Beef
Short weather spell offers potential opportunity for hay
Warm and dry conditions have managed to prevail for the last few days of July and some farmers are taking...
Hay
Dairy Technical
What do your calves need for rumen development?
Three key things are needed to aid rumen development in calves during the rearing period: water, concentrates and a source...
Rural Life
Kerrane: Action needed from minister on Agriland fodder survey results
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine has been urged to outline his response to a survey conducted by...
Tillage
DAFM: Rules for importing hay and straw this winter
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) have reminded importers and operators of the requirements for importing hay...
Agri-Business
Less than 2 weeks to make Fodder Support Scheme changes
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has reminded farmers that the closing date to amend applications for...
Rural Life
'Meitheal' in Cavan for hay-making music video
Loch Gowna, Co. Cavan man TP Smith, who makes hay with his vintage machinery every summer, helped by friends and...
Rural Life
Trim Haymaking Festival set with packed programme
The Trim haymaking festival will take place in the historic town of Trim, Co. Meath, on Father’s Day, this Sunday...
Beef
Fodder Support Scheme will open to new applicants in spring
The Fodder Support Scheme will be open to new entrants from spring of 2023, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the...
Dairy
German farmer tastes the difference with organic hay milk
There are some farmers in Germany who are switching from conventional to organic milk production, latest figures suggest. For many...
Sheep News
Fodder scheme slammed for 'leaving behind' many sheep farmers
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has hit out at the 2023 Fodder Support Scheme, claiming that many sheep farmers have...
Agri-Business
Call for extension of closing date for Fodder Support Scheme
Macra na Feirme has called on the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue, to extend the closing date for the cutting...
Beef
Hay bales: Storage advice to avoid risk of fire
Farmers across the country took advantage of the hot, dry weather over the past two weeks by opting to secure...
Agri-Business
Minister: 'Don't take the foot off the pedal' on saving fodder
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine has urged farmers “not to take the foot off the pedal” when...
Machinery Focus
Machinery Focus: Massey Ferguson adds science to art of tedding
In between the bouts of unsettled weather that has marked June so far, there will be many anxiously awaiting the...
Agri-Business
Application portal for Fodder Support Scheme opens
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has today (Friday, June 17) announced that the online application system...
Rural Life
150 bales of hay stolen from Tipperary yard
An Garda Síochána has confirmed today (Monday, March 14) that an investigation is underway into the theft of a “substantial...
Rural Life
Making hay for horses, rhinos and hippos...in Kildare
Hay and haylage products that are used in places as distant as the Middle East and Asia – and fed...
Rural Life
Cause of Monaghan hay barn fire still unknown
The cause of a fire at a hay barn in Co. Monaghan late last week has yet to be determined,...