Agri-Business
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon, has announced the commencement of...
Dairy
As part of the ZeroNsile project AgriSearch recently held a farm walk on red clover establishment on the farm of Francis McDonnell...
Environment
Teagasc has published an external review of its grass/clover and multi-species swards research...
Tillage
The Department of Agriculture has granted two temporary herbicide licences for dock control purposes in newly established red clover swards.
Opinion
I have attended a number of silage events of late at which the issue of grass-cutting height was discussed at length.
N.Ireland
AgriSearch is hosting a farm walk on red clover establishment as part of the ZeroNsile project in partnership with AFBI and CAFRE......
Incorporating red clover into fields predominantly used for silage was the focus of a farm walk on Trevor Atkinson's farm in...
As the Inishowen Uplands EIP project comes to an end, a final conference will highlight a range of findings to support biodiversity
There is now evidence that dairy farmers have used both tillage and Protein schemes to boost their overall feed self-sufficiency levels.
A recent webinar hosted by AgriSearch has confirmed the role for red clover in improving the quality of grass silages.
Red clover has the potential of fixing up to 250kg of nitrogen (N)/ha from the air on an annual basis. This figure is based on swards...
The recent ZeroNSile webinar, hosted by AgriSearch, provided an overview of how best to establish productive red clover swards...
Minister Charlie McConalogue has today announced the opening of the 2024 Multi-species Sward and Red Clover Silage Measures.
Grass
Utilising legumes and growing cover crops was a key focus of a recent Germinal Ireland technical briefing.
The importance of red clover in silage swards has been highlighted by AgriSearch general manager, Jason Rankin.
A webinar with advice on how to successfully establish red clover silage swards will take place later this month.
Beef
Claims under the multi-species sward and red clover silage measures can still be submitted to the department until Wednesday.
Farmers across the country are incorporating clover into their grazing and silage swards in an effort to improve biodiversity.
Dairy Technical
The Irish Grassland Association (IGA) dairy event go underway Monday (July 17) on the farm of Mark Cassidy near Kells, Co. Meath.
The €2.5 million Multi-Species Sward and Red Clover Silage Measures for 2023 have re-opened for...
AgriSearch will invest £300,000 in research on the feasibility and practicalities of producing silage without the use of N fertiliser.
The increased cost of chemical fertiliser and summer drought has made the use of red clover silage swards popular on many farms.
Beef News
The potential to include red clover, in tandem with hybrid ryegrass varieties, within a silage sward has been highlighted.
