LIVESTOCK farmers will escape the worst effects of feed price rises this winter because silage quality is better, says Gerry Giggins, beef specialist with Keenan System.

LIVESTOCK farmers will escape the worst effects of feed price rises this winter because silage quality is better, says Gerry Giggins, beef specialist with Keenan System.

THE IMPACT on livestock farmers of feed grain costs this winter will be discussed at 11am today during a Ploughing Championships seminar in the Irish Examiner marquee (Row H, stand number 250).

THE impact of rising feed costs on farming will be discussed at a seminar which the Irish Examiner will stage at the national ploughing championships at Annaharvey, Tullamore, Co Offaly, on Thursday next.

TORRENTIAL rain at the Ploughing Championships left farmers worrying about the livestock back home, and fearing damage to precious late grazing which could play a vital role in staving off a winter feed crisis.