Agri-Business
Fertiliser sales fell 18% in 2022
The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (Wednesday, June 14) released statistics on fertiliser sales for 2022, which show a...
Agri-Business
The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (Wednesday, June 14) released statistics on fertiliser sales for 2022, which show a...
Tillage Technical
The Teagasc ‘Spring Barley Guide’ confirms that the ideal soil-pH value for these crops comes in at approximately 6.5. This...
Agri-Business
Just under 41,000 applications were made to the National Liming Programme, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM)...
CAP / Schemes
Farmers are reminded that tomorrow (Thursday, April 20) is the closing date to apply to the National Liming Programme. The...
Agri-Business
11,080 farmers around the country have now applied for the National Liming Programme, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the...
Agri-Business
Over 8,000 farmers have already applied for the National Liming Programme, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM)...
Tillage
There is a large demand for lime on tillage farms according to Teagasc, which has advised that correct soil pH...
Dairy
The number of approved lime suppliers on the licenced list provided by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine...
Tillage Technical
The recent Teagasc ‘Soils Day’ attracted a large turnout of farmers from across the country to Johnstown Castle in Co....
Tillage
Final crop yield is the most definitive indicator of soil health, according to Prof. Mike McLaughlin, from the University of...
Dairy Technical
The vast majority of dairy cows, both dry and milking, will spend the winter months housed on cubicles in sheds....
Dairy Technical
Developing a soil health plan for farms is possibly one of the most important things a farmer can do over...
Dairy Technical
The housed period for many farms has begun, while others are continuing to get cows out to grass for short...
Dairy Technical
Winter preparations are well underway on farms to ensure that the housed period is successful. To ensure the housed period...
Dairy Technical
The dry period can be a high-risk time for cows picking up mastitis-causing infections, which often present early in the...
Agri-Business
Beef Plan Movement (BPM) has urged Minister for Finance, Paschal Donohoe to include a €5/t subsidy on lime in Budget...
Machinery
Invention and farming are never far apart and this was amply demonstrated in the innovation tent at Ploughing 2022 in...
Opinion
I heartily concur with the Beef Plan Movement’s proposed introduction of a ‘lime subsidy’, covering both procurement and spreading costs....