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Siobhán Walsh on 05 May 2021
The road to reducing Irish milk’s carbon footprint
Increasing efficiency is essential on all farms to improve economic and environmental sustainability.
David Wright on 05 May 2021
£1,500/ha performance boost from multi cuts
Cutting grass at 5 to 6 week intervals produces higher quality silage and more milk or beef per ha
Siobhán Walsh on 28 Apr 2021
Carbon leakage a real risk if Irish herd reduces – Mitloehner
Carbon leakage is where greenhouse gas emissions are increased in one country because emissions have been reduced in another country.
Jack Kennedy on 02 Apr 2021
Watch: Farm Tech Talk - the Livestock Show
It's early April and ground conditions are good to drying around the country, so farmers are thinking of fertiliser for first-cut silage.
David Wright on 31 Mar 2021
Getting the energy and protein right in silage
Bad silage is a very expensive feed maintains Dr Dave Davies from Silage Solutions.
Jack Kennedy on 26 Mar 2021
Watch: Farm Tech Talk - the Livestock Show
It's the end of March and while the weather is mixed, the price for spring lambs is hitting new records, with beef prices getting stronger.
Jack Kennedy on 12 Mar 2021
Watch: Farm Tech Talk - the livestock show
It's the middle of March and while the weather is tricky for grazing, there are still lots of animals in the fields.
Peter Thomas Keaveney on 24 Feb 2021
Keenan appoints new regional business manager for southeast
Keenan (Alltech farming solutions) has announced the appointment of William Trousdell as regional business manager for the south-east of Ireland.
Jack Kennedy on 19 Feb 2021
Watch: Farm Tech Talk - the Livestock show
It's all go in calving sheds, sheep sheds and fertiliser is moving with dairy farmers spreading early nitrogen.
Jack Kennedy on 06 Nov 2020
Farm Tech Talk - the Livestock Show
News and reports from around the country for livestock farmers and those following the sheep and beef trade.
Phelim O'Neill on 04 Nov 2020
Watch: Irish agri food well positioned on sustainability
Alltech CEO Dr Mark Lyons and Kerry Group head of sustainability Juan Aguiriano give an industry and global perspective on sustainability.
Phelim O'Neill on 30 Oct 2020
Watch back - 2020 Vision: sustainability and agri-food, the next decade
Watch part 2 of our 2020 Vision webinar series Sustainability and Agri-food, the next Decade
Jack Kennedy on 25 Oct 2020
Watch: condition scoring cows - why now?
With dairy farmers only starting to think about drying off some cows, we talk to Cathal Cassidy about why now is a good time to condition score the herd.
Jack Kennedy on 23 Oct 2020
Watch: Farm Tech Talk - the Livestock Show
With Level 5 restrictions affecting marts, we talk about the trade and what's happening in the fields.
Jack Kennedy on 16 Oct 2020
Watch: what did the budget do for suckler and sheep farms?
Selling weanlings, buying heifers, budget impacts and lameness - our experts discuss some of the talking points this week.
Lorcan Allen on 24 Jun 2020
Focus on local sustainability is bad for the planet
Jack Bobo, CEO of Futurity, said the well-meaning focus on local sustainability was causing more problems than it solved.
Barry Cassidy on 10 Jun 2020
Agri Aware to host series on farming’s role in a sustainable planet
The first in a series of online webinars on why agriculture is necessary for a sustainable planet takes place on 16 June.
Barry Cassidy on 29 Apr 2020
Agri Aware and Alltech to run social media masterclass for farmers
Amanda Owen, The Yorkshire Shepherdess who has over 90,000 Twitter followers, will be part of a social media masterclass for farmers.
Stephen Robb on 19 Feb 2020
Terrachem to distribute Alltech’s biostimulant and crop nutrition range
Alltech have invested heavily in microbial fermentation and nutri-genomic research on Irish crops in recent years.
Marcella Connolly on 20 Jan 2020
Alltech launches fundraising effort for Australian farmers
The estimated loss of livestock from the Australian bushfires is expected to exceed 100,000 animals.