Brian Reidy: Grass growth badly needs to take off

Believe it or not, we also have a slight moisture deficit where most of the country is short in the region of an inch of rain, writes ruminant nutritionist Brian Reidy

If we take the recent frosts and the moisture deficit, it's hard for soil temperatures to rise and hence grass growth is struggling.

We badly need grass growth to take off soon. Growth is well below 30kg/ha/day at present.

Soil temperatures need to push beyond the 10C mark before we see a significant jump in growth.