forage Focus

Forage focus: Feeding home-grown crops on rented land in Co. Galway

Tillage

Forage focus: Feeding home-grown crops on rented land in Co. Galway

Spring barley, spring oats and fodder beet make up the main tillage crops on the farm; these crops are used to feed his beef animals. Eamonn also grows kale to out-winter his beef cattle on. 

Forage focus: '20 phone calls and still no silage'

Beef

Forage focus: '20 phone calls and still no silage'

Thomas is a young farmer. He's well-organised and manages his grassland. However, he has run out of silage.

Forage focus: Precision feeding of dairy cows at Lyons Research Farm

Dairy

Forage focus: Precision feeding of dairy cows at Lyons Research Farm

The autumn dairy herd on UCD Lyons Research Farm are currently being fed a mix of maize and grass silage, beet pulp and soya.

Forage focus: Beet, barley and silage on a self-sufficient beef farm

Beef

Forage focus: Beet, barley and silage on a self-sufficient beef farm

Niall Nicholson farms in partnership with his father Billy. The Nicholsons feed their own beet, barley and silage and buy in some soya.

Forage focus: Would you feed your cattle bread and cake?

Beef

Forage focus: Would you feed your cattle bread and cake?

Seán Tully Animal Feeds takes surplus food, adds distillers grains and sugar and produces two animal feed rations - beef and dairy.

Sheep

Forage focus: Getting a head start with 'Redstart'

Forage focus: Getting a head start with 'Redstart'