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Beef
The Grass Week: variable grazing conditions as heavy rainfall hits some
Martin Merrick
Grass growth is on par with normal, but some have found less favourable grazing conditions over the past week or ten days.
25 April 2025 Advertisers' anouncements
Honda Launches First-Ever 0% Finance Deal on Lawn and Garden Range
With the return of warmer days and the fresh scent of cut grass in the air, homeowners across the country are turning their attention to lawn care.
23 April 2025 Grass & feeding
Grass+ Beef: weather stalls the ball on grass growth
A hopefully temporary blip in grass growth should rebound next week, while conditions should also dry out stickier ground.
Farmer Writes: swallows make a return
In this area, the cuckoo has traditionally returned mid-April and with impeccable timing, they flew in just before the weather turned on the 18 April.
23 April 2025 Farmer Writes
Grass+ Dairy: Rain has greened up many areas
Rain and a rise in soil temperature is pushing growth across the country, which is where more frequent grass measuring needs to come in, writes Thomas Condon.
23 April 2025 Grass & feeding
The Erth Panbuster: proven design gets modern tweak
Peter Thomas Keaveney tries out a new four leg Erth Panbuster X, and speaks to a Kerry dairy farmer who has been using this method for alleviating soil compression for the past 20 years.
23 April 2025 Farm machinery
Lots of work done in perfect early spring
The weather during early spring of 2025 was in total contrast to that seen in 2024, writes Derek Robinson.
23 April 2025 Farmer Writes
The Grass Week: critical time for grass management
Fluctuating growth rates are having opposite effects on farms, with some still tight for grass while others will need to take out surplus.
19 April 2025 Grass & feeding
SIP rake is the ‘Star’ of the show for Dublin contractor
Having almost doubled baler output when his first SIP twin rotor rake arrived, Gary Abbott caught up with farmer and contractor Pat Flynn to find out why he chose the Slovenian solution.
16 April 2025 Contracting
McHale 10-rotor tedder working well for midland’s farmer
Peter Thomas Keaveney caught up with Padraic Murphy, a midlands dairy farmer who has two seasons completed with one of the first McHale T10-1260 10-rotor trailed tedders sold in Ireland.
16 April 2025 Farm machinery
Mayo AD plant gets green light
Working with 71 farmers in the area, nearly 18,000t of cattle slurry, 9,500t of pig slurry, 12,000t of poultry manure, 20,000t of wholecrop silage and 5,000t of grass silage will be used as feedstock
16 April 2025 News
Grass+ Dairy: taking action amid rapid change in growth rates
Growth is differing among some regions, but where growth is taking off, incorrect management could be a costly mistake.
16 April 2025 Grass & feeding