Grass
Silage prices: €25/bale is standard, but plenty higher
There’s plenty of silage for sale across the country. However, it’s not necessarily available where it’s needed most. While many...
Grass
There’s plenty of silage for sale across the country. However, it’s not necessarily available where it’s needed most. While many...
Beef
Silage is the number one feed on the majority of farms over the winter period. Farmers feeding silage need to...
Beef
Winter feeding is well and truly underway. An extended grazing period – after the 2018 summer drought – allowed farmers...
Grass
Silage prices are variable across the country – 4X4 round bales. AgriLand has found prices ranging from €20/bale to €40/bale....
Beef
The winter period is an expensive time for beef farmers. Not alone are the margins tight, but the dry weather...
Beef
Silage is the number one feed on the majority of farms over the winter period. Farmers feeding silage need to...
Grass
While the dark winter evenings continue to close in on us and most farmers have cattle housed for the winter...
Grass
Grass silage is the predominant feed used on the vast majority of dairy, beef and sheep farms in Ireland. Although...
Machinery
Giving consideration to the care and maintenance of soil structure has long been the preserve of the tillage sector. Increasingly...
Beef
Calving may seem like a long way away for spring-calving suckler herds, but winter management is key to the success...
Machinery
Czech outlet Agroportal24h reports that a Dutch contractor – Ronald Bos BV – is using an additional (front-mounted) chopping system when making silage...
Grass
In a bid to narrow fodder deficits on farms, farmers have been busy mowing and collecting silage over recent days....
Grass
After a challenging year, attention is slowly turning to putting the farm in a position to make the best possible...
Grass
Bale prices have rocketed by 19.96% year-on-year as the shortage of animal feed such as silage intensifies following the extreme...
Grass
The most important factor to consider when sowing a forage crop is the cost of that crop and if it...
Grass
There’s potential for some farms to facilitate the short-term growing of a silage crop through August/September and earn €75+/ac, according...
Grass
The summer’s drought not only resulted in grass growth rates plummeting, but it also curtailed fertiliser applications on many farms....
Grass
Farmers in Co. Wexford could be forced to source fodder outside the county this year due to the drought, according...