Dairy
Dairy advice: Analysing your farm performance for 2024
There is no doubt that 2024 proved to be a challenging year for farmers, and so farmers should be analysing...
Soil Sampling
Dairy
Dairy advice: Now is the best time to go soil sampling
This time of the year is the best time to get soil sampling for the farm, as there will be...
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Give your dairy hygiene programme a spring clean
Having a dairy hygiene programme in place is crucial, as when spring arrives, Irish dairy farmers are in the thick...
Tillage
Institute to play key role in Europe-wide soil sampling campaign
Scientists at the James Hutton Institute are leading a soil sampling campaign, focused on Scotland, but with direct implications for...
CAP / Schemes
Extension granted for soil sampling and analysis programme
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has announced an extension today (Thursday, November 7) for phase 3...
Tillage
Tillage: The impact of soil pH on nutrient availability
Agronomists agree that soil pH must be considered the all-important starting-point of any crop fertiliser plan. This is because the...
CAP / Schemes
Soil sampling and analysis programme opens for applications
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue and Minister of State with responsibility for Land Use and Biodiversity,...
Environment
DAFM spent €2.7 million on soil sampling programme in 2023
Total expenditure for the National Soil Sampling and Analysis Programme reached €2.7 million in 2023, according to the Department of...
Environment
Tenders sought for soil sampling and analysis programme
Tenders have been sought for the provision of a soil sampling and analysis programme for the Department of Agriculture, Food,...
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Watch: The multipurpose material for the agricultural sector
Discover how Stokbord is the multipurpose material for the agricultural sector and is taking the agricultural and equestrian world by...
Dairy
The importance of completing a fertiliser plan
With the unpredictability in weather, the price of fertiliser, and the new constraints around how much fertiliser you can use,...
Rural Life
Soil sampling requirement included in 70% slurry storage grant aid
Some farmers importing slurry under the 70% grant aid for slurry storage – which was announced in Budget 2024 –...
Agri-Business
Deadline extended to submit soil sample results for ACRES
The deadline by which advisors must upload soil sample results for the Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES) tranche 1 has...
N.Ireland
AFBI soil sampling project aims to sample 700,000 fields
Yesterday (Wednesday, March 20), the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) stated that soil sampling has entered its final weeks on...
Beef
Soil sampling to begin this week on farms nationwide
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has contracted the Irish Soil Expert Consortium (ISEC), that will see...
Environment
Approval letters for soil sampling programme to issue this week
Approval letters for the Soil Sampling and Analysis Programme are expected to issue to farmers who applied, this week. Today...
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Real profits start after 3rd lactation - are your cows making it?
Are you aware that the real profits begin after the third lactation? Research shows that it typically takes two lactations...
Agri-Business
Soil sampling scheme application deadline extended
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue has today (Tuesday, October 31) announced an extension to the deadline...
Environment
DAFM opens phase 2 of the Soil Sampling and Analysis Programme
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has today (Monday, October 16) officially opened phase 2 of the...
Dairy
Video: List of lime suppliers 'too small' - advisor
The number of approved lime suppliers on the licenced list provided by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine...
Dairy Technical
Have you taken soil samples yet?
Monitoring and maintaining soil health is vital on any farm to maximise herbage production, and the only way this can...