The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE), the Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) and the Dairy Council for Northern Ireland (DCNI) are set
The milking herd is fed in two groups on the Martin farm. \ Houston Green
The first steps of the 2021 silage campaign have been completed on Owen and James Martin’s farm in Dromintee, Co Armagh. This involved carrying out a soil analysis across the farm and drawing up a nutrient management plan for the year ahead.
The Martins run 160 Holstein cows in a fully housed system, so the main focus in the fields is to produce three or four cuts of high-quality grass silage each season.
The repeated silage cutting was evident from the soil analysis results, as half the farm showed a deficiency in potassium (K).