Dairy
'Dairy farmers must think of grazing infrastructure as an investment'
There’s huge potential to increase the amount of grass grown and utilised on Irish dairy farms, delegates at the Teagasc...
Dairy
There’s huge potential to increase the amount of grass grown and utilised on Irish dairy farms, delegates at the Teagasc...
Grass
Irish drystock farmers are lagging behind their dairy counterparts when it comes to growing and utilising grass. Teagasc estimates that...
Dairy
As we plan to extend the grazing season, increasing the average farm cover (AFC) is now on most of our...
Grass
90% of the soils analysed by Teagasc in 2015 had sub-optimal levels of soil pH, phosphorus (P) and potassium (K)....
Tillage
Power grazing aims to increase soil fertility and organic matter (OM) in soils, according to Tim May, a UK-based arable...
Tillage
Farmers have been urged to give careful consideration to the fertilisers they use to grow tillage crops, as soil fertility...
N.Ireland
The Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) has launched a free soil sampling and analysis scheme, which is available to livestock...
Grass
Reseeding is a costly exercise and it can result in an outlay of approximately €250-350/ac to complete. However, when done...
Environment
The shackles of production were lifted on Irish dairy farms in 2015, with the EU-wide abolition of milk quotas. In...
Opinion
By John McHugh, dairy farmer, Portlaoise, Co. Laois Recently, soil scientists from Rothemsted Research in the UK, and Wageningen University...
Dairy
It’s mid-April and the sun is shining. Temperatures are varying quite a bit throughout the country but farms that got the...
Environment
The unseasonably good weather being experienced in many parts of the country has given farmers a great opportunity to spread...
Environment
Lime is one of the most important nutrients any farmer can spread on their land to address soil pH issues,...
Environment
Farmers should take every opportunity to spread lime on their land to address soil acidity issues, Teagasc’s Ger Courtney has...
Grass
Some farmers are spreading Phosphorous and are getting no visible response in terms of soil index or grass production, according...
Grass
Farmers who spread lime on their farms report positive results according to Teagasc but there are key guidelines to follow...
Environment
Some of the most productive agricultural land in the UK is at risk of becoming unprofitable within a generation, according...
Grass
Farmers should soil test every field on their farm, as they could be wasting money on fertiliser, according to Grassland...