Paddocks

Five step guide for reseeding this spring

Reseeding is one of the highest returning investments the farm business can make. Here's a step by step guide to carry out a succesful reseed, writes Daire Cregg.

RESEEDING 28 March 2026

Five step guide for reseeding this spring

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Farms starting to move through grass now

Farms starting to move through grass now

GRASS & FEEDING 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

GRASS & FEEDING 21 March 2026

Grass+ Beef: tentative start of turn out

Grass+ Beef: tentative start of turn out

Grass+ Beef: tentative start of turn out

GRASS & FEEDING 4 March 2026

The Grass Week: wet weather continues to hamper grazing efforts

The Grass Week: wet weather continues to hamper grazing efforts

The Grass Week: wet weather continues to hamper grazing efforts

GRASS & FEEDING 21 February 2026

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My Farming Week: James Patrick Ryan, Kilcolman, Feenagh, Co Limerick

My Farming Week: James Patrick Ryan, Kilcolman, Feenagh, Co Limerick

James Patrick Ryan has taken over responsibility of a 250-cow dairy farm in Limerick this year having just completed the first year of Teagac's Farm Technician Apprenticeship programme.

NEWS 11 October 2025

Home Farm: rain ruins spraying plans

Home Farm: rain ruins spraying plans

Obviously we have all the cattle in at this stage. The latest ones to be housed put on absolutely no weight over the last month or six weeks.

VIEWPOINTS 11 October 2025

Home Farm: Grass growth and slugs

Home Farm: Grass growth and slugs

All the wheat is now above ground with the tramlines becoming more visible by the day.

VIEWPOINTS 11 October 2025

A great year for grazing nears an end

A great year for grazing nears an end

Daire Cregg looks at the grass situation across the country as we enter into the last few weeks of grazing for 2025.

GRASS & FEEDING 11 October 2025

Home Farm: cattle back out by day

Home Farm: cattle back out by day

We are not quite finished all the sowing but with the forecast so good, we are expecting to get it finished and rolled within the next day or so.

VIEWPOINTS 11 October 2025

Beef management: lime, closing paddocks and silage testing

Beef management: lime, closing paddocks and silage testing

Martin Merrick details how now might be the ideal time for lime, how paddocks now need to be closed up ahead of spring grazing and silage testing for management of feed ahead of the winter months.

MANAGEMENT 11 October 2025

The Grass Week: closing up paddocks the name of the game

The Grass Week: closing up paddocks the name of the game

With the first week in October now past us, it’s time to look at closing up paddocks for spring 2026.

GRASS & FEEDING 11 October 2025

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What exactly is contributing to high-quality silage in Kilkenny

For dairy farmers Leslie and Sam Caldbeck, producing high-quality silage is central to how their Kilkenny farm performs.

What exactly is contributing to high-quality silage in Kilkenny

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