Silage quality

Sticking with continentals in Tipperary

Adam Woods previews this year’s Irish Grassland Association beef event which takes place on Tuesday 10th June.

GRASS & FEEDING 28 May 2025

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Sheep management: Grazing management and silage quality

Sheep management: Grazing management and silage quality

MANAGEMENT 30 April 2025

Beef Management: silage fertiliser advice and turnout tips

Beef Management: silage fertiliser advice and turnout tips

MANAGEMENT 12 March 2025

Bonus for farmers in the fields

Bonus for farmers in the fields

Bonus for farmers in the fields

GRASS & FEEDING 12 February 2025

Poor-quality silage: is all-concentrates an option?

Poor-quality silage: is all-concentrates an option?

Poor-quality silage: is all-concentrates an option?

LAMBING 2 February 2025

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Weekend weather: windchills, frost and snow

Weekend weather: windchills, frost and snow

Met Éireann has announced that this weekend will be very cold, with some very disruptive weather likely amid lowest temperatures of -5°C.

NEWS 23 October 2024

Food for thought on fodder on Tullamore Farm

Food for thought on fodder on Tullamore Farm

Shaun Diver has a round-up of what’s been happening on Tullamore Farm this week.

MANAGEMENT 23 October 2024

Don’t put housing on the long finger

Don’t put housing on the long finger

While there may be a perception that ewes are in good condition Teagasc are finding that some flocks have significant numbers of ewes requiring preferential treatment.

MANAGEMENT 23 October 2024

Reducing the risk of listeriosis in silage diets

Reducing the risk of listeriosis in silage diets

Listeriosis is a disease affecting cattle fed poorly fermented silage which is prone to mould and heating.

MANAGEMENT 23 October 2024

Beef Management: breeding indoors and looking after first calving heifers

Beef Management: breeding indoors and looking after first calving heifers

This week's Beef Management takes a look at breeding indoors, sexed semen use, injection site management and looking after first calving heifers.

MANAGEMENT 23 October 2024

Five tips to keeping the silage clamp face clean

Five tips to keeping the silage clamp face clean

Once the silage pit is open, it is important to keep the clamp face clean to prevent high levels of waste forage accumulating.

MANAGEMENT 23 October 2024

Skids ‘Top’ wheels for Antrim contractor

Skids ‘Top’ wheels for Antrim contractor

After the challenging 2023 season,contractor Jonathan Kirkpatrick invested in a Pöttinger twin-rotor rake with plastic skids instead of wheeled bogies, to reduce grass contamination

FARM MACHINERY 23 October 2024

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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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