For three weeks cows grazed outdoors and were being brought back in around 9.30pm each night. I had 59pc of the farm grazed last Friday. Last week some of the first grazed paddocks had regrowths of 400-600 kg covers. This week I am following the grazed paddocks with two bags of 18-6-12+S to meet the target of 100 N by May 1. The milking cows are currently producing 28.7 litres at 4.19pc butter-fat, 3.35pc protein, 4.78 lactose giving 2.23kg MS/cow/day, TBC 8000, SCC 134, Therm.

Source: Irish Independent April 15, 2020 06:00 UTC