Grass growth is half of normal rate
A grass deficit is expected in the coming weeks, and silage stocks are being preserved by putting all dry cows on a diet of 6kg soya hulls and 4kg of wheaten straw.
The farm grass cover reported last week in the low stocking rate trial was 365 kg of dry matter per hectare. This compares with 545 kg 12 months previously, and is below targets recently revised to take into account this year’s lower than expected opening farm cover and subsequent lower growth rates.
