Dairy
Refocus on financials – protecting the margin for 2023
0 Refocus on financials – protecting the margin for 2023 As the high rate of general inflation in Ireland over the last 18 months has eroded the real value of incomes on all farms and in the wider economy at large, delegates at today’s Moorepark Open Day in Fermoy, Co. Cork were reminded […]
4 July 2023
AgNav – a sustainable digital platform to support farmers
0 AgNav – a sustainable digital platform to support farmers A new sustainability digital platform called AgNav, which has been jointly developed by Teagasc, ICBF and Bord Bia, with the support of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, is being showcased to thousands of farmers at the Teagasc National Dairy Open […]
4 July 2023
Moorepark ’23: Current and future technologies to meet sustainability challenges
0 Moorepark ’23: Current and future technologies to meet sustainability challenges Irish dairy farming has undergone a transformation during the last 10 years. Up until 2015, there had been 31 years of the EU milk quota regime, which stifled innovation. Since then, there has been significant expansion due to the pent up capacity […]
4 July 2023
Setting the scene for Moorepark ‘23
0 Setting the scene for Moorepark ‘23 Crowds were welcomed back to Moorepark today, July 4th, to see the research being conducted and to meet the Teagasc teams and industry stakeholders present. Laurence Shalloo, Head of Animal & Grassland Research and Innovation Programme, Teagasc, Moorepark, welcomed those attending Moorepark ’23, while also highlighting […]
4 July 2023
Silage out as growth recovers on Teagasc/Tirlán Future Farms
0 Silage out as growth recovers on Teagasc/Tirlán Future Farms After a prolonged dry spell, recent rainfall and mild temperatures have resulted in a recovery in the grass growth rates being recorded on the Teagasc/Tirlán Future Farms. Providing an update on the performance of the enrolled farms, Sandra Hayes, Teagasc/Tirlán Future Farm Programme […]
3 July 2023
Predicting intramammary infection in late-lactation cows
0 Predicting intramammary infection in late-lactation cows Over-use of antibiotics is linked with the development of antimicrobial resistance. To reduce this risk, the EU introduced a regulation that means dry cow antibiotics can only being used on cows that demonstrably have an intramammary infection, Clare Clabby tells us more. Cows that are not […]
3 July 2023
Watch: What to expect at Moorepark ‘23
0 Watch: What to expect at Moorepark ‘23 Final preparations are underway for the Teagasc Moorepark Open day, which takes place tomorrow, July 4th. The theme of this year’s event is ‘Securing a Sustainable Future’. This open day will highlight the various technologies and practices available to farmers to underpin the economic, environmental […]
3 July 2023
Let’s Talk Dairy: Dairygold Programme – a farmer’s perspective
0 Let’s Talk Dairy: Dairygold Programme – a farmer’s perspective On this episode of Let’s Talk Dairy, Martina Gormley, Teagasc Dairy Specialist, is joined by Raymond Goggin, Bandon dairy farmer and Teagasc/Dairygold Joint Programme participant to get an update on what’s been happening on the farm. Elsewhere in the webinar, John Douglas, Teagasc […]
2 July 2023
Where to next for grasslands?
0 Where to next for grasslands? Grasslands are a key pillar of Irish dairy production and the composition of Irish grasslands have changed over recent years, increasing in complexity from single-species grass swards to multi-species swards, Ciarán Hearn and Tomás Tubritt tell us more. Perennial ryegrass remains an important forage species, as it […]
2 July 2023
Sexed semen in the Irish dairy industry
0 Sexed semen in the Irish dairy industry With twice as much sexed semen available for the 2023 breeding season as in 2022, highlighting the rapid increase in uptake on dairy farms, Stephen Butler, Principal Research Officer in Reproductive Physiology, highlights some of the research work ongoing in sexed semen in Teagasc Moorepark. […]
1 July 2023