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“Poultry red mites are the most significant mite threat throughout Europe,” warned Maureen Prendergast of MSD Animal Health.
Exceedances in pesticides are on the increase and it is imperative that users of pesticides are mindful of best practice when spraying their lands.
The Stockbull Finder is the only search engine for beef bulls in Ireland where all of the bulls have been independently weighed and scored by ICBF.
Cork-based John Howard is delighted with the continued success and sales growth of his new wildbird cover crop seed.
Attention is turning towards silage harvesting earlier than usual this year and it is vital that farmers preserve the feed source correctly.
Every year a significant amount of silage dry matter is needlessly wasted, putting farmers at unnecessary risk of forage shortages.
The Masters in Agricultural Extension and Innovation is now available to the thousands of people employed to work directly with farmers and farm families.
With the economics of crop production being stretched ever thinner, the focus on justifying input costs has never been greater.
Peter Ging says symptoms of sub-acute rumen acidosis in his herd have disappeared since introducing Panatec Rumen Proof.
Spraying dock-infested pastures before silage is cut will significantly benefit yield and quality of both pit and baled silage.
Lely Center Mullingar is set to host two open days this week on the farms of Mark Leslie, Co. Kerry, and John McDonald, Co. Carlow.
Compared to wheat, diseases in winter and spring barley crops are generally seen as the easier disease control challenge.
UpRoot from DHM Agrochemicals promises to deliver broad-spectrum, long-term weed control in Irish grassland.
At this very early stage in 2019, more farmers are now recycling the full range of farm plastics at significantly reduced value.
The relationships between the quality of grass on Irish farms and farm profitability shows that as grass utilisation increases, net profit increases.
Choosing the right herbicide is often seen as the starting point, but we should go back a couple of steps to establish a baseline.
Grazing swards must be high yielding, easily grazed, have spring growth, quality, silage yield and ground cover, which is important on some farms.
Solar photovoltaic (PV) is the process of converting energy from daylight into electricity and the brighter the day the more generation takes place.
Packie Moloney recently updated his GPS equipment and now has variable rate and section control on his fertiliser spreader and sprayer.
Robert Dawson hails from Tullow, where the Carlow family is well-known for their auctioneering business.
Following the 2018 challenging summer, with an extended dry period, we can look forward to the next breeding season, now fast approaching.
Grass silage is expensive to produce and when a land charge is factored in, first-cut silage is now costing in the region of €300/acre.
Milk cooling is one of the highest energy uses on a dairy farm and can account for up to 40% of the farm’s electricity costs.
