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Rural Life
Relentless rain - 'this July has nearly been as bad as 1985'
The wet weather conditions experienced this July “have been nearly as bad as the wet summer of 1985,” one farmer...
Rural Life
The wet weather conditions experienced this July “have been nearly as bad as the wet summer of 1985,” one farmer...
Dairy Technical
Something that needs to be completed on farms over the coming days, if not already done, is a fodder budget....
Agri-Business
Contractors around the country have reported that 15% less first-cut silage was harvested on average this year compared to 2022....
Agri-Business
A survey undertaken Teagasc has shown that on average, dairy and drystock farms are on target to have adequate winter...
Grass
Sodium has been recommended as an integral component of all grassland (grazing and silage) fertiliser programmes. The benefits of the...
Dairy Technical
For those that may run short on silage, a fodder crop may be a solution. Although last winter was quite...
Agri-Business
A “comprehensive” and “robust” survey of current fodder stocks on dairy and beef farms is currently underway across the country....
Dairy Technical
Livestock farmers need to be completing a fodder budget for their farms to determine their winter feed situation as it...
Dairy Technical
Grass growth appears to be holding fairly strong for now, but without rain coming soon, many farms may start running...
Dairy Technical
Silage bales have a role to play on almost every Irish livestock farm, with silage contributing between 25% and 40%...
Dairy Technical
The good weather over the last couple of weeks will have seen most, if not all, farmers move to harvest...
Environment
Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) has appealed to farmers to help protect Ireland’s rivers and lakes from agricultural pollution during the...
Dairy Technical
In general, farms are a busy place, and during the month of May in particular they are often at their...
Farm Safety
Silage harvesting is already underway and the Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine with...
Machinery Focus
The silage season is now fully underway with fields falling rapidly to the mower throughout the country as contractors such...
Rural Life
Gardaí have launched an investigation into the theft of a tractor and a slurry tanker from a bog in Co....
Agri-Business
As silage making season gets underway across the country, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has reminded...
Agri-Business
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has issued a road safety appeal as silage cutting season gets underway across the country....