Today's Farm - May/June 2024

Anticipating BEEF2024…researchers meet farmers and advisors

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Articles:

• Upcoming Events (PDF)

BEEF2024

• BEEF2024 at Teagasc Grange - Securing your farming future (PDF)
• It's all about forage (PDF)
• The benefits of ensiling mixed swards (PDF)
• Attention to detail drives earlier finishing (PDF)
• How a purpose-built calf shed can minimise health issues (PDF)
• What's new in dairy beef systems? (PDF)
• Focus on contaminants (PDF)
• How this Cork family achieved a smooth farm succession process (PDF)

Sheep

• Key tasks in a tricky season (PDF)

Environment

• How using lime can reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions (PDF)

Dairy

• How milking efficiency facilitates an off-farm job (PDF)

Tillage

• Grass weeds - a growing problem on Irish tillage farms (PDF)

Silage making and storage

• A guide to storing silage and managing effluent collection (PDF)
• Cork drystock farmer makes superb silage with no waste (PDF)
• Investment in farmyards is unrelenting (PDF)

Forestry

• Woodlands and water quality targets (PDF)

Botanics

• Grow herbs to give your garden a touch of the Mediterranean (PDF)