Beef
CAFRE to host two events for beef and sheep farmers
Northern Ireland’s College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) is set to host two ‘Planning for Performance’ events looking...
Winter Feeding
Dairy
Winter milk: Reviewing late season feeding
A recent report by Michael Garvey, a dairy development adviser, with the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE),...
Dairy
'Plan ahead to manage silage shortages'
Despite results suggesting this year’s silage is good quality, farmers are being encouraged to plan ahead to help manage any...
N.Ireland
Fodder crisis: Response meetings to take place in north-west
A series of response meetings will take place in the north-west to help farmers deal with the feared fodder shortage...
Grass
Have you enough silage to get you through the winter?
Now is the time of year to measure how much forage you have and whether or not it is enough...
Beef
'Farmers can save €40-50/cow by monitoring suckler cow body condition'
A well-managed suckler cow can drop from having a body condition score (BCS) of 3.5 at housing to 2.75 at...
