Management Notes

Beef Management Notes – August 2026

From grassland management, drafting for finishing and preparing for weaning, Teagasc Beef Specialist, Catherine Egan shares key management notes for beef farmers for the month of August.
6 August 2026

Sheep Management Notes – August 2026

Focused on grassland management, managing ewe body condition and purchasing scheme eligible rams, Sheep Specialist at Teagasc Athenry, Damian Costello shares his August management notes.
5 August 2026

Beef Management Notes – July 2026

Welcome to the Teagasc Beef Management Notes for July. In this edition, Teagasc Cattle Specialist, David Argue focuses on summer dosing and the correct use of faecal egg sampling, monitoring cattle performance and managing grass, and shares breeding tips to tighten up the calving spread on suckler farms next spring.
6 July 2026

Dairy Management Notes – July 2026

Welcome to the Teagasc Dairy Management notes for July. In this edition, Teagasc Head of Dairy Knowledge Transfer, Dr. Joe Patton shares his top five tips for the month ahead, key actions to reduce the number of May calvers next spring, and advice on feeding cows during the peak intake period.
6 July 2026

Sheep Management Notes – July 2026

Welcome to the Teagasc Sheep Management Notes for July. In this edition, Head of Sheep Knowledge Transfer, Michael Gottstein shares management notes on grassland management and reseeding, weaning and managing ewe condition, and keeping lambs performing post weaning.
6 July 2026

Tillage Management Notes – July 2026

Welcome to the Teagasc Tillage Advisory Newsletter for July. With harvest 2026 fast approaching, Teagasc Crops Specialist, Ciaran Collins shares advice on establishing cover crops, urges growers to avail of resistance testing and provides farmers with key reminders on the straw incorporation measure and glyphosate use.
6 July 2026

Teagasc Beef Management Notes – June 2026

Welcome to the Teagasc June Beef Management Notes. In this edition, Teagasc Cattle Specialist, Niall Kerins focuses on replenishing silage stocks, fertilising second-cut silage ground, why it’s the time for lime and previews some of the approaching events that will be of interest to beef farmers, including BEEF2026 at Teagasc, Grange.
2 June 2026

Teagasc Dairy Management Notes – June 2026

Welcome to the Teagasc Dairy Management Notes for June. In this edition, Teagasc Head of Dairy Knowledge Transfer, Dr Joe Patton shares his top five tips for the month ahead, offers advice to farmers on benchmarking the efficiency of milk production from grass and examines the role of and examines the role of 10-in-7 milking as a potential labour saver on farm.
2 June 2026

Teagasc Sheep Management Notes – June 2026

Welcome to the Teagasc June Sheep Management Notes. In this edition, Teagasc Sheep Specialist, Ciaran Lynch shares management notes on planning for weaning, shearing, managing culls and keeping quality grass ahead of lambs. Details of the fast-approaching Teagasc National Sheep Conference are also shared.
2 June 2026

Teagasc Tillage Management Notes – June 2026

Welcome to the Teagasc June Tillage Management Notes. In this edition, Teagasc Crops Specialist, Shay Phelan brings you an update on disease control in winter wheat, spring barley and bean crops, and reminds growers that preventing seed return of grass weeds is the first line of defence for next year’s crop.
2 June 2026