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Changing weather patterns impacting on forage maize yields
Changing weather patterns have impacted significantly on the yields and quality of forage maize crops grown in the UK. Results...
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Focus: Improving feed self-sufficiency on 2 Munster dairy farms
There is now evidence that Irish dairy farmers have used both the Tillage Incentive Scheme and Protein Aid Scheme as...
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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...
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Tillage: Outlook promising for forage maize in 2024
While most Irish cereal crops struggled throughout 2023, the opposite turned out to be the case for forage maize. Maizetech’s...
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Growing maize for year-round milk production systems
Co. Armagh farmer Mark Lewis recently hosted a College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) business development group meeting....
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Pitfalls to avoid when growing forage maize
Getting seeds down to the right depths is one of the key requirements when it comes to successfully establishing crops...
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BYDV identified in Carlow, Kilkenny, Kildare area
Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus (BYDV) has been identified in counties Carlow, Kilkenny and Kildare by Leighlinbridge based agronomist Eoin Jordan...
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First forage maize crops of 2021 to be planted shortly
Planting of forage maize crops should get underway in sheltered parts of the south east over the coming days, according...