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Focus
Prevention and swift action best in vermin control
Darren Carty
A dip in temperatures and reduced natural food supplies will generally coincide with an increased challenge from rodents trying to make their way indoors.
6 November 2024 Winter Feed
Things to remember for keeping milking parlours going this winter
Advice for dairy farmers as they prepare for winter and adverse weather events.
2 November 2024 Management
Five tips to keeping the silage clamp face clean
Once the silage pit is open, it is important to keep the clamp face clean to prevent high levels of waste forage accumulating.
Weighing cattle at housing time
Housing is a good time to weigh cattle, as the information gained can be used for multiple herd management decisions over winter.
29 October 2024 Management
Keeping concentrate feeding simple
A previews of what’s inside this week’s special concentrate feeding focus.
23 October 2024 Grass & feeding
Farm Tech Talk: beef prices, bluetongue and feed shortages
Irish beef prices compared to those in the UK, bluetongue in sheep and winter feed shortages all feature on this week's show.
11 October 2024 News
A season of missed targets for grass
Remedial action is necessary to ensure that opening grass covers next spring are not compromised.
9 October 2024 Grass & feeding
HiSpec twin-tub does big throughput on Tipp farm
Milking 400 cows and finishing over 200 cattle, Andy and Jerry Darmody rely heavily on the use of a diet feeder all year round, Gary Abbott reports.
2 October 2024 Farm machinery
Fodder tight as grass growth bites
The Irish Farmers Journal spoke to farmers around the country to see what issues they face around grass growth and feeding their livestock for the rest of the year.
18 September 2024 News
Editorial: will Ploughing positivity stay with us post-election day?
Let’s take the positivity and bank it. Farming will always have challenges and will always change.
18 September 2024 Viewpoints
45% of dairy farmers in south of Ireland without sufficient winter feed
The data is taken from around 650 farms across the country and is a follow-up to a survey in late June.
17 September 2024 News
Dairy Management: no end in sight to soil moisture problems
With little or no rain in the forecast, farmers in severe soil moisture deficit regions are going to feel the feed pinch for longer.
9 September 2024 Management