack on the rushers. After mowing a bit of hay yesterday I turned my attention to a few fields that had clumps of rushers spreading into places they shouldn't be. I cut them right down to the butt, along with thistles, docks and buttercup. Fields look smashing now, probably won't be a rib f grass growing in them till we get rain, but at least the rush is in trouble now too

Native grasses have deeper roots but rye grass has shallow roots.

Especially rye grass that's used to fert. Always struggle in this type of weather with shallow roots. Be interesting to see how any MSS plots are doing.

Grass getting seriously tight in Cork, working on a farm at present and they are taking no preventative action just graze away as normal I can see zero grass for the cows in the coming week.