O'Connor, Declan; Hennessy, Deirdre; Shalloo, Laurence; … - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2012
Grass production provides Irish dairy farmers with a competitive advantage over many of their mainland European … counterparts by providing a cheap feed source. The temperate climate in Ireland favours the production of grass, however production … is highly seasonal with little growth over the winter period. This seasonal pattern of grass production in turn has …