Dairy
Dairy focus: Silage season kicks into gear in Co. Kildare
Milking a herd of 135 purebred Holstein Friesian cows, Joe and Kevin Doran – a father-and-son team – got the...
Dairy
Milking a herd of 135 purebred Holstein Friesian cows, Joe and Kevin Doran – a father-and-son team – got the...
Grass
Over rolling high moisture grass in-silo serves only to significantly reduce silage quality, according to Sil-All’s global product manager Gordon...
Grass
The quality of silage made on Irish farms is up slightly on last year, according to Farm Business Advisers (FDA)...
Grass
Swards that were grazed prior to being closed off are producing silage of a significantly higher quality than those which...
Beef
A significant proportion of the baled silage made in the north west this year is of very poor quality, according...
Grass
The silage season has kicked into gear with farmers taking advantage of the good weather to make the coming winter’s...
Grass
Decisions taken now and over the next six weeks will have a major effect on silage quality next winter, according...
Dairy
Silage can be extremely variable in terms of its nutritional characteristics, according to Teagasc’s Kevin Barron. “So it’s important to...
Dairy
First cut silage made in Ireland this year have an average DMD value of 68, according to Teagasc Dairy Specialist Dr...
Beef
The importance of silage analysis to beef finishers, was underlined at a recent farm walk of Kepak’s feedlot organised by...