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My Farming Week: Jim White, Mullinahone, Co Tipperary
Rachel Donovan
Dairy farmer Jim White from south Tipperary is married to Teresa and has four daughters.
21 April 2025 News
Teagasc researchers among BSAS award winners
Scientific research into silage inoculants and the link between sward type and methane output in lambs saw two Teagasc reserachers pick up awards from the British Society of Animal Science.
16 April 2025 Farm machinery
Big-bale silage: a 45-year retrospection
While big-bale silage is well accepted today, Michael Moroney looks back to the early days of the system and his first introduction to the system in 1980.
Clampdown on farm plastic returns
There are stricter rules ahead for farmers disposing of silage plastic this year.
16 April 2025 News
Non-stop baling keeps Galway contractor moving
Peter Thomas Keaveney caught up with Sean Gilligan, a Galway contractor baling for three decades who made the move to a Kverneland FastBale ahead of last season.
16 April 2025 Farm machinery
Farmer Writes: grass is flying it
All cows are calved now, and they’re on 4kg of a breeder nut along with an allocation of 17kg DM of grass.
16 April 2025 Farmer Writes
Is it time to rethink round bale pricing?
Fergal O’Sullivan spoke with Irish contractors to understand why they believe the current payment system per bale is outdated and what needs to change so bale density is rewarded and not punished.
16 April 2025 Contracting
Agricultural tyre levy will create ‘tyre-based black economy’ - IFA
The IFA urged the government to retain the current derogation until market imbalance issues are addressed and a practical disposal system for existing waste tyres on farms is put in place.
11 April 2025 News
Old-style meadow lettings making a comeback
The general run of prices is €150/ac for a single cut and €250/ac where a second cut is taken.
9 April 2025 News
Cooler heads emerge in tariff row
It's still early days for the Trump tariff regime, but resistance is emerging within his own Republican Party.
9 April 2025 Dealer
Milk supply on the rise – FRS
The latest Calving Insights survey found the weak grass growth levels in early March forced many farmers to increase concentrate levels and feed silage by night to bolster early milk volumes.
9 April 2025 News
Reliable Ecosyl delivering quality silage for dairy farming brothers
The reliability provided by Ecosyl additive is delivering quality silage and peace of mind for two dairy farming brothers in County Kilkenny.
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