Dairy Technical
Caution required as maize harvest gets underway
The harvesting of maize crops is underway on farms, but caution is advised with sticky conditions leading to muck being...
maize silage
Dairy Technical
Maize harvesting gets underway across the country
The harvesting of maize silage crops has begun in many parts of the country in recent days. Maize is used...
Dairy Technical
Maize harvesting for 2021 gets underway
Maize silage is a high-energy and starch forage that is often used to improve milk production and maintain condition during...
Tillage
Is your maize ready to be harvested?
Maize is an expensive crop to grow and has huge potential when placed in a pit for the winter, but...
Dairy
What effect will replacing grass silage with maize silage have on dairy cow performance?
The boost in the area of forage maize planted in 2018 has been welcomed by many dairy farmers around the...
Machinery
Pics: Telehandler crushed when articulated lorry overturns
A Manitou telehandler was crushed recently when an articulated lorry and tipping trailer overturned on a farm in the north-east...
Tillage
High-quality maize harvest set to start a week earlier than usual
Mark Hosford expects farmers to be cutting maize in east Cork in the last week in September. The area manager...
Tillage
Plastic shining across the country as maize acreage booms
The acreage of land sown under maize across the country has increased massively, according to Maizetech’s John Foley. Speaking to...
Tillage
Maize on contract: 'Money should be on the table first'
‘Tillage farmers should grow forage crops for livestock farmers’ is one of the key talking points from this spring’s fodder...
Tillage
Storm-battered maize proving difficult to harvest
Storm Ophelia wreaked havoc in maize fields across the country on Monday (October 16). Farmers and contractors were expecting big...
Tillage
Why it's important not to overpack the top layer of your maize silage pit
Farmers and contractors are preparing as the 2017 maize harvest kicks into gear. Foragers have started to move in southerly...
Tillage
Maize harvest kicking into gear - in a north-bound trajectory
The outlook for maize is positive for the future; many of this year’s crops are now approaching maturity. That was...
Tillage
Maize harvest gets underway in the south
Maize harvesters have taken to the fields early this year, with machines out and about in the south of the...
Dairy
Popularity of maize as a buffer feed on the increase
A feeding trend involving maize silage has been noticed on Irish dairy farms over the past number of years. Gordon...
Tillage
Maize crops have 'jumped out of the ground' since June
After a slow start up to June 1, maize crops have caught up now having “jumped out of the ground”, according...
Dairy
Bringing growers and cattle farmers together with new maize contracts
The Maize Industry Group hopes to bring tillage and dairy or beef farmers together with the introduction of a new...
Tillage
Record maize yields on the cards for 2016
Maize crops yielding between 20-25t/ac will be commonplace in Ireland this year, according to Maizetech’s John Foley. “We are seeing...
Tillage
Maize yields set to increase by 20-25% after an 'extraordinary' growing season
An extraordinary growing season will see maize yields increase by 20-25% compared to last year, Maizetech’s John Foley has said....