Machinery
With marts up and running full steam ahead again, it is important to make sure your livestock trailer is up to standard.
Although the weather is in no way suitable, many farmers on the east side of Ireland are permitted to apply fertiliser again.
Beef
With slurry restrictions now lifted for the majority of the country and evenings begin to stretch, slurry tanks will be getting busy again.
Tillage
Tillage farmers should take the opportunity to re-calibrate fertiliser spreaders now in preparation for the new growing season .
Dairy
It is time to see whether your milking machine needs to be serviced, as we have now reached a quiet time of the year, in between first and...
Rural Life
The lack of care and maintenance of ATVs, which include quads is a huge, but under-appreciated issue, according to a former garda.
Buildings
Farmers that have spaced sheeting on the roofs of their sheds will be able to fit solar panels onto them if they wish.
Dairy Technical
On a dairy farm the most important machine in the yard is the milking machine, it is used twice-a-day up to 365 days a year.
A new year, a new milking season and with that it is time to get your milking machine ready. Now is a good time to do this.
A slurry tank's workload is going to increase in the coming weeks, meaning these machines are going to have to be in perfect working order.
At this time of year a tractor's lights become more important whether you are driving on the road or just driving on your farm.
Servicing tractors at any time of the year is good practice, while the fuel system remains one of the most important aspects of any engine.
