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Is maize and beet necessary on dairy farms?

Aidan Brennan questions if forage crops such as maize and beet are necessary on dairy farms to fill the gap when grass isn't available.

SPRING CROP OPTIONS 18 March 2026

Is maize and beet necessary on dairy farms?

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Farmer Writes: no turnout for at least another six weeks

Farmer Writes: no turnout for at least another six weeks

FARMER WRITES 17 March 2026

Roadstone’s high-tech €50m AD plans

Roadstone’s high-tech €50m AD plans

NEWS 21 January 2026

Cows are starting to run out of clean grazing

Cows are starting to run out of clean grazing

Cows are starting to run out of clean grazing

FARMER WRITES 15 October 2025

Watch: biomethane on the M7 – Evergreen’s new AD plant

Watch: biomethane on the M7 – Evergreen’s new AD plant

Watch: biomethane on the M7 – Evergreen’s new AD plant

RENEWABLES 17 September 2025

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Does my silage need to have an additive applied?

Does my silage need to have an additive applied?

Dave Davies, a silage expert from the UK, recently gave advice to farmers at a Kepak open day on making top-quality silage and using silage additives.

GRASS & FEEDING 1 January 1970

Feeding 5,000 cattle on Meath finishing unit

Feeding 5,000 cattle on Meath finishing unit

Teagasc hosted a farm walk last week at Teagasc, Grange and Kepak’s finishing unit in Clonee. Adam Woods writes.

BREEDING & HEALTH 1 January 1970

Watch: inside the 5,000-head Kepak finishing farm

Watch: inside the 5,000-head Kepak finishing farm

Adam Woods reports from a visit to the Kepak finishing farm this week.

MARKETS 1 January 1970

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Cutting clean in tough conditions: Conal Moore on running Krone EasyCut Mowers

Conal Moore an agri contractor and tillage framer from Ballygar Co Galway. “We do a lot of reseeding, slurry spreading and tillage work but baling would be our main enterprise”.

Cutting clean in tough conditions: Conal Moore on running Krone EasyCut Mowers