Dairy
Popularity of maize as a buffer feed on the increase
A feeding trend involving maize silage has been noticed on Irish dairy farms over the past number of years. Gordon...
Dairy
A feeding trend involving maize silage has been noticed on Irish dairy farms over the past number of years. Gordon...
Tillage
As harvest ’17 continues to progress, a number of growers have said that oilseed rape will be their top-performing crop...
Tillage
After a slow start up to June 1, maize crops have caught up now having “jumped out of the ground”, according...
Tillage
Winter barley yields have been a mixed bag and yields have ranged from 3t/ac up to 4.25t/ac so far this...
Tillage
With winter barley yields back 10-15% nationally, it has been a difficult start to the harvest. Grain merchants across the...
Tillage
A field of barley in Co. Meath was partially damaged after a fire began in “suspicious circumstances” on Sunday, July...
Tillage
Growers around the country should ‘hold grain and sell hard‘, according to the Irish Farmers’ Association’s (IFA’s) Grain Committee Chairman,...
Tillage
The harvesting of winter barley was coming to an end on Murragh Farm in Oldtown, Co. Dublin earlier this week. The...
Tillage
A series of upgrades to the Bord na Mona-owned power plant in Edenderry, Co. Offaly has left miscanthus growers around...
Tillage
Harvesting is well underway in the south-east and the focus has turned to combining winter oats in recent days. Speaking...
Tillage
Combines have been rolling for the last number of weeks, with quite a bit of the country’s winter barley crop...
Tillage
With the time of year that’s in it, AgriLand decided to ask agricultural contractors how much they are charging to...
Machinery
Suir Sprayers will hold a ‘demo day’ for Lemken sprayers next Tuesday, August 1, in Ballygunner, Co. Waterford, from 10:00am to...
Tillage
With harvesting around Ireland in full swing, AgriLand asked what agricultural contractors are charging for combine harvesting cereal crops in 2017....
Tillage
Tillage farmers who lost crops during the harvest in 2016 due to poor weather conditions have been given one month...
Tillage
Just 20km north of the capital, Derek Keeling and his father Derek senior farm 350ha in Oldtown, Co. Dublin. Derek...
Machinery
Carlow-based machinery dealer, Kellys of Borris, will hold a ‘Monster Tillage Demo Day’, showcasing its range of Horsch and Dal-bo...
Machinery
Transporting the header of a combine harvester, along with the combine itself, can often prove to be something of a...