Rural Life
Weekend weather forecast: Turning unsettled from Saturday evening
While most areas have been experiencing a predominantly settled period in recent days, albeit with the odd shower, the weather...
Rural Life
While most areas have been experiencing a predominantly settled period in recent days, albeit with the odd shower, the weather...
Machinery
With agricultural contractors and farmers alike under particular pressure this year to get the silage cut following a late start...
Agri-Business
Farmers are being called on to show “meitheal” and ease off on silage contractors who are under significant pressure to...
Grass
Wilting is one of the most important steps when making high quality silage – wilting increases the dry matter (DM)...
Dairy Technical
No matter what system is operated on farm, making high quality silage offers many benefits to farmers. In a recent...
Dairy Technical
Last week saw the start of the silage season beginning on many farms across the country and many farmers are...
Dairy Technical
The month of May is a busy time on many dairy farms with the breeding season in full swing and...
Rural Life
Rural road users are being urged to exercise patience and awareness as this year’s silage season begins. The farm and...
Agri-Business
As the busy silage season gets underway, all farmers and contractors are being urged to carefully plan their work and...
Rural Life
A complaint made by a local community page in Co. Down about “all night silage-cutting”, which encouraged members of the...
Machinery
An agricultural contractor enlisted the help of an articulated lorry – a Scania – to tackle a long draw silage...
Rural Life
A tractor driver had a narrow escape in Co. Kilkenny earlier today, Friday, May 15, after an incident which culminated...
Machinery
The large increase in walkers – particularly on rural roads – means that everyone is going to have to be...
Grass
Last week, Martin Hanley from Tara in Navan, Co. Meath, got his first phone call of the silage season from...
Beef
On Tuesday, March 24, Lionel McConnell from Carrickmacross, Co. Monaghan, got an unusual phone-call for the time of year. He...
Grass
The recent spell of good weather has seen a number of farmers and contractors kick off their silage season. While...
Rural Life
Farmers cutting silage this summer have the opportunity to support the Children’s Medical & Research Foundation (CMRF) Crumlin, by purchasing...
Grass
The silage cutting season has well and truly started, with many farmers arousing their mowers, balers, forage harvesters and silage...