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Weekend weather: warm and sunny but becoming wet
James Hanly
Met Éireann has forecast that the weekend will begin dry and warm before the weather turns mixed, with highest temperatures of 25°C.
4 September 2024 Grass & feeding
No bounce in growth just yet
The rain might have made the place green again, but it didn’t do much to increase growth rates.
4 September 2024 Farmer Writes
Farmer Writes: visiting a 6,000ac farm in Canada
Padraig Callanan visits a farm in Canada where the cows are milked three times per day, at 4am, 12pm and 8pm, in a 12 unit double up, rapid exit parlour.
A bird’s eye view: why this plane has been flying over the country
A low-flying plane is currently collecting geological data in Ireland’s south. Jim Hodgson of GSI talks about the Tellus survey.
4 September 2024 Feature
10 tips for harvesting autumn silage
Where farmers are taking advantage of improve weather to harvest silage, outlined are some tips to saving fodder in autumn. Kieran Mailey writes.
4 September 2024 Northern Ireland
Wettest August in decades in Mayo
Met Éireann said that weather conditions for the month were wettest in the northwest of the country and driest in the south and east.
3 September 2024 News
Teagasc urging farmers to stick with protected urea
Protected urea is treated granules which use urease inhibitor to reduce the ammonia loss when spreading fertiliser.
1 September 2024 News
Weekend weather: mainly dry, sunny and warm
Met Éireann is forecasting a mainly dry and sunny weekend, with highest temperatures of 22°C.
30 August 2024 News
Tillage Podcast: Wexford harvest, yield results and prices
On this week’s show we’re focused on harvest and how it’s progressing and crops are yielding around the country.
29 August 2024 News
Difficult weather conditions means higher risk of tetany
Adam Woods takes a look at tetany prevention and how to avoid cases on suckler farms.
28 August 2024 Pedigree
Dealing with another snatch-and-grab year
There have been few opportunities for field work this summer, writes John Egerton.
28 August 2024 Northern Ireland
Farmer Writes: cattle housed in August
At first the cows were rather indignant at being taken indoors so early in the year, writes Karen McCabe.
28 August 2024 Farmer Writes