Dairy
Dairy advice: It’s time to complete your spring rotation planner
Now’s the time to set your farm up for the grazing season ahead with a spring rotation planner (SRP). The...
Dairy
Now’s the time to set your farm up for the grazing season ahead with a spring rotation planner (SRP). The...
Grass
Two competitions in the winter farming calendar will go ahead, almost as normal this year, organisers have announced. The AgriScot...
Dairy
A lot of second-cut silage has been saved across farms over the last few weeks, as the mixture of warm...
Dairy
The dairy herd at the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE), fulfills two main roles – student training...
Arable
Almost 70 groups and individuals representing farmers, producers, vets and researchers from across the world have written an “open letter”...
Beef
In recent years, more and more baled silage has been made and this year is no different. Tractors and balers...
Grass
Farmers are being encouraged to consider how clover swards could save them money as the Covid-19 pandemic puts many farm businesses...
Grass
With parched fields now a common sight across the countryside, extremely dry weather over the past two months is starting...
Grass
Little improvements have been made in the nutritional quality of Northern Ireland silage over the last decade, according to a...
Arable
A “major, new narrative” on accurately quantifying methane emissions from livestock is largely supported by the science community – but...
Grass
Over the next few weeks, the task of gathering and storing next winter’s silage will begin. Sometimes on sheep farms,...
Dairy
Grass growth has taken off once again over the past week or so in parts of the country, with the...
Dairy
Docks are known to be one of the most troublesome grassland weeds, but did you know that leaving them in...
Arable
Agriculture is going “full throttle” across the globe, yet the sector’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions remain at pre-Covid-19 levels, it...
Beef
In recent weeks, slurry and fertiliser spreaders have been a common site in the fields, and on the roads in...
Arable
Fertiliser spread patterns should be checked on a regular basis. Farmers all over the country are spreading fertiliser on grassland...
Dairy
Grazed grass is the cheapest feed available to Irish farmers and is key to achieving high levels of performance in...
Grass
An important feature of the Ulster Grassland Society’s (UGS) annual conference is the presentation of awards in the society’s Grassland...