Ground conditions

Farmer Writes: drizzle and driving rain

After a bit of respite in March, rain has returned and is throwing plans out of kilter in Tommy Moyles' farm at Ardfield, Clonakilty, Co Cork.

FARMER WRITES 15 April 2026

Farmer Writes: drizzle and driving rain

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More rain is affecting grazing progress

More rain is affecting grazing progress

GRASS & FEEDING 15 April 2026

Contending with ongoing weather challenges

Contending with ongoing weather challenges

GRASS & FEEDING 8 April 2026

Home Farm: dry days bring progress

Home Farm: dry days bring progress

Home Farm: dry days bring progress

VIEWPOINTS 25 March 2026

The Grass Week: improved weather and moods as stock go out

The Grass Week: improved weather and moods as stock go out

The Grass Week: improved weather and moods as stock go out

GRASS & FEEDING 21 March 2026

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Grass+Beef: more hope for grazing in coming days

Grass+Beef: more hope for grazing in coming days

With an improved forecast and a longer stretch in the evening, many farmers will be hopeful to get at least some stock out on some drier ground.

GRASS & FEEDING 28 February 2026

Grazing needs to continue with settled weather promised

Grazing needs to continue with settled weather promised

After some heavy rain in the latter half of last week some farms hit pause on grazing but it's important to keep motoring through farm area if targets are to be met, writes Daire Cregg.

GRASS & FEEDING 28 February 2026

Sheep Management: lambing, marketing hoggets and slaughter suitability

Sheep Management: lambing, marketing hoggets and slaughter suitability

Ground conditions remain challenging with grass utilisation under pressure and growth rates at a low level.

MANAGEMENT 28 February 2026

Beef Management: fertiliser, turning out stock and calf health

Beef Management: fertiliser, turning out stock and calf health

Martin Merrick discusses spreading the first round of fertiliser amid improved conditions, prioritising which cattle to turn out and calf health for dairy beef calves.

MANAGEMENT 28 February 2026

Home Farm: 2026 BISS application

Home Farm: 2026 BISS application

Normally by this stage, we would have grazed off most of the winter growth but this year, we haven't had one animal out on a paddock yet.

VIEWPOINTS 28 February 2026

Grass+ Beef: tentative start of turn out

Grass+ Beef: tentative start of turn out

Farmers have been cautiously turning out cattle with improving ground conditions, while fertiliser should be on the agenda for many.

GRASS & FEEDING 28 February 2026

The Grass Week: spring rotation planner thrown out of kilter

The Grass Week: spring rotation planner thrown out of kilter

A lack of good weather to allow cattle to graze will mean targets will have to be adjusted with the spring rotation planner this spring.

GRASS & FEEDING 28 February 2026

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Why this Kilkenny farmer switched to a 45m Amazone self-propelled sprayer

James O’Reilly is a tillage farmer based in north Kilkenny, near a village called Ballyragget.

Why this Kilkenny farmer switched to a 45m Amazone self-propelled sprayer

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