Grass
Farmers are being encouraged by NFU Mutual to plan ahead to ensure that this upcoming silage season is a safe one.
N.Ireland
The Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland is urging farmers and contractors to take extra care when grass-cutting & silage-making
Agri-Business
Growing up on a family dairy farm has always meant that silage season, at least for me, has never just been about feed for next winter.
Dairy
Farm safety must be a priority as the busyness on farms ramps up with cows having to get back in calf and first-cut silage underway.
Main-season first-cut silage has kicked off over the past week on farms across Ireland with the...
Calls have been made for increased farm safety and vigilance in the run up to silage season and...
April is here and in just a few short weeks the farm mower will once again be busy on the silage...
Soil contamination is something that is not often talked about, but it can have negative impacts on forage intakes and production.
Beef
Wilting silage is one of the most important steps when making high quality silage - wilting increases the dry matter (DM) percentage of the grass.
A complaint made by a local community page in Co. Down about "all night silage-cutting", which...
