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Beef
Grass+ Beef: growth and mood lifts
Martin Merrick
Growth has taken a nice lift in the last week or 10 days, with the sprinkle of rainfall helping matters.
15 April 2025 Climate and environment
Action plan on way for reducing age at slaughter
The Climate Action Plan targets an average slaughter age of 24 to 25 months for prime cattle by 2025.
2 April 2025 Farmer Writes
Farmer Writes: hoping for a better year than 2012
James Strain reflects on some of the similarities between the start of this year and 2012, but hopes for a much different ending.
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Home Farm: spring tillage work continues
We have also bought in some straight potash, following our soil samples showing low K on the silage ground.
2 April 2025 Viewpoints
Two boatloads of urea to land next week
Demand for urea remains strong this week despite shortfalls in supply in parts of the country.
27 March 2025 News
Grass+ Dairy: great grass utilisation, but too cold for growth
While grazing conditions have been excellent for the most part, growth has struggled to surpass 10kg DM/ha, writes Thomas Condon.
19 March 2025 Grass & feeding
Setting up the spreader: understanding the difference between urea and compounds
Peter Thomas Keaveney looks at the main steps involved in checking over the fertiliser spreader, and outlines the importance of adjusting the spreader depending on the type of fertiliser being spread.
12 March 2025 News
Grass+ Dairy: sluggish grass growth could lead to trouble
Regrowths on the first grazed paddocks are very lack lustre, and could spell trouble when it comes to the second round, write Thomas Condon.
12 March 2025 Grass & feeding
Grass+ Beef: first of cattle turned out for many
The past week has seen the first of cattle turned out in many farms, with the longer days and more settled weather lending to more favourable grazing conditions.
5 March 2025 Grass & feeding
Bags of protected urea to carry date of manufacture
A Department of Agriculture official said there has been wide spread agreement in the fertiliser industry to print the date of manufacture on bags of protected urea.
5 March 2025 News
Omex opens liquid nitrogen distribution facility in Cork
Omex opened its new liquid nitrogen distribution facility in Ringaskiddy, Co Cork on 5 March.
5 March 2025 News
Protected urea one of most impactful ways to reduce emissions - researcher
Teagasc’s Dr David Wall said that while farmers do not have to use protected urea, it can have a big bearing on decreasing on-farm emissions.
27 February 2025 News