Signs your grass isn't delivering for you

There are several indications that grass intakes are poor due to stronger swards, writes Brian Reidy
Signs your grass isn't delivering for you

Close-up on a farmer working at a cattle farm and walking around the fields checking the grass

Grass is becoming very difficult to manage right now. Keeping quality grass in front of stock is becoming a hard task. 

Getting a sufficient window to take out surplus paddocks is proving difficult and, as a result, a lot of rotations will be gone out of sync and perhaps lead to a short-term deficit once these strong paddocks finally get baled. 

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