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Build fodder cushion for next winter now – Teagasc
Noel Bardon
Advisory supports will also focus on facilitating fodder supply agreements between tillage and livestock farmers.
26 April 2024 Schemes
Schemes update: 15 May deadline for ACRES winter bird food plots or strips
The crop must include at least one cereal mix and at least two or more non-cereal seed mixtures.
25 April 2024 News
Meal subsidy would be of more benefit to fodder-short farmers - TD
A meal subsidy would be more beneficial than the current transport scheme for west and northwest farmers short of fodder, Deputy Marian Harkin has said.
Grove Holsteins finds its groove with robotic milking
John Mitchell outlined the moved to using robots to milk his dairy herd of 750 cows at a farm walk last week. Kieran Mailey reports.
24 April 2024 Northern Ireland
Seven farmers apply to fodder scheme
The average number bales received per farmer through the scheme is 34.
24 April 2024 News
Recalling the disastrous weather crisis of 1924-25
The Manchester Guardian claimed that around 750,000 people were under threat of severe hunger or famine.
24 April 2024 Feature
Growing fodder for another farmer
There is a fodder deficit on many farms across the country. Tillage and livestock farmers could work together to fill this deficit.
21 April 2024 News
Carbery lifts March milk price and gives weather bonus
Carbery and the four west Cork co-ops have announced a weather support bonus.
19 April 2024 News
Australian farmer digs mass grave for flock of 3,000 sheep
Wayne Smith of Caluka Farms in Western Australia said it is more humane to slaughter the sheep than to leave them go thirsty or hungry.
19 April 2024 News
Coolmore donates 1,000t of silage to local farmers
The torrential rain over the last number of months in the east and south of the country has resulted in farmers in some parts being short of fodder.
18 April 2024 News
Seven months' fodder to beat a late spring
Farmers in the west are used to wet conditions and make sure they have fodder to hand, writes John Egerton
17 April 2024 Northern Ireland
Vets report increased cases of mastitis and scour
Vets from the southeast are seeing increases in the number of calls relating to mastitis and scour, as cows and calves are housed for longer periods than normal.
17 April 2024 News