Straw bales
Spanish straw is available for Irish farmers despite the severe drought conditions experienced in Spain this summer.
Dairy
Fane Valley Feeds’ technical support manager, Matthew Armstrong, has pointed to the role of Spanish straw in calf diets.
2025 was a good year for straw production following a tough two years prior, but droughts in the UK and SIM have still reduced availability.
Tillage
Increasing numbers of Irish livestock farmers – north and south - now include precision chopped Spanish straw in the diets fed to their cows
