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As autumn approaches, Irish dairy farmers enter one of the most critical periods of the production...
Rural Life
Kilbehenny National School, Co. Limerick, will stage a tractor/vintage run tomorrow (Sunday,...
Dairy
As we get closer to second cut silage preparation, it is time to look ahead and put a fodder budget...
As first-cut silage is being harvested and stored on many farms across the country, it is time to...
Environment
Approximately 19 million grass silage bales are made in Ireland on an annual basis, which is a...
From using calving cameras for CCTV, to creating physical barriers at gates, coming up with ways to...
Pregnancy diagnosis is a vital part of managing fertility and productivity in dairy herds. One...
N.Ireland
A farmer in Northern Ireland resorted to setting up video camera surveillance in one of his fields...
Dairy Technical
Silage bales have a role to play on almost every Irish livestock farm, with silage contributing...
Machinery News
https://youtu.be/BEqkNsSkdHM Main-season first-cut silage has kicked off over the past week on...
Agri-Business
As silage making season gets underway across the country, the Department of Agriculture, Food and...
Round bales of silage are trading as high as €60/bale delivered in some parts of the country,...
Grass is key to Ireland's agricultural production model, with grazed grass used to feed our...
With labour becoming harder to source, more farmers are turning to smart farming technologies to...
Silage contributes between 25% and 40% of the annual diet of beef and dairy animals, depending on...
Beef
In recent years, more and more baled silage has been made and this year is no different. Favorable...
Grass
Yesterday morning (Tuesday, October 16) Criostoir O'Crualaoi was driving to work when he noticed...
An English farmer came in for a nasty surprise this week, when he found several of his bales of...
Drumshanbo's 'Stylish Silage' competition is back this year with more entries and additional prize...
There is large variation in silage prices across the country. Quality is also variable and farmers...
The high grass growth rates witnessed over the past six weeks have finally subsided, farmers around...
With the recent burst of growth and silage harvesting, many farmers are asking themselves if they...
There is no difference in the quality between baled and pit silage, according to Teagasc's Dr. Joe...
When making baled silage, it is important to note what specifications of bale-wrap (film) you are...
Maurice Keady, Sales Manager with Irish silage wrap (plastic) company Silawrap, has...
There is a diverse range of silage cutting prices being quoted by agricultural contractors around...
