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Is your maize ready to be harvested?

September 23, 2020

Maize is an expensive crop to grow and has huge potential when placed in a pit for the winter, but the high-energy feed…

What effect will replacing grass silage with maize silage have on dairy cow performance?

November 18, 2018

Dairy

The boost in the area of forage maize planted in 2018 has been welcomed by many dairy farmers around the country who intend…

Pics: Telehandler crushed when articulated lorry overturns

September 27, 2018

Machinery

A Manitou telehandler was crushed recently when an articulated lorry and tipping trailer overturned on a farm in the north-east of the country.…

High-quality maize harvest set to start a week earlier than usual

August 30, 2018

Tillage

Mark Hosford expects farmers to be cutting maize in east Cork in the last week in September. The area manager for Southern Fuel…

Plastic shining across the country as maize acreage booms

May 25, 2018

Tillage

The acreage of land sown under maize across the country has increased massively, according to Maizetech’s John Foley. Speaking to AgriLand earlier this…

Maize on contract: ‘Money should be on the table first’

April 29, 2018

Tillage

‘Tillage farmers should grow forage crops for livestock farmers’ is one of the key talking points from this spring’s fodder crisis. However, it’s…

Storm-battered maize proving difficult to harvest

October 20, 2017

Tillage

Storm Ophelia wreaked havoc in maize fields across the country on Monday (October 16). Farmers and contractors were expecting big yields and a…

Why it’s important not to overpack the top layer of your maize silage pit

October 4, 2017

Tillage

Farmers and contractors are preparing as the 2017 maize harvest kicks into gear. Foragers have started to move in southerly reaches; growers in…

Maize harvest kicking into gear – in a north-bound trajectory

October 3, 2017

Tillage

The outlook for maize is positive for the future; many of this year’s crops are now approaching maturity. That was the overriding message…

Maize harvest gets underway in the south

September 28, 2017

Tillage

Maize harvesters have taken to the fields early this year, with machines out and about in the south of the country. The early…

Popularity of maize as a buffer feed on the increase

August 8, 2017

Dairy

A feeding trend involving maize silage has been noticed on Irish dairy farms over the past number of years. Gordon Shine, of Shine’s…

Maize crops have ‘jumped out of the ground’ since June

August 4, 2017

Tillage

After a slow start up to June 1, maize crops have caught up now having “jumped out of the ground”, according to John Foley…

Bringing growers and cattle farmers together with new maize contracts

January 27, 2017

Dairy

The Maize Industry Group hopes to bring tillage and dairy or beef farmers together with the introduction of a new maize contract. The…

Record maize yields on the cards for 2016

October 11, 2016

Tillage

Maize crops yielding between 20-25t/ac will be commonplace in Ireland this year, according to Maizetech’s John Foley. “We are seeing a unique combination…