Tillage
Changing weather patterns have impacted significantly on the yields and quality of forage maize crops grown in the UK.
There is now evidence that dairy farmers have used both tillage and Protein schemes to boost their overall feed self-sufficiency levels.
While most Irish cereal crops struggled throughout 2023, the opposite turned out to be the case for forage maize.
Armagh farmer Mark Lewis hosted meeting focussed on growing and utilising forage maize within a year-round milk production system.
Getting seeds down to the right depths is one of the key requirements when it comes to successfully establishing crops of forage maize.
Leighlinbridge-based agronomist Eoin Jordan is confirming Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus (BYDV) in crops that he has walked over recent days
According to Teagasc, planting of forage maize crops should get underway in sheltered parts of the south east over the coming days
