Grass
Grass focus: Making more from less on rented ground in Co. Galway
Farming in Tuam, Co. Galway, Billy and Martin Gilmore – a father-and-son team – operate a contract rearing enterprise in...
Grass
Farming in Tuam, Co. Galway, Billy and Martin Gilmore – a father-and-son team – operate a contract rearing enterprise in...
Grass
After paddocks are set-up, the next job is to utilise all of the grass available to the animal. By doing...
Grass
Towards the end of 2017, the Irish Grassland Association completed a short member survey asking what events they would most...
Dairy
By Joe Patton, Teagasc dairy specialist The last few weeks have brought many difficulties for managing grass and herd nutrition...
Dairy
Farming in Rosemount, Co. Westmeath, the grazing season kicked into gear on Michael Molloy’s dairy farm yesterday. Milking a herd...
Dairy
The wet weather of late is playing havoc on farms across the country. Farmers, especially those operating on heavier soils,...
Opinion
Ireland’s Liquid Milk scheme should be scrapped with immediate effect. It’s an aberration and a throwback to the days when...
Tillage
Approximately 20,000ac of fodder beet are grown in Ireland annually, according to DLF Seeds’ Paul Flanagan. He said that fodder...
Opinion
By John McHugh, dairy farmer, Portlaoise, Co. Laois The importance of grassland to the Irish livestock farmer is well recognised,...
Beef
Livestock farmers should make the most of spring grass by getting stock out to graze where possible, according to CAFRE...
Dairy
Inclement weather and challenging grazing conditions have forced many farmers to house cows, leading to a delay in the progress...
Beef
Good soil management is the key to securing optimal grassland yields, according to Welsh agronomist Gareth Davies. Soil is made...
Grass
Ground conditions in the north and west of the country has made grazing extremely difficult over the past two weeks....
Grass
Grass measuring is a vital tool used on many Irish farms and at some stage or another some farmers have...
Sheep
The Department of Agriculture has warned sheep farmers that their lambs are likely to suffer from a Nematodirus outbreak this...
Dairy
Measuring grass is key to the success of Sean Daly’s dairy farm and he likened it to driving a tractor...
Grass
The average growth response from Nitrogen (N) applications in March is 15kg/ha every unit of N applied, according to Teagasc’s...
Dairy
Grazing has been compromised over the last number of weeks on farms due to the weather and poor field conditions....