Irish weather is to blame for the grass shortage, not protected urea

The ambition or the objective at the moment should be to close as much of the gap as possible from long forage

For those trying protected urea for the first time in 2024, they might feel it’s not working effectively, but that is due to the weather. File Picture: Andy Gibson

Where did the grass and silage go this year?

Well, it wasn't replacing Calcium Ammonium Nitrate (CAN) with protected urea that caused a grass shortage, said Dr Joe Patton, Head of Teagasc Dairy Knowledge Transfer, on a recent edition of the Teagasc Dairy Edge podcast.