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Straw shortages to continue for mushroom growers
James Hanly
The latest Horticulture Crop Input Prices report suggests that many mushroom composters have resorted to importing straw from the UK and Spain.
26 February 2025 Farmer Writes
Two good reasons for a sleepless night
Derek Robinson has had a meeting with his accountant in the middle of lambing.
20 February 2025 Schemes
Baling Assistance Payment on the way to tillage farmers
The BAP was introduced as a once-off measure, following former Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue’s decision to suspend the straw chopping scheme.
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Beef Management: preventing and treating scour in calves and mart demos
This week, we take a look at preventing and treating scours. There's also an upcoming livestock demo in Carrigallen Mart in Co Leitrim.
19 February 2025 Management
Three males in mid-teens arrested over fire at Kildare stud farm
The incident took place on Friday 7 February, in which three sheds were damaged and 600 hay and straw bales were burned.
19 February 2025 News
Sheds and bales burned in arson attack on Kildare stud farm
The recent fire at Rathasker Stud, near Naas, is the 10th known arson attack in the area in little over a year.
18 February 2025 News
Beef management: Early grass, calving issues and ICBF bull indexes
In this week's beef management notes Adam Woods takes a look at early grass, calf scour and buying a bull for SCEP.
12 February 2025 Management
Editorial: malt contracts - trust works two ways
Both growers and merchants understand if markets are under pressure, then it filters back.
12 February 2025 Viewpoints
Straw prices steady but demand on the rise
Buying demand for straw is starting to increase ahead of spring calving and lambing, but prices are holding steady.
29 January 2025 Northern Ireland
Final 2024 crop area drops and pushes targets out
The drop in area is concerning for many reasons and makes it difficult for the Government to reach a number of the targets in its climate action plan.
26 January 2025 News
LAMMA 2025: Teagle introduces more compact straw blower for compact loaders
Teagle used Lamma as a launch pad for its brand-new Tomahawk 6100H straw blower which builds on the expertise of the proven Telehawk model, offering all the same features in a smaller form factor.
22 January 2025 News
Home Farm: straw runs out
The first job is to get the slurry fully under control so that if we do get a prolonged spell of wet weather, there won’t be a problem with storage capacity under the slats.
22 January 2025 Viewpoints