N.Ireland
Barenbrug have appointed new a senior breeder and they will lead a specialised forage breeding programme for the UK and Ireland.
Dairy News
The Forage Analysis Assurance (FAA) Group, which operates in Ireland and the UK, has outlined...
Tillage
The area of arable land across the UK dedicated to forage maize production in 2024 increased by between 10% and 20%.
Biotechnology company, Alltech, has released the complete Alltech 2024 European Harvest Analysis...
A new, winter-active and highly vigorous variety of triticale is now available in the UK. It offers all the forage options
Agri-Business
Germinal welcomed that two of its new perennial ryegrass varieties are on the recommended grass and clover list for England and Wales.
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has said that there is "no money" for a fodder support scheme.
This week, the UFU recognised NI top silage makers of 2023 as they hosted their annual silage makers competition awards ceremony....
Belfast-headquartered seed company, Germinal, has announced the appointment of David Little as agricultural product manager for Ireland.
The scale of the mycotoxin challenges in Irish silages is higher than in previous years and will need to be managed
Silage slippage is a major challenge on many dairy and beef farms throughout Northern Ireland at the present time.
Dairy Technical
Grass growth on many farms in recent days has been sluggish at best, while farms that have gotten rain are holding up reasonable well.
Machinery News
Chopping forage into shorter lengths is considered a good thing, certainly by Pottinger, which has added extra knives to the Jumbo 8000 wagon.
Controlling the production cost of winter milk is key to making winter milk production profitable and sustainable on farms.
Animal nutrition and forage preservation company, Volac, has announced Dr Mark Leggett as new global technical manager for forage
Beef
Ongoing research at Reading University is pointing to the real value of herbal leys as a means of boosting beef output from forage
A contractor outside Birr, Co. Offaly, has been experimenting with methods to preserve extra forages that has been grown this autumn.
Dairy
Wholecrop silage is a very popular option for farmers this season, as fodder stocks remain low. It's also an expensive option in many cases.
The acreage of land sown to maize across the country has increased massively according to Maizetech's John Foley.
Northern Ireland dairy farmers are on average getting less than half the industry's target for milk from forage.
"People know the price of everything and the value of nothing." Brian Reidy described the cost benefits of beet and maize recently.
Mixing beet and maize in the pit is getting popular in Co. Cork. JB O'Donovan delivers, chops and mixes beet with maize as it goes into the silage pit.
Beet and maize are cheaper forage crops to produce after grazed grass and are cheaper than grass silage per unit of energy produced.
