Signpost: Crunching the numbers ahead of breeding and fertiliser spreading
Dairy farmers Michael and Alex McCarthy plannin for grazing on the family farm at Feenagh, Co Limerick. Picture: Dan Linehan
Rain, rain and more rain! Grazing certainly has been challenging throughout March. With a lot of the drier ground grazed it has been very difficult some days to find a “dry” paddock to leave the cows off to for a few hours.
We hosted our local discussion group, the Ballingarry DG, on March 5. It was great to get to host our group and show them how we are progressing with grazing and nutrient applications this spring. We also showed the group our pond, multispecies paddocks and the white clover paddocks that are receiving no chemical nitrogen.Â
