Estimate how much silage you need over the winter — that is, the number of animals to be fed and the length of the winter.

FARMING families are concerned that Clonakilty Agricultural College in west Cork will not be able to accommodate an increased demand for places, the Dáil was told.

THE low number of young people going into dairy farming is a major impediment to expansion of Irish milk production, one of the country’s top dairy farmers has warned.

IT IS critical to provide farmers with an indication of how long milk quotas will remain, given that they are now in a position where they must decide for themselves the value of milk quota under the new quota exchange.