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Challenging 15 months for grass and fodder
Martin Merrick
Not one, but two summers in a row where there has been difficulty securing fodder reserves, has really strained farmers.
5 October 2024 Grass & feeding
The Grass Week: swansong of grazing for 2024
Farms will now be on their last rotation of grazing, signalling the end of a difficult 2024 grass-wise.
2 October 2024 Farm machinery
HiSpec twin-tub does big throughput on Tipp farm
Milking 400 cows and finishing over 200 cattle, Andy and Jerry Darmody rely heavily on the use of a diet feeder all year round, Gary Abbott reports.
What Asian agriculture can learn from us – and what we can learn from them
Ireland has been a member of the Asian Development Bank since 2006 and Minister for Finance Jack Chambers sits on its board of governors. Lorcan Roche Kelly reports.
2 October 2024 Feature
How to reduce grass demand as shortages begin to bite
Two farmers have outlined the actions they have taken to reduce demand for grass and how much it is costing them.
2 October 2024 News
INHFA call for fodder support scheme in Budget 2025
Farmers are contacting the INHFA expressing concern around their fodder supplies, according to vice president John Joe Fitzgerald.
30 September 2024 News
Heat vanishes and shorter days set in
While average growth rates are sitting at 44kg DM/ha, there are some farms in a moisture deficit recording growth in the 20s, write Thomas Condon.
25 September 2024 Grass & feeding
The sun's out for the ploughing!
While the sunshine will suit attendees to the ploughing, it won’t suit those looking for rain to push on growth, writes Thomas Condon.
18 September 2024 Grass & feeding
45% of dairy farmers in south of Ireland without sufficient winter feed
The data is taken from around 650 farms across the country and is a follow-up to a survey in late June.
17 September 2024 News
Dairy management: Fodder crisis looms unless growth improves
After another week passes without a recovery in grass growth, fears over fodder stocks mount on dairy farms writes Aidan Brennan.
16 September 2024 Management
My Farming Week: Morty O’Sullivan, Dunshaughlin, Co Meath
Morty O’Sullivan is milking 128 cows with his wife, Lorraine, and four children in Co Meath.
4 September 2024 News
10 tips for harvesting autumn silage
Where farmers are taking advantage of improve weather to harvest silage, outlined are some tips to saving fodder in autumn. Kieran Mailey writes.
4 September 2024 Northern Ireland