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‘Dairy Focus: ‘Mam is 100% the real boss without her we would be lost’
In this week’s Dairy Focus, Agriland made the trip to meet the Carey family on their dairy farm near Crissawn,...
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In this week’s Dairy Focus, Agriland made the trip to meet the Carey family on their dairy farm near Crissawn,...
Dairy Technical
Silage contributes between 25% and 40% of the annual diet of beef and dairy animals, depending on length of housing,...
Dairy Technical
The focus on many farms for the last number of weeks was to get first-cut silage cut and into pits,...
Grass
Wilting is one of the most important steps when making high quality silage – wilting increases the dry matter (DM)...
Rural Life
The recent spell of wet weather and the ensuing delays to silage cutting and harvesting in some parts of the...
Dairy Technical
No matter what system is operated on farm, making high quality silage offers many benefits to farmers. In a recent...
Grass
Whether it be saving first-cut silage or taking paddocks out of the rotation, it is important not to forget the...
Dairy Technical
As silage season approaches, now is the time to consider the environmental risk of silage effluent, to avoid a pollution...
Dairy Technical
In 2017–2018, most farms experienced severe winter conditions followed by a summer drought that reduced annual grass growth and forage...
Grass
College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) dairy advisors have issued guidance to milk producers in Northern Ireland on...
Grass
According to silage consultant Dr. Dave Davies, grass should be cut when it has a dry matter digestibility (DMD) value...
Dairy Technical
Actions and decisions made now will determine the quality and quantity of silage in next year’s pit and bales. As...
Grass
Silage can never be as high a quality of forage as the grass from which it was initially made. and...
N.Ireland
Cutting grass earlier in the day could help speed up wilting – even in overcast conditions – according to in-house...
Grass
The importance of knowing the nutritional value of silage is key for making the most of one’s fodder supplies, according...
Dairy
Growth rates have exceeded demand on many farms across the country once again, as the dry spell a couple of...
Tillage
Rain has eased some pressure on farms across the country, but grass and fodder supplies have been severely impacted. Wholecrop...
N.Ireland
Little improvements have been made in the nutritional quality of Northern Ireland silage over the last decade, according to a...