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The Irish Holstein Friesian Association (IHFA) Focus Farm series highlights some of Ireland’s...
Agri-Business
Irish farmers could potentially be exporting fodder supplies to England this winter as supplies run...
90% of farms expect to have sufficient feed in place for the coming winter, according to...
Dairy
Unfortunately, farmers must start looking ahead to the upcoming winter months and create a fodder...
Second cut silage fields are either closed off for silage or getting harvested over this spell of...
It is a shame to be talking about winter at the start of July, but farmers should begin to consider...
In farming communities across Ireland, the pressure on mental health can be deeply felt not just by...
Dairy Technical
With excellent weather for the last couple of days and the dry spell set to continue, which has...
As we are now into the month of May, farmers may be eyeing up an early silage cut, and should be...
January is an important time to assess remaining winter feed stocks, and particularly following the...
Although the good back end to the year has seen somewhat of a relief to fodder supplies across the...
Winter feed supply may look scarce on many farms, as grass growth was far from satisfactory...
Many farmers chose to spread fertiliser after their last cut of silage in late July or early August...
Ireland’s organic farming community is set to take centre stage this autumn with the launch of a...
As we get closer to second cut silage preparation, it is time to look ahead and put a fodder budget...
Up to 30% of farms across both dairy and drystock enterprises are currently reporting significant...
With grass growth rates stagnated across the country and with moisture deficits seen in most areas,...
Last winter saw a lot of farmers in the country run tight or run out of silage reserves, and for...
Dairy farmer across the country have seen much of their fodder stock depleted as a result of...
Silage pits on many farms have now been open for a numbers of months in most cases, and it is now...
Beef
Cattle have been housed for some time now on many farms across the country, and with the early...
Teagasc have recently updated the national fodder survey across dairy and drystock farms...
There are a number of jobs that farmers can be completing on their farms over the coming weeks...
Something that needs to be completed on farms over the coming days, if not already done, is a...
A "comprehensive" and "robust" survey of current fodder stocks on dairy and beef farms is currently...
Livestock farmers need to be completing a fodder budget for their farms to determine their winter...
