Advice for beef farmers: Beware of lush grass performance setbacks

Grazing excessively low covers of lush, high-nitrogen grass is not ideal at any time, but is common place on many farms at present.
Advice for beef farmers: Beware of lush grass performance setbacks

It is almost unavoidable, as most have had to chase grass around the farm after the recent dry spell.

Growth has picked up since the weekend’s rain, but grass dry matters have plummeted into the low teens.

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