Silage

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 22 July 2026

Home Farm: an extraordinary week

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Editorial: coping with the weather

Editorial: coping with the weather

VIEWPOINTS 15 July 2026

Farmer Writes: I've been flat out not farming

Farmer Writes: I've been flat out not farming

FARMER WRITES 14 July 2026

Farmer Writes: a shower of rain is needed

Farmer Writes: a shower of rain is needed

Farmer Writes: a shower of rain is needed

FARMER WRITES 8 July 2026

AD operator invests in a £250k slurry separator

AD operator invests in a £250k slurry separator

AD operator invests in a £250k slurry separator

NORTHERN IRELAND 8 July 2026

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Silage yields hit by up to €180/ac by wild deer grazing farmland

Silage yields hit by up to €180/ac by wild deer grazing farmland

There are 193 deer-management groups in Ireland, with 1,251 landowners and 754 hunters enrolled across 100,858 ha. Niamh Murphy reports on the losses deer damage can cause to grassland.

NEWS 17 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 17 June 2026

A mixed bag of baled silage in 2026

A mixed bag of baled silage in 2026

Co Down farmer Derek Robinson reckons he has a big range in quality across his silage bales

FARMER WRITES 17 June 2026

Farmers should heed health warnings

Farmers should heed health warnings

Farmers are more likely to take advice on how to protect their livestock from the current surge of hot weather than to protect themselves.

DEALER 17 June 2026

First-cut silage ‘absolute torture’ for contractors

First-cut silage ‘absolute torture’ for contractors

With a big push to get through first-cut silage during the dry weather spells last week, we catch up with contractors in Co Tipperary to see how the silage season has gone.

CONTRACTING 17 June 2026

Farmer Writes: we buffer-fed cows for two months

Farmer Writes: we buffer-fed cows for two months

We have managed the silage-making by doing 50ac of new leys early on followed by another 100ac two weeks later. This did not pass without incident, writes Joe Collingborn.

FARMER WRITES 17 June 2026

‘A farm is a busy place, full of varied emotions, it all has to be managed'

‘A farm is a busy place, full of varied emotions, it all has to be managed'

Succession is more than the signing of papers. It's the passing of the mantle on several fronts.

KATHERINE O'LEARY 17 June 2026

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