Dairy producers are being encouraged to measure and monitor grass quality and quantity to improve the accuracy of nutritional management of cows at grass. “An unprecedented winter followed by a late spring has put the industry under extreme pressure, with fodder shortages and delayed turnout being a widespread issue,” says Tom Chanter, a feed specialist with InTouch. “Producers are therefore looking to capitalise on the grazing now available in an attempt to improve margins and offset some of the additional costs incurred over the winter period.”

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SMART farming using the latest information technologies to optimise performance, profitability and sustainability will prove key to successful businesses post-Brexit, but it is already making it’s mark for award winning beef and arable farmer, Robert Neill, from Upper Nisbet, Jedburgh.

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AWARD winning farmer Robert Neill, is to host an Alltech and KEENAN meeting at his farm on the Scottish Borders on Wednesday 21 March, providing a unique opportunity to find out the secret to the success of his beef enterprise.

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Britains has teamed up with one of the world’s largest farming machinery brands, Keenan to launch a new Keenan MechFiber365 die cast replica model mixer wagon. To celebrate, Keenan and Britains are hosting an interactive agricultural awareness afternoon for more than 150 local school students at the production facility in Borris, Co. Carlow on Thursday, 15 March.

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Total mixed rations (TMR) have long been known to increase overall performance. Add to that a cloud communication platform which monitors exact inclusion rates of ingredients in the feed wagon, number of rotations and a team of nutritionists, and further improvements in animal health and productivity are possible. That is exactly what farmers using the Keenan and Alltech InTouch technologies at farm level have discovered both in this country and further afield.

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The famously green Irish farm might not seem like the most likely setting for the digital revolution. But it is there that one Irish company has established the frontline for an agriculture industry facing global challenges.

KEENAN has evolved from a renowned manufacturer of mixer-wagons into an agritech company developing disruptive IoT technologies that are driving smarter, more profitable farming in more than 40 countries.

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An extra 23,000 hectares of catch crops is the aim of the €100-155 per hectare incentive for tillage farmers announced last week by the government. Agriculture Minister Michael Creed said the €2.75m measure will support tillage farmers to supply into the strong market for fodder.

It offers €155 per hectare for a temporary crop of short rotation grass for fodder production, and €100 per hectare for catch crops such as fodder rape, turnips.

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Nutrition specialists from Alltech’s InTouch team will be on hand to engage with farmers on the current feed shortage situation at this year’s Tullamore Show. The experts will offer advice on feed budgeting, diet formulation and use of alternative forages, Alltech says.

Alltech’s beef experts will apparently offer tips on how to achieve a “faster, younger finish” with cattle, while the company’s ruminant campaign “Nutrition Your Way” will exhibit Alltech’s nutritional offerings.

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Following on from the launch of the 16m³ Keenan MechFiber 345SP in early 2017, the company has recently brought a 20m³ version to the market.

The new, larger machine carries the MechFiber 365SP designation (SP denotes that it is a self-propelled unit). According to Keenan, the 16m³ machine “delivered impressive results on farms globally”. However, the company says that there was “a noticeable demand for a higher-capacity machine, especially amongst larger dairy herds and specialised beef-finishing units”.

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Summer 2018 has proved very challenging for Irish farmers. Unpredicted drought conditions have resulted in extreme difficulties for farmers feeding their livestock, and many have been forced to incorporate a range of different forages and concentrates into their animal’s diets. In response to this, KEENAN is giving farmers who do not own or have access to a mixer wagon the opportunity to rent a KEENAN machine, to help deal with the difficulties in feeding their livestock. The rentals are from a stock of recent KEENAN trade-in machines.

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