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Dairy
Focus turns to sward quality and replacing nutrients
Martin Merrick
Reports from farmers have indicated that swards have started to become stemmy at medium covers.
22 May 2023 Farmer Writes
Farmer Writes: silage 2023 meant pulling an all-nighter
The first cut of James Strain's red clover silage has gotten underway with 60 bales made from five acres.
17 May 2023 News
Watch: silage season kicks off under blue skies
Farmers have uploaded videos and photos to document the start of silage season 2023.
Replacing silage stocks on the mind of many
While conditions are cooler than expected, the settled weather will suit cows as breeding commences.
26 April 2023 Grass & feeding
Farmer cash for baling and burning rushes – conference
A conference will be held where farmers can learn about the potential of earning money from baling rushes, used for biochar.
26 April 2023 Climate and environment
Silage costs to exceed £100/acre
With silage contractors experiencing higher finance and wage bills, early indications point to silage harvesting costs exceeding £100/acre in NI during 2023.
19 April 2023 Northern Ireland
Critical time for managing grass has arrived
Growth has really pushed on this week with the increased heat and recent application of fertiliser on many farms.
19 April 2023 Grass & feeding
Silage costing at a time of high inflation
With machinery costings on the rise over the past few years, Michael Moroney from the Association of Farm & Forestry Contractors (FCI) talks through some of the figures. involved.
5 April 2023 Farm machinery
This week in photos: baling, sowing and ploughing
Our top farming photos from the past week include farmers sowing oats, making silage bales, carrying out spring maintenance, feeding calves, ploughing and more.
12 March 2023 News
Impact of shallow cultivation measure on bird species is to be examined
The research project to run for five years will begin later this year in 2023.
12 March 2023 News
French contractor with 1,000 farmer clients
While travelling through western France, Peter Thomas Keaveney and Gary Abbott visited Hamon et Fils in the Brittany region, a contractor which operates 65 tractors across six depots.
21 December 2022 Farm machinery