Clover

I have yet to master the delicate art of clover

Derek Robinson established both red and white clover in a reseed done back in June.

FARMER WRITES 22 October 2025

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Farmer Writes: summer 2025 the most difficult of my career

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Growth back as daylight hours shorten

Growth back as daylight hours shorten

GRASS & FEEDING 15 October 2025

Balancing concentrates with silage quality and target gains

Balancing concentrates with silage quality and target gains

Balancing concentrates with silage quality and target gains

WINTER FEED 12 October 2025

Living the dairy dream on leased land

Living the dairy dream on leased land

Living the dairy dream on leased land

GRASS & FEEDING 8 October 2025

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Dairy Management: heavy rains hampers autumn grazing plans

Dairy Management: heavy rains hampers autumn grazing plans

Widespread heavy rain towards the end of last week and into the weekend called a halt to autumn grazing for many farmers on heavier land writes Aidan Brennan.

MANAGEMENT 17 September 2025

Grass+: growth dropping as final rotation begins

Grass+: growth dropping as final rotation begins

Daire Cregg and Martin Merrick report on the grass situation across the country.

GRASS & FEEDING 17 September 2025

Dairy Management: dealing with lameness, hedge-cutting and soil sampling

Dairy Management: dealing with lameness, hedge-cutting and soil sampling

Changes have been made to the rules around soil sampling, with land parcel identification system codes now required writes Aidan Brennan.

MANAGEMENT 17 September 2025

Good weather comes at the right time

Good weather comes at the right time

Daire Cregg looks at the current grass situation on farms across the country.

GRASS & FEEDING 17 September 2025

Top five ways to improve sustainability on dairy farms

Top five ways to improve sustainability on dairy farms

Daire Cregg looks at five key practices that can be implemented on farms to make the business more sustainable.

SUSTAINABILITY 17 September 2025

Keeping the focus on grass quality in Waterford

Keeping the focus on grass quality in Waterford

Aidan Brennan visited the Ahern farm in Ballyduff, Co Waterford, winner of the Grass 10 Sustainable Grassland Farmer of the Year for 2024.

GRASS & FEEDING 17 September 2025

Dairy Management: wet weather, milk prices and bloat

Dairy Management: wet weather, milk prices and bloat

Widespread rain over the last few days has made grazing very challenging on heavier soils, writes Aidan Brennan.

MANAGEMENT 17 September 2025

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MSD Animal Health worms go under the radar

The Teagasc pig conference earlier this month was an excellent event, well attended by farmers and most I spoke to afterwards wanted to talk about worms,” said Aidan Byrne, MSD Animal Health.

MSD Animal Health worms go under the radar

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