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A new flavour of farming with Two Green Shoots

Kloë Wood Lyndorff creates foraged food experiences in the uplands of west Cork with her eco-food business, Two Green Shoots.

RECIPES 28 May 2025

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Top tips for buying a used tedder

Top tips for buying a used tedder

FARM MACHINERY 14 May 2025

Strautmann introduces compact Magnon forage wagon with shorter chop

Strautmann introduces compact Magnon forage wagon with shorter chop

NEWS 30 April 2025

Maschio to supply New Holland with grass equipment

Maschio to supply New Holland with grass equipment

Maschio to supply New Holland with grass equipment

NEWS 23 April 2025

McHale 10-rotor tedder working well for midland’s farmer

McHale 10-rotor tedder working well for midland’s farmer

McHale 10-rotor tedder working well for midland’s farmer

FARM MACHINERY 16 April 2025

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Are silage compactors the next big thing in making quality forage?

Are silage compactors the next big thing in making quality forage?

Peter Thomas Keaveney speaks to farmers and contractors running mounted silage compactors to see are they worth the investment, and are they the coming trend in making top-quality silage.

FARM MACHINERY 19 March 2025

Antrim farmer with a love for trailed foragers

Antrim farmer with a love for trailed foragers

Peter Thomas Keaveney catches up with Antrim dairy farmer Neil Hoey, whose family has been cutting their own silage for five decades.

FARM MACHINERY 19 March 2025

Kilkenny contractor gaining 30% capacity with Kompactor

Kilkenny contractor gaining 30% capacity with Kompactor

One year on from moving to their first HiSpec Kompactor silage trailer, Peter Thomas Keaveney catches up with Kilkenny contractors Bryne Agri and Plant to find out how the trailer worked out

FARM MACHINERY 19 March 2025

Tipp contractor working two Fendt Tigos in tandem

Tipp contractor working two Fendt Tigos in tandem

Now entering their third season at pit silage and running two Fendt Tigo forage wagons, Gary Abbott spoke with Eamon and John Gaynor, to find out why they chose wagons and the Fendt brand.

CONTRACTING 19 March 2025

The cost of forage crops: from kale to maize

The cost of forage crops: from kale to maize

Here are the Teagasc costs and returns figures for forage crops. They are estimated and can be amended to suit your own farm.

FODDER 19 March 2025

Know your market when growing forage

Know your market when growing forage

It is essential to know your market when you are growing and selling forage crops, particularly expensive crops like maize and beet.

CROPS 19 March 2025

Fertiliser allowances for forage crops and buffer rules

Fertiliser allowances for forage crops and buffer rules

There are plenty of rules to follow when it comes to feeding your crops and applying the correct buffer zones at watercourses.

CROPS 19 March 2025

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Netherlands a key market for Irish exports

Phelim O’Neill talks to Laura Crowley, who heads the Bord Bia office in the Netherlands and has lived in the country for 20 years, to find out why and how the Dutch market matters for Irish farmers.

Netherlands a key market for Irish exports

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