Teagasc has produced an ‘oats factsheet’, which summaries the role this unique cereal can play within Irish beef finishing ...

Johannes Brandhuber, wearing a wedding ring, stroking a calf (staged scene). While feeding oat silage, a cow slipped the wedding ring off the farmer's finger with her rough tongue and swallowed it ...

Due to several issues, there will be open fields this winter that could be prime candidates for a spring forage crop. Spring-planted oats can provide many possibilities for farmers. Typically in ...

Recent weeks have been marked by Teagasc highlighting the fact that oats remain one of Ireland’s most reliable tillage crops.

Oats continues to be one of Ireland’s most dependable tillage crops, writes Teagasc crops specialist Ciaran Collins, but is it time the market responded to the benefits?

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A wide range of forage crops could help grain and livestock producers salvage some value from their fields once the drought-ravaged corn crop has been harvested - if soil ...

Around the world, we're increasingly conscious of what we eat. We advocate for farm animals to be ethically reared and naturally fed. Silage - an ancient agricultural practice - is not only the most ...

Oat forage is extremely palatable. Compared to wheat, oats make more fall growth, produce seed heads slightly later in spring and typically yield less. Price of oat seed is generally intermediate ...

After a wet March, April seems to have brought some sunshine. Unfortunately, some crops have not fared well. The emerging spring barley is struggling in the wet ground. The weather also meant we ...