Brian Reidy: An early dry-off due to underfeeding in the coming months makes no sense

With the current milk price, there is far too much emphasis on managing grass and not enough emphasis on managing the cow. Picture: iStock
Late August and early September have been very favourable weather-wise. Ground has dried very well after all the rain we had in July and grass growth has been excellent recently. Many actually reported growth rates in the high 60s last week which is massive for September.
At this point, there is very little silage to be made. Any third cuts were made over the last few weeks. Some will still be tight on silage stocks and now that all of the silage is in, you should start to plan which cuts go to what groups, or if you need additional supplies.