Beef
Silage prices: Sellers holding firm on price with demand expected to increase
As a result of the poor weather recently, many farmers are now looking at their fodder supplies and how far...
Beef
As a result of the poor weather recently, many farmers are now looking at their fodder supplies and how far...
Rural Life
A number of people were injured when a tractor towing a trailer of bales shed its load outside a pub...
Rural Life
Members of the emergency services attended an incident where a lorry transporting a number of bales caught fire – engulfing...
Rural Life
Gardaí are investigating an incident of criminal damage that occurred in a field in Co. Monaghan last week where a...
Rural Life
An unfortunate driver of a tractor drawing a trailer of bales became the subject of a caption contest on social...
Rural Life
A tractor and trailer transporting a quantity of bales recently encountered difficulty when the top-stacked fodder pushed off-balance to the...
Beef
Grass growth rates are climbing, average cover per cow is at an all time high and pre-grazing yields on many...
Rural Life
A tractor driver was found to be using “incorrect straps” while transporting bales in west Cork recently. At first glance,...
Rural Life
The issue of bales of fodder being stolen is becoming a growing concern in recent times, particularly for tillage farmers making...
Rural Life
Members of An Garda Siochana have warned farmers, contractors and any drivers transporting bales to ensure that their loads are...
Opinion
The fodder crisis has brought into focus the absolute hit-and-miss nature of buying baled silage. It’s impossible to gauge the...
Opinion
The anticipation of an early spring has totally receded in most parts of the country, leaving many farmers with the...
Tillage
It appears that the demand for straw has decreased and prices have dropped back in most parts of the country....
Rural Life
A tractor driver ran into a spot of bother with the law when the operator was pulled over by Gardai...
Rural Life
A tractor that was drawing a trailer loaded with bales of straw struck a bridge in Cahir, Co. Tipperary, recently....
Grass
€30/bale (4X4 bale) looks to be the standard price for silage in many parts of the country. However, as you...
Rural Life
Some motorists had a lucky escape on the M1 motorway at the weekend, as a number of large square bales...
Machinery
“I suppose you could say I have a ‘disease for design’. It’s not uncommon that I would be in the...