It's getting dry very quick - how to handle supercharged growth

It's getting dry very quick - how to handle supercharged growth

On the hottest day of the year so far, Richard McCarthy, who farms dairy with his brother Michael, bales silage on his farm in Timoleague, West Cork. Richard uses a Deutz-Fahr Agrotron K610 tractor and Krone Comprina CF 155 XC baler. Picture: Andy Gibson.

It looks like late May and Early June of this year will be very similar to 2022, when it got dry very fast. 

The rain has disappeared very quickly and ground is drying up rapidly. Grass growth has been supercharged in the last two weeks or so and grass quality has changed significantly.

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