Milk production this August — there's still a long way to go until drying off
If we get rapid growth, the grass dry matter will dramatically decrease, and most swards will then be between 14% and 16% dry matter, writes Brian Reidy.
As we all know, the farm gate milk price remains strong as spring herds head into the last third of the lactation. What needs to be focused on by dairy producers over the coming weeks?
Depending on your production system, etc, you will be looking at maintaining herd performance, autumn fertiliser plans, reseeding, third-cut silage, scanning, monitoring heifer performance, winter feed budgeting, harvesting of crops, autumn calving and many more tasks.
