Dairy
Second cut silage fields are either closed off for silage or getting harvested over this spell of...
The weather for the week looks to be dry with sunny spells, according to Met Éireann, offering...
We are heading towards the end of May and, thankfully, we are looking at fertilising second-cut...
The majority of dairy farms will have their first-cut silage secured over the coming week and then...
Beef
One of the main talking points among farmers last month was the poor grass growth levels and the...
With many farmers having cut their first-cut silage over the weekend or planning on cutting in the...
Dairy Technical
A certain level of silage effluent is expected when harvesting crops, but this year due to the very...
Grass
Scattered showers and heavy, thundery downpours have been the weather trend for the past number of...
The good weather over the last couple of weeks will have seen most, if not all, farmers move to...
Slurry has a massive role to play on farms as it can be used to replace nutrients within the soil,...
The good weather over the last number of days has resulted in some farmers moving to harvest their...
The last number of days and weeks saw the vast majority of farmers move to secure their first cut...
July is a busy month on many farms, with second-cut silage and the beginning of the harvest, along...
An important job to be completed over the coming weeks is making a fodder budget, to determine how...
On the recent 'Let's Talk Dairy' webinar Stuart Childs, dairy specialist with Teagasc spoke about...
The focus on many farms for the last number of weeks was to get first-cut silage cut and into pits,...
Although in many parts of the country land is tender at best, in other parts ground is in...
This article is part of a Grass Growth series in association with Yara. It’s fair to say, that...
A demonstration in making quality second-cut silage is set to take place tomorrow, Friday, June 28,...
Rural Life
‘The 2 Johnnies’, also known as Johnny B and Johnny Smacks, are a comedy duo from Co. Tipperary...
Farmers could be mowing their second-cut silage in September due to current parched conditions,...
Dairy farmers in different parts of the country have been weighing up options on what to do with...
