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For participation in Tranche 1 of the Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES), having a valid soil sample result is essential.

With the large number of store lambs currently on farms, farmers are considering finishing lambs or selling as stores

Now, when sheep farmers are assessing their flock for the next breeding season, is a good time to take disease control measures.

Nutritional value of silage: Maximising feed on your farm The importance of knowing the nutritional value of silage is key for making the most of one’s fodder supplies, according to Teagasc. Eamonn Dempsey, Teagasc advisor based in the authority’s Kerry office, outlined the visual assessment and lab assessment farmers can avail of to ensure they know what they have. First looking at visual assessment, Dempsey said: “Silage that is excessively dry will be prone to heating, mould growth and...

January 21, 2021 6:10 am The key to improving utilisation of a forage crop is to choose the correct crop for your farm and farming system. Different crop species have different sowing times, utilisation periods and dry matter (DM) yield, Eamonn Dempsey, a Teagasc advisor has said. Talking about the different types of forage crops and how to best manage these crops when being grazed, Eamonn offered the following advice. Finishing lambs on Typhon or Rape For finishing lambs post-weaning, rapid gr...