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Beef
Beef Management: Beef Welfare, reseeding and buying barley off the combine
Adam Woods
In this week's Beef Management, Adam Woods takes a look at the anomalies in the beef welfare scheme, reseeding on drystock farms and buying barley off the combine.
29 June 2024 News
Clover-safe sprays approved for four-month period
The sprays may only be used on red clover silage swards sown in 2024.
26 June 2024 News
Clover-safe sprays approved for red clover swards only
The products which are a blend of 2,4-DB and MCPA can only be used in newly sown red clover silage swards.
Grass+ Beef: slow recovery on grazed swards putting farms under pressure
Lacklustre growth over the past few weeks will see highly stocked beef farms under pressure in the coming few days unless growth drastically improves.
19 June 2024 Grass & feeding
Technology Villages at BEEF 2024
Paul Crosson takes a look at some of technology villages at BEEF 2024
19 June 2024 Breeding & health
Red clover sward driving yields on Tyrone farm
A ZeroNsile project managed by AgriSearch aims to explore the potential to grow grass silage swards without N fertiliser.
12 June 2024 Northern Ireland
This week in photos - shows, shearing, silage and sales
Our top farming photos from the past week include the sheep Shearing Championships in Mountbellew, silage harvesting, shows in Ballymoney and Lurgan, mart action in Donegal Town Mart and more.
9 June 2024 News
Farmer Writes: a hi-tech machinery investment
James Strain recently invested in a double bale lifter, the first one he has actually owned.
27 May 2024 News
Getting to grips with red clover silage
Red clover has been increasing in popularity, but its establishment and cutting procedure differ from that of traditional ryegrass swards.
15 May 2024 Soil
Farmer Writes: first-cut silage harvested in near-perfect conditions
James Strain took his first cut of red clover silage this week and plans to get some 0:7:30 on it and do the same in six weeks’ time.
15 May 2024 Farmer Writes
Farmer Writes: the start of fertiliser season
James Strain hopes to be able to cut his red clover sometime in the first half of May.
15 April 2024 Farmer Writes
Reducing livestock emissions with red clover silage
The benefits of red clover were outlined to farmers during a webinar hosted by Germinal
10 April 2024 Northern Ireland