Brian Reidy: Managing grass in May requires a little bravery

Right now, everybody has enough grass and, in fact, many are currently grazing swards that are much too strong to optimise animal performance, writes independent ruminant nutritionist Brian Reidy

A large proportion of the south of the country has been crying out for rain recently. Picture: Andy Gibson

Plenty of silage has been made over the last 10 days. Hopefully, we will get good growing conditions for the second cut so that quality forages can continue to be made to reduce production costs next winter.

At the time of writing, a large proportion of the south of the country has been crying out for rain as there is a significant moisture requirement, which is backed up by Met Éireann data showing between 35 and 40mm of a moisture deficit.