The Potash Development Association (PDA) has issued an advisory update on the release of nutrient reserves in soils. Maintaining the...
October 23, 2021
Using soil sampling to correct soil pH offers many benefits to farmers. This article will look at what those benefits...
September 18, 2021
Silage season is well underway on Irish dairy farms, with the harvesting of second-cut silage due to begin on farms...
July 18, 2021
Slurry and chemical fertilisers are the two main components used on Irish farms to improve or maintain soil fertility and,...
With markets having taken a turn for the better this year, some beef farmers, after a number of difficult years,...
July 17, 2021
The benefits of including white clover in grass swards has been noted by several research trials carried out by Teagasc...
July 11, 2021
Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture is working on plans to launch a £37 million five-year soil sampling scheme to improve...
June 24, 2021
Key target measures have been drafted as part of NI’s new river basin management strategy to crack down on water...
April 27, 2021
Lime is most definitely the forgotten fertiliser on Irish farms. Farmers are currently only spreading 50% of the national lime...
April 12, 2021
Silage can never be as high a quality of forage as the grass from which it was initially made. and...
April 1, 2021
The interpretation of soil analysis results – using these as a basis for developing a fertiliser plan for a farm...
February 11, 2021
Time and time again, the amount of our soils that are still not at optimum soil fertility is brought up...
February 8, 2020
The recent dry weather – mixed with some showers of rain – has provided ideal conditions for spreading lime. Despite...
June 3, 2019
Little by little progress is being made – across the country – on soil fertility levels. Speaking at the precise...
March 11, 2019
Teagasc has claimed that soil fertility is showing “some improvement” after years of stagnation, according to its 2018 annual review...
January 15, 2019
Only 15% of Irish dairy farms had optimum soil fertility levels in 2017 and 47% of grassland farms required lime. Where...
November 25, 2018
Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) is urging farmers to start sampling their soil now. Only...
October 30, 2018
Of the dairy farm soil samples analysed by Teagasc in 2017, just 15% had optimal soil fertility levels as indicated...
October 21, 2018
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