Tillage
Orders for forage crop seed have phones hopping
The demand for forage crops has increased this season, as farmers try to fill gaps in their winter feed supplies....
Tillage
The demand for forage crops has increased this season, as farmers try to fill gaps in their winter feed supplies....
Tillage
Cover crops are a popular topic this season and can provide a valuable source of forage amidst the current fodder...
Tillage
There are lots of different options when it comes to sowing forage crops. These options all vary in yield, dry...
Agri-Business
About 75% of one agricultural contractor’s customers are currently feeding silage due to the prolonged spell of fine weather stalling...
Grass
Farmers in Co. Wexford could be forced to source fodder outside the county this year due to the drought, according...
Agri Politics
The European Commission may consider making a “significant amount of land available” for the conservation of fodder, following a request...
Dairy
Wholecrop silage is a very popular option for farmers this season, as fodder stocks remain low. Farmers have been busy...
Grass
The Department of Agriculture has been called upon to introduce supports or measures to mobilise lowly-stocked farmers to grow more...
Grass
As the Dail sat for the final time before the summer recess last week, fodder issues were a hot topic...
Tillage
As winter crops are removed from fields early this year, tillage farmers may get an opportunity to plant catch crops....
Grass
Members of the Teagasc-led Inter-Agency Fodder Committee met earlier today to discuss the key findings from the fodder census, which...
Dairy
Teagasc is receiving phone calls “morning, noon and night” in light of the fodder shortage that’s gripping farms across the...
Grass
Figures show that fodder imports that were subsidised by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine in 2013 equated...
Rural Life
A population of “menacing crows” is wreaking havoc on fodder stocks in Co. Limerick, according to Eddie Ryan, cathaoirleach of...
Agri-Business
The total potential cost of the ongoing drought on a 100-cow dairy herd over a seven-day period is circa €2,600, Irish...
Agri-Business
Demand for concentrated feed this month is up to four times higher than volumes sought during the same period last...
Grass
Farmers need to “take more responsibility” for trying to manage their own grassland better in order to get more fodder...
Beef
What farmers are currently experiencing is exactly everything that they don’t need. After what can only be described as a...