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Dairy
Dairy Management: avoid an April grass surplus
Aidan Brennan
Grass growth rates are on the increase, so farmers need to take action to avoid a big surplus in April, writes Aidan Brennan.
19 March 2025 Grass & feeding
Milking platform stocking rate dilemma
Aidan Brennan looks at the risks associated with operating a high milking platform stocking rate and some of the mitigating factors.
5 March 2025 News
Stocking rate limits on milking platform on table
A new maximum stocking rate on the milking platform is expected from the nitrates expert group.
Editorial: fast-track planning must get green light
We need something very quickly on the nutrient storage side of the house for farmers.
26 February 2025 Viewpoints
Climate action plan: rewetting bombshell
Rewetting: if we don’t map out the impacts now, then when do we do it?
26 February 2025 Viewpoints
No change in livestock unit values
Proposals to change nutrient excretion rates under nitrates will not have any effect on livestock unit values under area-based schemes.
26 February 2025 Schemes
Editorial: misguided thinking around nitrogen
As importers, energy prices and currency exchanges are largely outside farmer control.
19 February 2025 Viewpoints
Sheep management: lambing tips, supplementing early lambers and soil sampling
Advance preparations including have a good supply of lambing aids on hand well in advance of lambing starting will pay dividends.
19 February 2025 Management
Editorial: land price certainty driving decisions
As always, ‘averages’ can cover up a multitude, but the factors driving Irish land price play out each week in these pages.
5 February 2025 Editorial
Editorial: Commissioner's soothing words need to be matched with action
He comes across as a very hands on, in touch Commissioner that knows his brief very well, and clearly knows the challenges.
29 January 2025 Viewpoints
Fertiliser cut for lower stocked farms could worsen fodder shortages - Teagasc
A fertiliser cut for lower stocked farms is one of a series of additional measures put forward by the Department under its interim review of the fifth Nitrates Action Programme.
27 January 2025 News
TAMS LESS grant still out of bounds for derogation farmers
Martin Merrick outlines who is eligible with regard stocking rates and the TAMS LESS scheme.
15 January 2025 Schemes