Dairy
The week before last presented an opportunity for many farmers to secure their final cut of silage...
Obtaining an optimal soil fertility status is a key pillar to the success of dairy production...
Lime is the cheapest form of fertiliser and farmers should consider spreading it at this time of...
Tillage
An Anglo-French research study has found that dust created by crushing basalt rocks can...
Soil fertility may be holding a lot of farms back in terms of grass growth, as it is often the...
Lime can often be forgotten about when a fertiliser plan is put together and, while collecting soil...
Soil temperatures are slow to rise with colder conditions experienced overnight, but as the spring...
Carbery in partnership with Bandon, Barryroe, Drinagh and Lisavaird Co-ops, has launched the next...
A lot of slurry may have already been spread when the spreading period opened in January, however,...
The key to decent pasture production in 2025 starts with collecting soil samples and assessing the...
Grass
The current spell of mild, dry weather that most of the country is experiencing is keeping ground...
Dairy Technical
Good grass growth and favourable grazing conditions continue into November where cows around the...
The grazing year is coming to a close and now that cows are gradually approaching the housing...
Maintaining a good soil fertility status is the cornerstone of dairy production systems or any farm...
Many farmers are focused on liming and getting their second-cut silage in as a result of favourable...
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue announced on June 12 that...
With the unpredictability in weather, the price of fertiliser, and the new constraints around how...
Agri-Business
Fertiliser use in 2024 will exceed last year, but farmers will be buying supplies more often and in...
Beef
It is envisaged that lime usage on Irish farms will double over the coming years. Moreover, this...
Johnstown-Castle-based, soil fertility specialist, Mark Plunkett, has been confirming the benefits...
An international soil health specialist has said that it is possible for farmers to improve soil...
Late autumn / early winter is a good time to develop a plan to improve or maintain herbage...
A focus for farms over the coming weeks should be on improving soil fertility and thus improving...
