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In photos: greenway protests, harvesting and threshing
Photo Desk
Our top photos from the week include Cooley farmers protesting a proposed greenway and a Cork farmer spreading seeds with his quad and APV seeder. We also captured harvesting, farm walks and more.
19 August 2024 Management
Dairy Management: reminder on nitrogen allowances for 2024
Aidan Brennan goes through the process for working out how much nitrogen there is left to apply for this season.
14 August 2024 Farm machinery
Getting spreader setup right for urea
With much talk around the performance of protected urea, farmers need to bear in mind that spreader setup is crucial given its differing characteristics to CAN and other NPK fertilisers.
Dairy management: How to fix the shock in the electric fencer
Aidan Brennan looks at some of the options for improving the shock in the electric fencer, along with the importance of lime and taking a holiday.
7 August 2024 Management
More water quality rules needed - Muir
The current NAP includes rules around closed periods for spreading slurry and fertiliser, as well as minimum slurry storage requirements.
17 July 2024 Northern Ireland
Krone launches new 12-rotor tedder
Krone has just taken the wraps off its new Vendro C 1340, a 12-rotor tedder with a working width of 13.4m.
10 July 2024 News
Claas launches new 13m and 15m trailed tedders
Claas has just unveiled new 13m and 15m trailed Volto tedder models with or without a self-steering chassis.
4 July 2024 Farm machinery
Claas updates greenline range
Last week Claas launched a suite of updates to its Greenline range, including new mower models, tedders and a new combination baler wrapper. Gary Abbott travelled to South Germany to find out more.
3 July 2024 News
Sample slurry to get best value from it
Taking slurry samples will help farmers get better value from their slurry, the Slurry Solutions event in Rosscarbery heard this week.
26 June 2024 l2
Slurry tanks on average were 20% full heading into last winter.
Information from a study on dairy soiled water and slurry volumes showed that across the 100 farms involved tanks were one fifth full on average at the slurry closing date in October 2023.
26 June 2024 l2
Further extension to Liming Programme deadline announced
Farmers now have until Thursday 31 October 2024 to spread lime purchased under the National Liming Programme.
13 June 2024 News
Five steps for accurate and even spreading
With grazing under way and first cut done or soon to be done, now is a good time to check over the fertiliser spreader, writes Gary Abbott.
5 June 2024 Farm machinery