Brian Costello, Author at Agriland.ie

Brian Costello

What could a new IFA look like?

December 12, 2015

There has been, for many years, an urgent need to re-imagine what we want from our farm organisations including the IFA in this…

Opinion: ‘Better to have no farm organisation than to have an irresponsible one’

December 4, 2015

Opinion

The ongoing fiasco in the IFA is the only subject of discussion amongst farmers these days. I too am shocked at the staggering…

Early Nitrogen – to spread or not to spread?

February 3, 2015

Dairy

The, by now predictable, late January advice for grassland farmers around Nitrogen has been in circulation for a couple of weeks. ‘You must…

How to make contract rearing work for you

November 19, 2014

Dairy

Increasing numbers of dairy farmers are getting their young stock reared by another farmer under contract rearing arrangements. In some cases this will…

Drystock farmers should focus on what they can control

October 3, 2014

Opinion

The profitability or otherwise of drystock farming in Ireland has rarely been out of the news of late. I always struggle to reconcile…

Dairy expansion – get big or get out? Or is there a third option?

July 17, 2014

Dairy

Dairy expansion came to mind recently and I began to compile a list of families I know who had went into dairy expansion mode…

Identifying your top performing paddocks

October 23, 2013

Rural Life

COMMENT: There are many reasons why grassland farmers should be monitoring weekly grass growth on their farms. Primarily the information derived will inform…

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