About this episode
John Maher discusses the importance of monitoring grass supply and nutrient applications on farms during the Grass10 update.
For this week’s Grass10 grazing management update, John Maher discusses why monitoring grass supply on farm is critically important at this time of the year; growth rates are predicted to be above average for the coming week so walk the farm and establish regrowth on paddocks grazed first in spring. Plus, it’s important to get up to date with Nutrient applications – the aim is to have 60 units N/acre applied by early-mid April. Meanwhile, the featured farmer is Michael Cunniffe from Fuerty, Co. Roscommon. Read more from this week’s Grass10 newsletter and subscribe for weekly updates at: https://bit.ly/Grass10-24thMarch2026 For more episodes from the Dairy Edge podcast go to the show page at: https://www.teagasc.ie/animals/dairy/the-dairy-edge-podcast/ The Dairy Edge is a co-production with LastCastMedia.com
People in this episode
Host: John Maher
Guest: Michael Cunniffe
Topics covered
- grazing management
- grass supply
- nutrient applications
- farm monitoring
- agriculture
Keywords
- grass management
- grazing
- nutrient applications
- farm growth rates
- agricultural practices
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Teagasc
Places: Fuerty, Co. Roscommon
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