Grass
Agrinet organises user friendly meetings - Here's where
Agrinet is organising a number of user meetings in conjunction with experienced Teagasc grassland advisors. The next and third meeting...
Grass
Grass
AberGreen grass wins prestigious variety cup
The perennial ryegrass AberGreen has become only the second forage grass variety to receive the prestigious Variety Cup from the National...
Beef
'Hoose problems on the horizon once the weather breaks'
Dairy and beef farmers should be on the lookout for quite an intense period of lungworm infection (hoose) once the current...
Dairy
'Just because you don't live in Cork doesn't mean you can't grow lots of grass'
Farmers need to get over the stigma of location when it comes to growing grass, Teagasc’s Michael O’Donovan told farmers...
Dairy
Simple steps to save up to €3,000 on your dairy farm
By pushing for high-quality grass this month and taking out the 1-2kg concentrate per day, a typical 100-cow dairy herd...
Grass
How to maintain grass quality when growth barely meets demand
It has been extremely difficult to maintain grass quality in June, but staying on an 18-19-day rotation definitely helped us...
Grass
Is topping the answer to your thistle problems?
Many farmers regard the thistle as the bane of there lives when it comes to managing their grassland. Creeping Thistle...
Grass
Set stocking is not fit for purpose - grassland specialist advises
Irish livestock farmers could improve the output they achieve from grazed grass, if they moved away from set stocking, according...
Dairy
How to control the costs of milk production
Dairy margins will remain tight in the short term, and dairy farmers are asking what they can do to reduce...
Grass
Dairy farmer takes early lead in 2015 Yara Grass Prix
David Murphy from Co. Armagh has taken the lead in this years Yara Grass Prix, the competition which sees farmers...
Grass
How to get a handle on the scourge of docks
Best control of docks will be achieved in good growing conditions when docks are actively growing and nutrients are actively being...
Grass
Silage video: Gobbling grass from a height
Drone video maker extradionaire Paul Brennan has another amazing silage video. This time, his latest silage video ‘Silage Men – 50...
Sheep
Notice a slowdown in lamb growth rates? It's due to grass quality
Much of the slowdown in lamb growth rates is due to sward quality in June, Pat McCambridge of the College of Agriculture,...
Grass
Difficult conditions affect grass growth and silage making
Constant rain showers have led to great difficulty in getting first cut silage harvested, while grass growth in many areas...
Grass
Silage contracting fees in the range €110 to €140 per acre
Silage contracting rates will in the range €110/ac to €140/ac for 2015, according to Co. Meath contractor Peter Farrelly. “These...
Grass
Mobile test for silage quality launched by AB Vista
AB Vista has launched a new mobile device for testing silage quality which, it says, is not just new to the...
Grass
Video: Is your silage pit as big as this one in the US?
Does your silage pit rival the size of this maize silage pit in the US? East Dublin Dairy in Minnesota...
Grass
Cold and wet weather takes its toll on breeding and grass growth
With soil temperature at 9 degrees and over 30mm of rain this week, it is far from an idyllic start...
