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Forage crops – the costs, benefits and questions to ask

In this week’s forage focus we look at costs, benefits and crop choices when it comes to forage crops.

FODDER 21 March 2026

Forage crops – the costs, benefits and questions to ask

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Examining the costs of forage crops

Examining the costs of forage crops

CROPS 21 March 2026

Watercourses, buffers and forage crops

Watercourses, buffers and forage crops

FODDER 18 March 2026

Is maize and beet necessary on dairy farms?

Is maize and beet necessary on dairy farms?

Is maize and beet necessary on dairy farms?

SPRING CROP OPTIONS 18 March 2026

Self-propelled Vervaet doubles the output of two trailed beet harvesters

Self-propelled Vervaet doubles the output of two trailed beet harvesters

Self-propelled Vervaet doubles the output of two trailed beet harvesters

FARM MACHINERY 11 March 2026

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Lemken introduces second range of precision seeders

Lemken introduces second range of precision seeders

Lemken's new Faya MF precision seed drill, which offers a single-row seeding solution, is available now as a pre-series machine, with series production scheduled to begin in 2027.

FARM MACHINERY 14 May 2025

Tillage Management: harvest continues with straw to bale and incorporate

Tillage Management: harvest continues with straw to bale and incorporate

It’s very busy on tillage farms at present with harvesting, baling, and cultivations being carried out.

HUSBANDRY 14 May 2025

Tillage Management: harvesting spring barley and winter wheat in July

Tillage Management: harvesting spring barley and winter wheat in July

It’s an early start for the spring barley and winter wheat harvest on many farms across the country as the harvest has started in July.

HUSBANDRY 14 May 2025

Localised downpours end dry spell for some tillage farmers

Localised downpours end dry spell for some tillage farmers

Most crops are enjoying the warm weather, but are in urgent need of rain.

NEWS 14 May 2025

Tillage management: barley, beet and wheat

Tillage management: barley, beet and wheat

Spraying is the main job to be done at present on many different crops across the country from beet to barley to wheat.

HUSBANDRY 14 May 2025

Sweet success for Thurles fabricators

Sweet success for Thurles fabricators

OMC has won a massive contract to supply Ozempic's manufacturers with pipework for a new plant.

DEALER 14 May 2025

Dry conditions starting to bite crops

Dry conditions starting to bite crops

It's now almost a month since the last meaningful rainfall in many tillage areas.

NEWS 14 May 2025

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Cutting clean in tough conditions: Conal Moore on running Krone EasyCut Mowers

Conal Moore an agri contractor and tillage framer from Ballygar Co Galway. “We do a lot of reseeding, slurry spreading and tillage work but baling would be our main enterprise”.

Cutting clean in tough conditions: Conal Moore on running Krone EasyCut Mowers

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