Whats stalling your grass growth?

Which is affecting your grass the greatest atm

  • Low Temperatures

    Votes: 68 35.1%
  • Lack of Moisture

    Votes: 13 6.7%
  • Both of the above!

    Votes: 113 58.2%

  • Total voters
    194
Been frosty nights for at least a fortnight here with today being the first warm day in as long.
No doubt a bit of warm rain would do some good but it’s the cops that’s been holding things back

Bloody spell check, should be cold😂
It changed it to cops again 😡
 
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Al R

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Livestock Farmer
Location
West Wales
Havnt seen moisture for 6 weeks and that was 1 day, it was dry for 3-4 weeks before that too.
Temperature’s are good, kids are in shorts in school and I havnt worn a thermal top in weeks
 

Kiwi Pete

Member
Livestock Farmer
Just needs a drink, before it gets too cold for it to regrow
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have had 38mm past 100 days, this day last year we'd had 710mm by now! This year to date, 156mm
 

warksfarmer

Member
Arable Farmer
Hoping for a 1st cut in 2 weeks 🤷🏻‍♂️. If stretched out it’s about 15 inches tall. Very heavy soil and this field was put to grass 3 years ago after 50 years as arable is actually called Meadow so grass suits it. Lighter land grass looks atrocious with at least 50% less growth.
 

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Kiwi Pete

Member
Livestock Farmer
Yikes. What is the plan?
Just graze really slowly, thankfully we have the cover to do that.
Work on water effectiveness, ie we probably grew 4000kgDM/ha on under 40mm of rainfall, where a faster round you might grow ½ of that or less.

All the dairies in the valley are drying off or have dried off, bar one who will milk til late May

we seldom get a dry April, often we go dry but it's generally always run the cherries by this stage
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it will rain, it always does!
 

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