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Ensuring lambs receive adequate colostrum
Colostrum is the single most important feed lambs will consume in the first few hours of life. Colostrum offers a number of health benefits and performs three very important roles in newborn lambs....
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Opinion: Tremendous start to the tillage year
It’s been a tremendous start to the tillage year, in some cases beyond some growers’ most vivid imaginations. All of this begs the question -could we, actually, be looking at two positive years for...
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A cost-neutral path to reducing nitrogen use on farm
With increased pressure on the Irish farming community to move to more sustainable farming practices, farmers must consider alternative fertiliser options to reduce nitrogen use on their farm. Terra...
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Food Vision Dairy Group must be suspended – Arthur
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has called for the suspension of the Food Vision Dairy Group as concerns around food security escalate. The Food Vision Dairy Group, chaired by former director of...
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Minister to address inaugural food security committee meeting
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue is due to address the inaugural meeting of the National Fodder and Food Security Committee this morning (Friday, March 11). The...
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Urgent action needed to support tillage sector – IFA
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has said that urgent support is needed for the tillage sector if the government wants more grain to be grown this year. The comments come ahead of the first...
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Up to 30% of pig units are at risk of closure – Teagasc
Teagasc has said that pig and poultry farmers are currently experiencing record financial losses in their sectors. The national farm advisory service was among those who addressed the inaugural...
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Disease levels in winter cereals have remained low
Disease levels in winter cereals have remained low over the past number of months. Commenting specifically on winter barley, Teagasc’s Ciaran Collins said that net blotch had been an issue back in the...
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Seed availability discussed at first meeting of food security committee
Seed availability for the coming years has been discussed at the first meeting of the National Fodder and Food Security Committee at Moorepark in Co. Cork today (Friday, March 11). The committee was...
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Fuel costs may lead to lower quantity and quality of silage
Escalating fuel costs may lead to lower quantity and quality of silage, it was heard at the inaugural meeting of the National Fodder and Food Security Committee, which took place today (Friday, March...
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Pig farmers ‘distraught’ as prices fail to rise – McCormick
The most immediate way to help struggling pig and poultry producers is an increase in the farm gate price, according to an Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) representative. The cost and availability of...
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Opinion: Hats off to the ICMSA for calling out milk quotas
Hats off to the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA) for showing some real back bone this week when it comes to the idea of milk quotas. The organisation’s president, Pat McCormack,...
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Winter barley crops are starting to grow-on
Winter barley crops are starting to grow-on in many parts of the country and this is reflected in the yellow pallor that is now characterising crops. Tillage specialist Ciaran Collins explained:...
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‘Silage bales could cost over €40 next winter’– contractor
Based near Abbeyshrule, Co. Longford, is Gavin White, a suckler and sheep farmer who is also a round-bale silage contractor. Gavin farms alongside his wife Tricia and son Paddy. The Whites are farming...
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The costs associated with poor fertility in dairy herds
Teagasc research shows that nationally, only 58% of the dairy herd calves in the first six weeks of the calving season in a calving interval of 394 days. Teagasc has set recommended targets of 80%...
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Time to focus on getting the most from your forage
Farmers are always looking to ensure a return on inputs by managing their feed costs while maintaining milk production or liveweight gain. The seeds you sow over the months of spring, whether they be...
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What impact will the crisis in Ukraine have on farming?
The potential impact of the ongoing crisis in Ukraine on Irish farming was the focus of the most recent edition of the Tillage Edge podcast. Irish man Jim McCarthy farms in Romania, 60km from the...
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Survey on fertiliser availability in tillage sector open
Teagasc has launched a survey aimed at tillage farmers to assess how much fertiliser is available on farms amid rising costs and government calls to increase crop production. The survey aims to...
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Farmland: Fertiliser prices, pig crisis and dairy output
The price and availability of fertiliser is being discussed on farms across the country at the moment as the knock on effect of the conflict in Ukraine begins to be felt across the EU. The latest...
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Watch: Farmland – the latest on fertiliser and how to help pig farmers
The price and availability of fertiliser are being discussed on farms across the country at the moment as the knock-on effect of the conflict in Ukraine is felt across the EU. The latest episode of...
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