Red clover

Growth still ahead of demand in Co Down

David Wright reports from an AgriSearch event held on the Henderson family farm outside Kilkeel in Co Down.

NORTHERN IRELAND 2 July 2025

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My Farming Week: Gerry, Anne and Cian Beirne, Strokestown, Co Roscommon

My Farming Week: Gerry, Anne and Cian Beirne, Strokestown, Co Roscommon

NEWS 2 July 2025

Schemes in-brief: red clover, multispecies swards, organic training and forage

Schemes in-brief: red clover, multispecies swards, organic training and forage

SCHEMES 2 July 2025

Farmer Writes: weather and grass are half the work

Farmer Writes: weather and grass are half the work

Farmer Writes: weather and grass are half the work

FARMER WRITES 25 June 2025

Securing €300/ha for red clover and multispecies awards

Securing €300/ha for red clover and multispecies awards

Securing €300/ha for red clover and multispecies awards

NITRATES 20 June 2025

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Tyrone farmer outlines experience with red clover

Tyrone farmer outlines experience with red clover

Francis McDonnell hosted an AgriSearch farm walk on red clover silage production

NORTHERN IRELAND 2 April 2025

Adding clover into swards takes 'courage’

Adding clover into swards takes 'courage’

'For clover, soils need to be at index 3 and 4 to be successful at it, it can go very horribly wrong, very fast', a Department conference has heard.

CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT 2 April 2025

Challenging transition to clover at Greenmount

Challenging transition to clover at Greenmount

David Wright reports from a clover open day held at CAFRE's Greenmount campus.

NORTHERN IRELAND 2 April 2025

Beef and sheep farm striving for 365 days outside

Beef and sheep farm striving for 365 days outside

Organic farmer Dale Orr gives an insight to his low input production system.

NORTHERN IRELAND 2 April 2025

Watch: continental cattle can’t be beaten at IGA beef farm walk

Watch: continental cattle can’t be beaten at IGA beef farm walk

Adam Woods reports from the Irish Grassland Association summer beef walk on Tim Meagher’s farm in Tipperary.

BREEDING & HEALTH 2 April 2025

Farmer Writes: trying to find something to complain about

Farmer Writes: trying to find something to complain about

As we are always trying to find something to complain about, I’m going to say there wasn’t a huge amount of growth at times, writes James Strain.

NEWS 2 April 2025

Farmer Writes: hoping for a better year than 2012

Farmer Writes: hoping for a better year than 2012

James Strain reflects on some of the similarities between the start of this year and 2012, but hopes for a much different ending.

FARMER WRITES 2 April 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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