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While big-bale silage is well accepted today, Michael Moroney looks back to the early days of the system and his first ...
Grass is flying it here in Abbeyleix, with growth tipping over 60kg dry matter (DM)per hectare per day. I had a cover of 200kg DM per livestock unit (LU) on my last walk, so I’ll need to keep a close ...
With the order book open and production getting under way, JCB’s latest – and smallest –telescopic wheeled loader reinforces ...
Several contractors are running trailer-mounted Borger RC150 separators these days, but Lockerbie-based Andy Rae was the ...
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Listeriosis in Goats
Deborah 1:58 Yeah, we have only had one case of listeriosis on our farm ... put a new bag of feed in? Was there a potential that there was moldy food involved, or poorly fermented silage that ...
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Brewers Grain for Goats
A lot of times some of these farms, the larger farms ... But if you wanted to get small batches of it, they could probably bag it up and everything else. And then you have a product that you ...
Starch levels in corn and barley silage can vary widely between harvests, so they need to be balanced in a dairy ration, nutritionist Peter Vitti says.
A small plane was forced to make an emergency landing April 16 at a Reynoldsburg farm after the pilot reportedly ran out of fuel, according to the Reynoldsburg Division of Police. Just before 2:10 ...
Shae, left, and Anna Pesek pose with calves on their Over the Moon farm in Iowa. The farm was one of thousands benefiting from a local food program recently cut by the Trump administration.
Anna Pesek saw a federal program supporting local food purchases as much more than a boost to her Iowa pork and poultry farm. The U.S. Department of Agriculture grant program that allowed schools ...
Those present were unified to send a loud message to Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins that potential cuts to grant funding for small farms would not make the government more efficient.
However, urban farming doesn’t come without its challenges. Small spaces, contaminated soils, high water costs, and tight regulations can make growing difficult. Turning to creative urban farming ...