Forage

Examining the costs of forage crops

Forage crops are expensive to grow, so it is important to know the costs and have a payment plan in place when growing for someone else.

CROPS 21 March 2026

Examining the costs of forage crops

MOST READ STORIES

1

2

3

4

5

Watercourses, buffers and forage crops

Watercourses, buffers and forage crops

FODDER 18 March 2026

Department brings back covered maize list

Department brings back covered maize list

CROPS 14 March 2026

Sheep Management: earlier lambing, adherence to CLP and organic feeds

Sheep Management: earlier lambing, adherence to CLP and organic feeds

Sheep Management: earlier lambing, adherence to CLP and organic feeds

MANAGEMENT 4 February 2026

Claas wins AE50 innovation awards with Jaguar 1000

Claas wins AE50 innovation awards with Jaguar 1000

Claas wins AE50 innovation awards with Jaguar 1000

FARM MACHINERY 29 January 2026

ADVERTISEMENT

Breeding suckler cows that work hard

Breeding suckler cows that work hard

Last week Adam Woods travelled to the British Cattle Breeders Conference in Telford, UK to find out some of challenges and opportunities facing British agriculture.

NEWS 12 November 2025

Lamma 2026: Scania Schuitemaker silage truck combo

Lamma 2026: Scania Schuitemaker silage truck combo

Suffolk based Schuitemaker dealer, Agri Industry Solutions wowed Lamma visitors having showcased a Schuitemaker forage wagon body built onto a Scania rigid truck body, Gary Abbott writes.

NEWS 12 November 2025

Unusual tetany case highlights silage risks

Unusual tetany case highlights silage risks

Tetany isn’t just a spring problem. A recent case in a housed suckler cow has prompted calls for farmers to review mineral supplementation as magnesium deficiency may become a winter threat.

MANAGEMENT 12 November 2025

John Deere revamps forager lineup to peak at 1,020hp

John Deere revamps forager lineup to peak at 1,020hp

At a press event in the Netherlands, John Deere showcased its latest wares for 2026, with the highlight being its new 11 model F8 and F9 self-propelled foragers, which now peak at 1,020hp.

FARM MACHINERY 12 November 2025

Strategies to reduce methane emissions from Irish ruminant livestock systems

Strategies to reduce methane emissions from Irish ruminant livestock systems

Ben Lahart reports on work carried out by the Teagasc team on methane emissions from ruminant animals.

SIGNPOST PROGRAMME 12 November 2025

Imported straw could carry billions of blackgrass seeds

Imported straw could carry billions of blackgrass seeds

Billions of blackgrass seeds could be coming into the country in every load of straw imported from Britain, based on estimated infestation levels.

NEWS 12 November 2025

Tullamore Farm update: breeding progress and grazing forage rye

Tullamore Farm update: breeding progress and grazing forage rye

Ewes are over halfway through their second breeding cycle with a low level of repeat activity evident, while ewe lambs have also been joined to rams.

TULLAMORE FARM 12 November 2025

SPONSORED

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

LOAD MORE STORIES