Dairy Technical
Grass growth: Moisture deficits start to impact farms
Grass growth appears to be holding fairly strong for now, but without rain coming soon, many farms may start running...
Silage
Dairy Technical
Ensuring that you make high quality silage bales
Silage bales have a role to play on almost every Irish livestock farm, with silage contributing between 25% and 40%...
Dairy Technical
Dry weather disrupts second cut silage preparations
The good weather over the last couple of weeks will have seen most, if not all, farmers move to harvest...
Environment
Warnings to curb agri run-off into waters during silage season
Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) has appealed to farmers to help protect Ireland’s rivers and lakes from agricultural pollution during the...
Dairy Technical
Dairy advice for the busy month of May
In general, farms are a busy place, and during the month of May in particular they are often at their...
Farm Safety
Guidelines for a safe silage harvest - Heydon
Silage harvesting is already underway and the Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine with...
Machinery Focus
Silage season - 'timeliness is better than cheap'
The silage season is now fully underway with fields falling rapidly to the mower throughout the country as contractors such...
Rural Life
Gardaí investigate theft of tractor and slurry tanker in Laois
Gardaí have launched an investigation into the theft of a tractor and a slurry tanker from a bog in Co....
Agri-Business
Farmers reminded of storage regulations for silage bales
As silage making season gets underway across the country, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has reminded...
Agri-Business
Road safety appeal as busy silage season kicks off
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has issued a road safety appeal as silage cutting season gets underway across the country....
Agri-Business
FAI: What is the fodder outlook on your farm?
The Fertilizer Association of Ireland (FAI) has urged farmers to take immediate action to restore grazing and silage stock over...
Opinion
Opinion: Chequered flag dropped on 2023 silage season
I have been speaking to a number of farmers and contractors off and on over the past few days, all...
Machinery Focus
Focus: Ending the madness of silage cutting season
The silage cutting season is almost upon us and all involved are once again hoping for good weather and an...
Dairy News
Video: Silage season kicks off in Co. Louth
The harvesting of first cut silage for the 2023 season has gotten underway on Callan’s dairy farm outside Adree in...
Rural Life
Silage contractor in court over cash seized by gardaí
By Gordon Deegan A 24-year-old silage contractor told gardaí that the €2,480 in cash, which was the proceeds of criminal...
Dairy Technical
Why harvesting high quality silage is important
There is often an aim to cut silage crops early and harvest as high a quality silage as possible, but...
Environment
Green light for 10ac anaerobic digestor development in Carnaross
Plans to develop an anaerobic digestion (AD) facility to generate biomethane gas and bio-fertiliser have taken a major step forward...
N.Ireland
Farm safety needs to be prioritised in lead up to summer
Calls have been made for increased farm safety and vigilance in the run up to silage season and summer 2023....
