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Grazing season drawing to a close
John Egerton
A good September was very welcome, writes Fermanagh farmer, John Egerton.
Grazing season drawing to a close
Would I make a move to strip-till?
9 October 2024 Farmer Writes
Would I make a move to strip-till?
Gerald Potterton has a strip-till coming for a demo onto his farm soon.
Farmer Writes: Autumn a disaster for grass covers
2 October 2024 Farmer Writes
Farmer Writes: Autumn a disaster for grass covers
We scanned a few cows that showed up doubtful on the collars on Monday, writes Padraig Callanan.
Farmer Writes: It feels like we skipped October
An upcoming TB test could see grazing for some stock come to a wind down earlier than expected, after a difficult grass-growing year on Tommy Moyles' farm at Ardfield, Clonakilty, Co Cork.
2 October 2024 Farmer Writes
Farmer Writes: my wife wants me to build her a sand arena
James Strain says that a more pressing issue than the building of a sand arena is his wife's horses trampling his fields.
30 September 2024 Farmer Writes
Farmer Writes: farming by dates is seldom a good thing
With the lovely weather, it was too good not to be sowing, so I cracked on 18 September and loaded up the drill.
25 September 2024 Farmer Writes
Farmer Writes: autumn has crept in
We've noticed previously that heifers who do not go in-calf on their first insemination can be a problem, but more often than not a natural service will do the trick.
25 September 2024 Farmer Writes
Watch: blown away by spring barley at harvest
Derek Robinson grows spring barley, alongside his cattle and sheep enterprises, on his Co Down farm
25 September 2024 Northern Ireland
Wet August has had a lasting impact
August was a tough month to keep cows at grass, writes Castlederg dairy farmer Jessica Pollock.
18 September 2024 Farmer Writes
Farmer Writes: weekends aren't what they used to be
A chance log in to his agfood was a bit of a wake up call last weekend.
18 September 2024 Farmer Writes
Farmer Writes: the scale of farms in Canada
On the way back from the mountains we stopped in where we saw three Case combines with 40 foot headers cutting canola in a 305ac field.
18 September 2024 Farmer Writes
Farmer Writes: resilient suckler farmers
There’s an enormous amount of resilience in suckler farmers (this could also be termed stubbornness) and year after year we do what we can with what we’ve got.
11 September 2024 Farmer Writes