Lake Mead’s water levels have dropped drastically from near full in the 1980s to around 30% capacity in recent years, highlighting the ongoing water crisis in the U.S. Southwest. The U.S. Drought ...

At the height of the fodder crisis, when the Irish Farmers' Association and the Department of Agriculture were importing hay from France, and pictures adorned our TV screens of airport authorities ...

A fodder fund is being set up by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue to ensure farmers can grow enough feed and fodder, it’s understood. It comes after the Minister ...

The feeders are built to ensure all cows have an equal share of feed, and to prevent fodder loss and the bossing of tailenders, which often miss out on nutrients. The voluntary head-bail ensures cows’ ...

Many dairy farms could be in a position where they need to feed silage right through September and October this year. Many dairy farms could be in a position where they need to feed silage right ...

WITH fodder supplies limited this year, one of the alternative options available to farmers is to feed straw to cattle. It should be noted, however, that it is important to supplement the feed and to ...

Farmers should consider early weaning of calves or selling them in an effort to cut costs, the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers' Association is advising. Grass scarcity and fodder shortage following the ...

For most small-scale farmers, the biggest challenge is deciding where to start, beginning with what the land can ...

Farmers in Derbyshire have said their yields of grass and crops for their livestock are down by half on what they typically harvest due to drought. The National Drought Group has declared the current ...

The current record temperatures and a lack of rainfall have drawn comparisons with 1976, Ireland’s biggest drought. I have memories of hauling water from the river in a tanker then to bring to thirsty ...