Chopping forage into shorter lengths is generally considered a good thing, certainly when it comes to promoting a quick fermentation...
March 4, 2022
Controlling the production cost of winter milk is key to making winter milk production profitable and sustainable on farms. The...
December 7, 2021
Animal nutrition and forage preservation company, Volac, has announced a new global forage appointment. Dr. Mark Leggett will take up...
October 28, 2021
Results from a five-year trial, carried out by scientists at Reading University, confirms that dry matter output from diversified swards...
December 21, 2020
A contractor outside Birr, Co. Offaly, has been experimenting with methods to preserve extra forages that have been grown on...
October 30, 2018
Wholecrop silage is a very popular option for farmers this season, as fodder stocks remain low. Farmers have been busy...
July 22, 2018
The acreage of land sown under maize across the country has increased massively, according to Maizetech’s John Foley. Speaking to...
May 25, 2018
Northern Ireland dairy farmers are on average getting less than half the industry’s target for milk from forage, according to...
April 12, 2018
“People know the price of everything and the value of nothing.” This was how Brian Reidy, of Premier Farm Nutrition,...
March 26, 2018
Mixing beet and maize in the pit is getting popular in Co. Cork. JB O’Donovan delivers, chops and mixes beet with...
October 9, 2017
In terms of the cost per unit of feed value, beet is the cheapest conserved crop to grow, according to...
October 7, 2017
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...
April 20, 2017
Timothy should not be overlooked as a species of grass that can be included in seed mixes under Irish conditions,”...
March 18, 2017
One of the most eye-catching machines at this week’s FTMTA Farm Machinery Show at Punchestown, Co. Kildare is the Respiro...
February 9, 2017
Struggling to find an operator that can drive steadily alongside a self-propelled forage harvester? Why not simply abandon the whole...
January 20, 2017
Dairy farmers in the US state of Wisconsin are being encouraged to sow winter oats in early August and then...
December 4, 2016
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