N.Ireland
Northern Ireland: First-cut silage has average DM of just 24%
Extensive forage analysis carried out by United Feeds is confirming that first-cut silage made in Northern Ireland this year has...
N.Ireland
Extensive forage analysis carried out by United Feeds is confirming that first-cut silage made in Northern Ireland this year has...
Dairy Technical
Grass is key to Ireland’s agricultural production model, with grazed grass used to feed our livestock during the grazing season...
Grass
Wilting is one of the most important steps when making high quality silage – wilting increases the dry matter (DM)...
Tillage
There are lots of different options when it comes to sowing forage crops. These options all vary in yield, dry...
Grass
What a difference a week makes. Although weather has got a lot cooler, ground conditions have improved greatly – allowing...
Opinion
By John McHugh, dairy farmer, Portlaoise, Co. Laois The importance of grassland to the Irish livestock farmer is well recognised,...
Beef
Teagasc has produced two handy guides to measuring dry matter (DM) for cattle and sheep farmers. Ensuring a paddock isn’t...