Silage quality

Grass growth takes most farmers out of fodder deficit

The uptake in grass growth over the last number of weeks has saved many farmers skins who had been looking at a severe fodder deficit.

FEED 7 October 2026

Grass growth takes most farmers out of fodder deficit

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Balancing silage quality and concentrates for optimum growth

Balancing silage quality and concentrates for optimum growth

FEED 7 October 2026

Dutch firm's clever silage grab designed to leave pit face 'like it was shaven'

Dutch firm's clever silage grab designed to leave pit face 'like it was shaven'

FARM MACHINERY 30 September 2026

Home Farm: beans and late silage

Home Farm: beans and late silage

Home Farm: beans and late silage

VIEWPOINTS 16 September 2026

Drought forces change in finishing plans on Tipperary dairy-beef farm

Drought forces change in finishing plans on Tipperary dairy-beef farm

Drought forces change in finishing plans on Tipperary dairy-beef farm

MANAGEMENT 29 July 2026

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What exactly is contributing to high-quality silage in Kilkenny

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.

ADVERTISERS' ANOUNCEMENTS 23 December 2025

Making silage, is the loader properly appreciated?

Making silage, is the loader properly appreciated?

Fergal O’Sullivan investigates all things pit related, from loader size, weight, tyres and engine power to explore how they influence the overall silage fermentation process.

FARM MACHINERY 23 December 2025

Beef Management: reseeding, slurry application and supplementing

Beef Management: reseeding, slurry application and supplementing

Where the period from calving to turnout is short, cow body condition is good and silage quality is ok then there is generally little need to supplement.

MANAGEMENT 23 December 2025

Weather disrupting spring grazing plans

Weather disrupting spring grazing plans

Low grass growth rates, an inability to get fertiliser applied and poor grass utilisation are all contributing to a challenging situation and forcing farmers to tweak grazing plans

MANAGEMENT 23 December 2025

Farmer Writes: calving has kicked off

Farmer Writes: calving has kicked off

We are milking once a day at the moment, but with numbers building we’ll be going back to twice-a-day milking later this week.

FARMER WRITES 23 December 2025

Beef Management: weighing weanlings, scour vaccines and lice

Beef Management: weighing weanlings, scour vaccines and lice

Martin Merrick outlines some management tasks regarding weanling weights, vaccines and live control that will need to be done on farms in the next week or so.

MANAGEMENT 23 December 2025

Five jobs for Christmas on beef farms

Five jobs for Christmas on beef farms

Adam Woods takes a look at some jobs that could be completed on drystock farms over the Christmas festive period.

MANAGEMENT 23 December 2025

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Simply Better: six generations of cheesemaking at Gubbeen Farmhouse Cheese

From a family farm in west Cork to the shelves of Dunnes Stores, Gubbeen Farmhouse Cheese brings generations of cheesemaking tradition to the Simply Better range.

Simply Better: six generations of cheesemaking at Gubbeen Farmhouse Cheese

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