Dairy Technical
Grass growth: Rain needed by many farms
Grass growth on many farms in recent days has been sluggish at best, while farms that have gotten rain are...
Forage
Machinery News
Shorter chopping with latest Pottinger Jumbo
Chopping forage into shorter lengths is generally considered a good thing, certainly when it comes to promoting a quick fermentation...
Dairy Technical
Controlling feed cost on winter milk farms
Controlling the production cost of winter milk is key to making winter milk production profitable and sustainable on farms. The...
Agri-Business
New global forage appointment at Volac
Animal nutrition and forage preservation company, Volac, has announced a new global forage appointment. Dr. Mark Leggett will take up...
Beef
Herbal leys can make a significant contribution to beef output
Results from a five-year trial, carried out by scientists at Reading University, confirms that dry matter output from diversified swards...
Beef
Video: Newfangled system of baling two forages into one
A contractor outside Birr, Co. Offaly, has been experimenting with methods to preserve extra forages that have been grown on...
Dairy
Act fast to preserve wholecrop silage
Wholecrop silage is a very popular option for farmers this season, as fodder stocks remain low. Farmers have been busy...
Tillage
Plastic shining across the country as maize acreage booms
The acreage of land sown under maize across the country has increased massively, according to Maizetech’s John Foley. Speaking to...
Dairy
Dairying: 'We have lost the plot in Northern Ireland'
Northern Ireland dairy farmers are on average getting less than half the industry’s target for milk from forage, according to...
Tillage
Cost benefits of beet and maize continue to be promoted
“People know the price of everything and the value of nothing.” This was how Brian Reidy, of Premier Farm Nutrition,...
Tillage
'Mixing beet and maize in the pit growing in popularity'
Mixing beet and maize in the pit is getting popular in Co. Cork. JB O’Donovan delivers, chops and mixes beet with...
Tillage
'Beet is the cheapest conserved forage to grow'
In terms of the cost per unit of feed value, beet is the cheapest conserved crop to grow, according to...
Machinery
New 'compact, professional-spec' silage wagon hits the market
Austrian manufacturer Pottinger has extended its Torro Combiline series with the new 5510 Combiline self-loading silage wagon. This “professional-spec” model’s key selling...
Beef
Timothy – the forgotten grass species?
Timothy should not be overlooked as a species of grass that can be included in seed mixes under Irish conditions,”...
Machinery
Video: Respiro belt rake 'lifts' rather than 'sweeps' at FTMTA show
One of the most eye-catching machines at this week’s FTMTA Farm Machinery Show at Punchestown, Co. Kildare is the Respiro...
Other
Video: How to keep an insatiably hungry harvester moving
Struggling to find an operator that can drive steadily alongside a self-propelled forage harvester? Why not simply abandon the whole...
Tillage
Grazing winter oats – a US perspective
Dairy farmers in the US state of Wisconsin are being encouraged to sow winter oats in early August and then...
