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Part 2: Soil recovery time and cow diet in drought conditions
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Length:
12 minutes
Released:
Jul 7, 2018
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Podcast episode
Description
On part two of this week's episode of The Dairy Edge podcast, Grass 10 Manager, John Maher, speculates on recovery time from soil moisture deficit once it rains. With depleted grass covers on many farms across the country, John suggests different diets to feed cows over the coming weeks, emphasising the importance of water in the cow's diet with water demand doubling!
For more information from Teagasc on coping with the current conditions:
https://www.teagasc.ie/media/website/publications/2018/Grass10-Newsletter-July-3rd.pdf
https://www.teagasc.ie/media/website/publications/2018/Feeding-in-summer-drought-conditions.pdf
https://www.teagasc.ie/rural-economy/farm-management/farming-in-difficult-weather-conditions/summer-drought-conditions/
For more information from Teagasc on coping with the current conditions:
https://www.teagasc.ie/media/website/publications/2018/Grass10-Newsletter-July-3rd.pdf
https://www.teagasc.ie/media/website/publications/2018/Feeding-in-summer-drought-conditions.pdf
https://www.teagasc.ie/rural-economy/farm-management/farming-in-difficult-weather-conditions/summer-drought-conditions/
Released:
Jul 7, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
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