Dairy
Controlling docks in your grassland swards
Docks are a difficult weed to control – in fact, all perennial weeds are difficult to control, as the same...
Docks
Tillage
Advice: Using a dock herbicide on red clover swards
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has granted two temporary herbicide licences for dock control purposes in...
Sponsored
Watch: How Cavan farm partnership combats scour
Scour occurs when the gut becomes compromised and calves lose proper functioning of the intestine, resulting in diarrhoea and loss...
Grass
Controlling grassland weed on dairy farms - act now or pay next year
Docks are known to be one of the most troublesome grassland weeds, but did you know that leaving them in...
Grass
Getting to grips with rushes and other weeds in grassland
By Ivan Kelly, Teagasc advisor Grassland weeds are set to escalate over the next few weeks. Rushes thrived in last...
Grass
When is the best time to eliminate docks from grass leys?
Docks are a common problem on Irish farms that can limit grassland output and productivity unless they are controlled. The...
Grass
Dealing with docks: 'If you can eliminate them more grass will grow in their place'
The amount of grass grown on farms would increase if farmers eliminated docks from their swards, according to TP Whelehan’s...
Sheep
Sheep farmers with thistles, nettles, docks or rushes - here's how to get rid of them
Thistles, nettles and docks are the main culprits on dry ground with rushes being a major problem on wetter soils,...