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Challenging 15 months for grass and fodder
Martin Merrick
Not one, but two summers in a row where there has been difficulty securing fodder reserves, has really strained farmers.
2 October 2024 Farm machinery
With over €2,100 TAMS aid available for bale shears, what brand should you buy?
With the TAMS III grant aid continuing to attract farmers’ interest in bale shears with plastic-retaining devices, Peter Thomas Keaveney and Gary Abbott look at the options on the Irish market.
2 October 2024 Farm machinery
HiSpec twin-tub does big throughput on Tipp farm
Milking 400 cows and finishing over 200 cattle, Andy and Jerry Darmody rely heavily on the use of a diet feeder all year round, Gary Abbott reports.
INHFA call for fodder support scheme in Budget 2025
Farmers are contacting the INHFA expressing concern around their fodder supplies, according to vice president John Joe Fitzgerald.
30 September 2024 News
Heat vanishes and shorter days set in
While average growth rates are sitting at 44kg DM/ha, there are some farms in a moisture deficit recording growth in the 20s, write Thomas Condon.
25 September 2024 Grass & feeding
No compensation for farm worker due to loss of overtime
The case relating to a farm worker with 40 years’ service at a research facility, whose overtime was partly stopped was heard at the WRC.
25 September 2024 News
Dairy management: Fodder crisis looms unless growth improves
After another week passes without a recovery in grass growth, fears over fodder stocks mount on dairy farms writes Aidan Brennan.
16 September 2024 Management
In pictures: Castleisland fat stock show and sale
Castleisland Mart had a successful fat stock show and sale during the week with a full yard of fantastic stock on offer.
11 September 2024 Markets
Dairy Management: no end in sight to soil moisture problems
With little or no rain in the forecast, farmers in severe soil moisture deficit regions are going to feel the feed pinch for longer.
9 September 2024 Management
In pictures: Castleisland fat stock show and sale
Castleisland Mart had a successful fat stock show and sale during the week with a full yard of fantastic stock on offer.
7 September 2024 Markets
Farmer views: 'The winter has come six week’s early'
IFA local representatives discussed what the weather is like in their area, and the impact the weather particularly the heavy rainfall is having on farmers across the country.
28 August 2024 News
Dairy Management: grass deficits bite in south
Aidan Brennan says grass growth will take time to recover in the southern part of the country as soil moisture deficits remain.
26 August 2024 Management