silage

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland Dairy farmers in Northern Ireland are confirming high conception rates in cows and heifers that are due to calve later in the autumn. This is despite issues relating to silage quality on many farms. Semex sales manager for Northern Ireland, John Berry...

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I have a small 3 acre meadow/pasture which could do with ploughing down, i did a similar field right next to it a few years ago August time. Only problem was at the time it was quite dry and these fields are a little spongy/mossy on top so never made a great job of ploughing and it went straight...

Heard this said plenty of times, but really if you have a small farm turning over a relatively small amount say £1-200k you are only ever going to be able to make so much money no matter how efficient you are or how well you sell your produce. The only way to increase profits is to increase...

I've been offered a smallish quantity of brewers Grains from a local brewer. Somewhere between 1 and 1.5t per week. I'd like to feed them to our jerseys. Is there a maximum rate they should be feed at and is it possible to clamp them through the summer? Or would I be better feeding them to...

This year the straw I’ve been supplied is chopped, how this straw compares as bedding to non chopped: Negative: 1. Cattle are mucky after 24hrs, to keep them in the same condition as non chopped straw would need double the round bales. 2. It’s probably due to to a wetter year and how the wind...

We've reseeded a lot of silage meadows over the past 5 years and they've all responded well to urea but our old meadows dont seem to respond much to it compared to AN. Is it worth the hastle buying a few tonne of both old and new reseeds or just going for straight AN? We found the fields spread...

Firstly, sorry I keep disappearing on here without replying, particularly to those who have sent messages, I do appreciate it, Im just not up to speaking to anyone at the moment, I will get back to you at some point but it may take a while, sorry Anyway, everyone around me is pushing for me to...

Hello from finland. Im starting small tractor contracting business. I need 100-180hp front loader tractor with tsl and 50kmh transmission would be ideal. I been driving lots of different brands mostly john deere tractors, but bigger and new ones. Now buying own, so big and new is not realistic...

Whats everyone elses position. The wheats looking really hungry now and its so wet wondering whether just go and make a mess or be patient?! Must be loosing yield surely.

Hi there been covered before but ofcourse each farm is different. Never had soil testing done for decades as only a small suckler farm but trying to get things more productive with the 60 acre we farm. I will be getting advice from the company who did the soil testing however I expect this to be...

Mulling things over … now I love farming ( mostly) and as some of you know, I’ve said it’s all I ever wanted to do . But times are changing and with the weather on top of poor ground plus my age and aches and pains, I’ve been wondering if it’s time to say enough Part of me feels guilty as if I...

Just wondering about the justifications for vehicle towing limits. Last week I took a couple of steers in with my Freelander 2 and IW trailer. To be honest I was probably (!) close to the limit as it has a towing capacity of 2 tons. However it went like a dream, I hardly noticed the trailer...

Recently bought some tenanted land. On visiting it today, I found this ewe clamped over a lamb. She had no water. There was no-one on site. This looks completely unacceptable. Who better to ask than TFF.

Or maybe not In this week’s local paper there’s an advert from a firm that supplies aggregates and decorative stone and ready mix but not in a conventional rotating barrel type lorry Claims that you pay only for what is used and mix can be calibrated on machine So there must be hopper for...

Written by Aisling O'Brien from Agriland Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue and Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs of Northern Ireland, Andrew Muir are today (Friday, March 1) hosting a joint event in Co. Donegal to mark the registration of...

If spreading slurry after cutting silage in mid may, what would be a normal application rate? Beef suckler slurry, to get grass coming again for ewes and lambs grazing. How long after spreading this slurry can I put the ewes on it? cheers

https://www.dairyherd.com/news/business/65-nations-dairy-herd-lives-1000-plus-cow-operations?fbclid=IwAR2BeQ9O-4evyOrPF1ODzbd6UfqS1SbNJMztlClWpQ12BaEClrycY6bohlw Consolidation continuing at breakneck speed across the pond. 39% reduction in dairy farmers from 2017-2022. @delilah

Written by Claire Sammon from Agriland The chair of the British Carrot Growers Association (BCGA) has said that due to profits being squeezed to extremely tight margins, many farmers have decided to stop growing them. BCGA is gearing up to launch a new initiative to safeguard the future of...

Hi all whats the going rate for bed n breakfast. Im looking into getting 2 ped limousin heifers and wondered what it would cost per week for feed water and a bit of straw, im not wanting owt for nowt but not wanting to pay over the odds, the lad with the farm said "we'll sort summat out" But id...