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Managing the grass surge There has been an unbelievable surge in growth on farms over the last few days. It has been a really quick turnaround, with some farms going from not enough grass to having too much grass over a two- to three-week period. This will bring different challenges now to managing quality. The most important thing is to know how much grass you have. This will be found out ideally by measuring the grass you have in your paddocks or fields but for anybody not in a position to measure, walking the farm to assess what you have is the absolute minimum. ....
James Strain on farm with his daughter. Previous Next Last weekend was an eventful one on the farm. Saturday morning began with scanning all the cows that were served over 28 days ago. The results were good, with almost everything displaying to be in-calf. I was a little disappointed, however, to have two cows that were served 44 days ago, scan empty. I had been keeping a fairly tight eye on them, or at least I thought I was. But I must have missed at least one repeat heat, if not two. Served again One of those two cows showed a heat on Saturday evening and has been served again, hopefully for the final time. I will now stop feeding meal to the cows that have scanned back in-calf. ....