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Northern Ireland
Forage and fertility in focus at UGS spring dairy meeting
Kieran Mailey
The Beattie family gave an overview of their 180 cow herd when hosting the Ulster Grassland Society's spring dairy meeting last week. Kieran Mailey reports.
21 April 2024 News
Growing fodder for another farmer
There is a fodder deficit on many farms across the country. Tillage and livestock farmers could work together to fill this deficit.
17 April 2024 Northern Ireland
CAFRE advice on cutting waste in dairy
David Wright reports from a farm walk organised by CAFRE, on the McConnell farm outside Armagh.
Q&A: key questions on new fodder scheme answered
The Irish Farmers Journal received a large volume of calls over the last week from farmers with a number of questions in relation to the new fodder subsidy scheme. Here are the answers.
17 April 2024 Schemes
Weather woes spark demand for silage
Demand for silage is quickly rising as fodder shortages on livestock farms intensify
10 April 2024 Northern Ireland
Reducing livestock emissions with red clover silage
The benefits of red clover were outlined to farmers during a webinar hosted by Germinal
10 April 2024 Northern Ireland
New fodder transport measure for farmers
A fodder transport measure is to be available to farmers from 9 April. Amy Forde and Siobhán Walsh report.
9 April 2024 News
In pictures: Claas puts long-term investment into UK and Irish market
Peter Thomas Keaveney travelled to visit Claas UK’s new state-of-the-art headquarters, meet new Irish faces in the company and report on a big investment in a soon-to-be launched online portal.
3 April 2024 News
Options for silage fertiliser in a wet spring
Frequent rain and saturated ground means silage fertiliser will be applied later than normal on many farms. Kieran Mailey outlines some options for getting nitrogen on silage ground.
3 April 2024 Climate and environment
What are forage crops costing to grow?
Farmers should look at the Teagasc crop costs and returns before planting forage crops and see how their figures will differ.
20 March 2024 Fodder
Keep an eye on costs before planting forage crops
This week’s focus is on forage crops, from maize and beet to red clover and stubble turnips. Check out varieties and costs involved in growing these crops.
20 March 2024 Fodder
Check out the latest beet varieties
Over 9,000ha of beet were grown in 2023. Here are some of the varieties to look out for from sugar and fodder beet to smart beet.
20 March 2024 Fodder