Feed Your Soils Correctly for the Best Return on Fertiliser
By Liam Stack, M.Agr.Sc Ruminant Technical Manager Buying fertiliser without getting your soil sampled and a having a fertiliser plan is like ordering feed without knowing what group of animals…
View Post >Why You Should Get Your Soil Tested with Dairygold
The Health of Our Soils By Rósín O’Donnell, B.Agr.Sc, Dairygold Agri Business Graduate 0867938408 As an industry we are striving to grow more grass in a sustainable manor. Grass is…
View Post >Protein Crop Update
By Liam Leahy Dairygold Tillage & Beef Business Manager I.A.S.I.S. Dairygold have being doing some work with some local farmers this year, looking at alternative crops and with special emphasis…
View Post >Crop Rotation and How It Can Benefit Your Farm
What you need to know about Crop Rotation Crop rotation is a simple procedure that involves not planting the same crop in the same soil for two to six years….
View Post >Crop Varieties 2021 – Recommended Lists
By Michael English I.A.S.I.S. Dairygold Agribusiness This is the time of year when farmers select the best varieties to suit each farm. When choosing a seed variety, it is important…
View Post >Paul Farmer Writes, North Cork Tillage Farmer
‘Paul Farmer Writes’ is an anonymous blog from a north Cork tillage farmer. It includes updates of ‘Paul’s’ crops and farm news of the 2020/2021 season, and is published in…
View Post >John Farmer Writes
Harvest 2020 has come to an end for me, the end of what was an ideal growing year in many ways for us farming in the southern part of the…
View Post >A View from the Field – Tillage Update
By Liam Leahy Dairygold Tillage & Beef Business Manager I.A.S.I.S. After a beautiful summer and a dreadful autumn, attention now turns to the coming season. While there isn’t a lot…
View Post >Time for Building Soil Potassium
Potassium (K) has a major role in the efficient use of nitrogen (N) by the grass plant during the growing season. Grass silage crops have the largest demand for N…
View Post >Now that the closed period is over… should I spread?
Our fertiliser world is a changing. We now need to focus more on nitrogen use efficiency, ammonia and nitrous oxide emissions. As part of their marginal abatement curve Teagasc have…
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