Two in five dairy farms short of fodder
The updated September results now include second-cut silage and the majority of third-cut silage crops and also reflects the silage used due to below-average growth rates and varying weather challenges in certain regions.
More than a third (34%) of drystock farms and two-fifths (42%) of Irish dairy farms are expected to have a fodder deficit heading into the winter.
The Teagasc national fodder survey polled around 650 farms across the country.
