Dairy
Study: Reducing nitrogen use could lower farm profits by up to 10%
Reducing the application rate of nitrogen (N) fertiliser by 25kg and 50kg N/ha could reduce farm profitability by 5% and...
Dairy
Reducing the application rate of nitrogen (N) fertiliser by 25kg and 50kg N/ha could reduce farm profitability by 5% and...
Dairy
The efficient use of fertiliser nitrogen to improve sustainability was the topic of discussion at the first of four online...
Tillage
A total of 1.547 million tonnes of fertiliser were sold from October 1, 2018, to September 30, 2019. This equates...
Environment
Interim nitrogen and phosphorus statements (N and P Statements) for the period January 2020 to April 2020 are now available...
Tillage
As spring barley crops are appearing across the country, farmers have been and will be applying nitrogen (N) to these...
Tillage
Tillage farmers are extremely busy at present planting spring crops. Sowing of malting barley is well underway across the country....
Dairy
Determination is key to getting the fertiliser out in these difficult spreading conditions and with some good weather in the...
Tillage
The weather of the past few months means that many winter crops have not received any fertiliser and while crops...
Tillage
Winter crops are still facing tough conditions as Storm Dennis is heading in the direction of Ireland this weekend. At...
Sheep
Is the real answer to reducing our carbon footprint by increasing nitrogen (N) efficiency rather than reducing stocking rates? This...
Dairy
Just because the closed period has ended for all farmers in Zone A, and soon to end for other farmers,...
Dairy
If we were to switch half our calcium ammonia nitrate (CAN) fertiliser over to protected urea, it would be the...
Environment
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has confirmed that interim nitrogen and phosphorus statements (N & P statements)...
Tillage
Nitrogen is directly linked to the protein content of malting barley. Getting that protein content right is the big challenge...
Tillage
Fertiliser spreaders were busy travelling all roads of the country before rain hit this week. As spring crops receive nitrogen...
Tillage
Many farmers have completed or are nearing completion of nitrogen (N) applications on winter crops. It’s important to stay within...
Tillage
This year it looks like meeting malting standards could be a lot more profitable than in years gone by and...
Tillage
With a dry spell of weather forecast for the coming week and soil temperatures on the rise it is the...