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Beef
Time to complete a fodder budget
Adam Woods
Adam Woods takes a look at fodder budgeting and how drystock farmers can complete a simple fodder budget ahead of the winter.
4 September 2024 News
My Farming Week: Morty O’Sullivan, Dunshaughlin, Co Meath
Morty O’Sullivan is milking 128 cows with his wife, Lorraine, and four children in Co Meath.
4 September 2024 News
Poor grass growth hits incomes by €15,000
Growth is down on average around 1t DM/ha which will come at a significant cost to replace, Teagasc's Nigel Kennington has said.
10 tips for harvesting autumn silage
Where farmers are taking advantage of improve weather to harvest silage, outlined are some tips to saving fodder in autumn. Kieran Mailey writes.
4 September 2024 Northern Ireland
Last chance for chemical fertiliser on grassland
The closed period for applying chemical fertiliser on grassland comes into effect on 15 September, leaving a brief window for any final applications to boost growth rates.
3 September 2024 Management
Dealing with another snatch-and-grab year
There have been few opportunities for field work this summer, writes John Egerton.
28 August 2024 Northern Ireland
Farmer Writes: cattle housed in August
At first the cows were rather indignant at being taken indoors so early in the year, writes Karen McCabe.
28 August 2024 Farmer Writes
Five steps to housing cattle in wet conditions
Ground conditions are extremely poor on many farms following heavy rain this week, pushing many farmers into housing stock.
24 August 2024 Management
Letter re potential fodder and feed gap
"It is high time that the rural TDs of the two main political parties take notice of what is happening on the ground in the dairy industry" - Patrick O’Connor, Grange, Clonmel, Co Tipperary
21 August 2024 Letters
Farmer Writes: going for a third cut of silage
We had a discussion group from Tipperary here a few weeks ago, it was great to have them and get their opinions and insights into different topics here.
21 August 2024 Farmer Writes
Silage photo competition: some of the latest entries
Take a look at some of the recent entries to our silage 2024 photo competition, the winner of which will receive 2t of fertiliser.
16 August 2024 News
Farmer Writes: ragwort thriving in this weather
They say a woman’s prerogative is to change her mind and that certainly is the case with myself at times, writes Karen McCabe.
14 August 2024 Farmer Writes