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Northern Ireland
Mixed results from winter grazing study
Peter McCann
Experiments were conducted in Hillsborough, Co Down over two winters where silage swards were grazed by sheep for three to four weeks from mid-November.
10 January 2024 News
Positive Farmers Conference: keeping grass-based systems competitive
Aidan Brennan reports from the Positive Farmers Conference in Cork, where New Zealand-based adviser Paul Bird outlined some key elements of remaining competitive.
25 December 2023 Management
Grazing workshop: what are the key targets?
Aidan Brennan reports from the grazing workshop at the Teagasc dairy conference held in November.
Zero grazing outperforms silage, study finds
The results highlight the “practical challenges” of wilting grass to a suitable dry matter for making silage from August onwards.
13 December 2023 Northern Ireland
Work starts when beef PGI secured
No further obstacles to a PGI for grass-fed Irish beef, but real work has yet to come.
22 November 2023 News