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Home Farm: one day too late

How long do we wait to sow, and will the soil underneath be dry enough to allow the next option of ploughing and following directly with the one pass?

VIEWPOINTS 2 September 2026

Home Farm: one day too late

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Home Farm: greening up though streams dry

Home Farm: greening up though streams dry

VIEWPOINTS 26 August 2026

Home Farm: second-cut silage ambitions

Home Farm: second-cut silage ambitions

VIEWPOINTS 19 August 2026

Home Farm: the ground is too hard to plough

Home Farm: the ground is too hard to plough

Home Farm: the ground is too hard to plough

VIEWPOINTS 12 August 2026

Home Farm: harvest done and dusted

Home Farm: harvest done and dusted

Home Farm: harvest done and dusted

VIEWPOINTS 5 August 2026

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Home Farm: Waiting for wheat

Home Farm: Waiting for wheat

This year's Orcade followed wheat which made the 4.1 tonnes yield even better in relation to Cassia's performance after oilseed rape.

VIEWPOINTS 3 June 2026

Home Farm: an extraordinary week

Home Farm: an extraordinary week

The long-standing Cassia as a variety confirmed what the Department trials told us a few weeks ago - that it is becoming outclassed and presumably should not be grown without a specific contract.

VIEWPOINTS 3 June 2026

Home Farm: grass slows as harvest starts

Home Farm: grass slows as harvest starts

The combine came over on Sunday afternoon and we began first thing Monday morning.

VIEWPOINTS 3 June 2026

Home Farm: hay cut ahead of dry week

Home Farm: hay cut ahead of dry week

The grass was not grazed since before Christmas, so the heavy crop will take a while to get to the stage where it is fit to bale.

VIEWPOINTS 3 June 2026

Home Farm: silage at last, Bord Bia audit and sprayer inspection

Home Farm: silage at last, Bord Bia audit and sprayer inspection

We are in fact three weeks later than normal taking our first cut silage mainly because of weather conditions in the February / March period,

VIEWPOINTS 3 June 2026

Home Farm: rain postpones silage and paperwork looms

Home Farm: rain postpones silage and paperwork looms

On top of all this, we are preparing for a full Bord Bia quality assurance audit.

VIEWPOINTS 3 June 2026

Home Farm: meat factory responses

Home Farm: meat factory responses

I had a clear idea of where the problems were and why, but no idea whether meat factory profitability was being maintained.

VIEWPOINTS 3 June 2026

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