Dairygold and Tirlán join forces in FarmGen Collaboration
Dairygold and Tirlán are collaborating to expand on-farm Solar PV programme Dairygold and Tirlán have joined forces to further strengthen the dairy sector’s sustainability efforts by rolling out Tirlán’s renewable…
View Post >Dairygold Prime Milk Replacer Range
The key ingredient in Dairygold’s Prime Elite calf milk replacer range is Imunopro®, a concentrated Whey Protein, is carefully balanced to ensure the optimum level of amino acids, fatty…
View Post >Time to Get Your Grass Tested? Here’s How With Dairygold
Dairygold Agri Business have grass testing available, where either individuals can take their grass samples themselves or a Sampler can be sent out on farm to take samples using a…
View Post >Grassland Weed Control
Liam Stack, M.Sc.Ag Weeds within your pasture compete with grass for nutrients. A field of grass infested with 20% docks may produce the same tns DM as a field of…
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 >It’s Time to Check Your Slats – Farm Safety
Catherine Hurley, B.Agr.Sc, Agri Sales Support Advisor Slats and manhole covers are not lifetime items, they need to be replaced before they fail. The expected lifespan of them is about…
View Post >How To Manage Worms On Your Farm
Summer Worms Worms at grass across the summer months; Gut worms (Ostertagia) Lung worms; Lung worms can occur anytime cattle are at grass, outbreaks trend to occur when a dry…
View Post >How to Fill a Grass Deficit
Liam Stack, Ruminant Technical Manager The current soil moisture deficit in the Dairygold areas ranges from 30 to 70 mm, according to figures from Met Eireann. There is some rain…
View Post >Good Quality Silage Starts with Good Quality Grass
Testing grass before cutting for silage is crucial and has a direct effect on silage quality. Farmers should target a High Sugar content and Low Nitrogen content when harvesting. As…
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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