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Beef
Five tips to get spring grazing back on track
Kieran Mailey
Settled weather in the week ahead will create opportunities for grazing on drier land. Outlined are some tips to get spring grazing back on track.
19 April 2024 News
Lakeland Dairies to host major water quality event
Lakeland Dairies will host a major information and education event on the importance of protecting and enhancing water quality next month.
18 April 2024 News
Why Denmark won’t be renewing its nitrates derogation
From 1 August 2024, a 170kg N/ha stocking rate will be in place for Danish farmers. It has decided not to renew its nitrates derogation.
Farmer Writes: round one of grazing done
I did another grass walk last week and I was pleasantly surprised to have a growth of 41kg per day. Fingers crossed it stays increasing, writes Padraig Callanan.
17 April 2024 Farmer Writes
Tapping into the bioeconomy potential of grass
Growing grass is one of Ireland’s natural competitive advantages which is now set to be a key ingredient in Ireland's emerging biomethane and bioeconomy sectors, writes Stephen Robb.
17 April 2024 Renewables
Pump up your crops with VIXERAN®
VIXERAN®, a proven bacteria-based biofertiliser by Syngenta Biologicals, allows your crop to fix nitrogen (N) directly from the atmosphere. This improves nitrogen use efficiency on your farm.
16 April 2024 Advertisers' anouncements
Farmer Writes: the start of fertiliser season
James Strain hopes to be able to cut his red clover sometime in the first half of May.
15 April 2024 Farmer Writes
The Grass Week: first-cut silage essential to build fodder reserves
While a lot of farmers are still feeding silage, attention on first cut ground needs to take a major focus in the coming weeks in order to replenish depleted reserves of fodder.
13 April 2024 Grass & feeding
Weather issues dominate clover walk
Thomas Condon attended the Teagasc clover farm walk in Moorepark where weather issues dominated the discussion.
10 April 2024 Grass & feeding
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
Five tips for closing off silage ground
Ground conditions are far from ideal, but closing off silage ground is a task to complete by mid-April.
6 April 2024 Management
Fertiliser prices ease as sales increase
Fertiliser prices have seen significant discounts being applied, helping to boost sales going into April
3 April 2024 Northern Ireland