Beef
Silage prices: Steady prices with demand slowly increasing
Silage is of huge importance to farmers at this time of year. As the weather shows no sign of improvement,...
Beef
Silage is of huge importance to farmers at this time of year. As the weather shows no sign of improvement,...
Beef
Calving may seem like a long way away for spring-calving suckler herds, but winter management is key to the success...
Beef
Silage is the number one feed on the majority of farms over the winter period. Farmers feeding silage need to...
Beef
Grass silage is the predominant feed used on the vast majority of beef farms in Ireland, so the quality of...
Dairy
As second cuts were harvested that bit earlier this year, many farmers are in the predicament on whether or not...
Tillage
Wholecrop silage season is kicking off. Unlike last year, many of the crops being ensiled this season were planted with...
Grass
The few days of reasonably dry and rather warm conditions forecasted have resulted in the first advocates of early silage...
Dairy
The high growth rates over the past few weeks have meant that farmers across the country are ‘flat out’ cutting...
Beef
Grass growth rates are climbing, average cover per cow is at an all time high and pre-grazing yields on many...
Machinery
Sunday (June 2) saw a plethora of classic and vintage tractors and silage-making equipment descend on a site close to...
Dairy
The silage season has kicked into gear slightly earlier this year, as farmers take advantage of the good weather. At...
Machinery
It’s that time of year again; the ‘Border Counties Vintage Grassmen‘ are gearing up for what is being billed as...
Beef
Many farmers took advantage of the good spell of weather over recent weeks to save first-cut silage. While rain over...
Dairy
Despite the exceptionally dry weather and the soil moisture deficits (SMDs) in some parts of the country, we must remember...
Dairy
‘It’s dry enough’ is common phase used by farmers post mowing when they are trying to decide on whether or...
Dairy
This week, farmers across the country flooded to the fields to kickstart the 2019 silage season. This was brought on...
Dairy
The good weather over the weekend gave some farmers the opportunity to cut any surplus paddocks for bales. These paddocks...
Beef
Mowers, silage harvesters, balers and tractors and trailers have been on the move earlier than usual this year. Despite this,...