Pigs & Poultry

What you need to know about the new farm apprenticeship schemes
What you need to know about the new farm apprenticeship schemes Minister Simon Harris recently announced the launch of new farm apprenticeships. These new programmes mark an exciting stepping stone for both farms and farm staff, allowing the next generation of farmers access to the education they want and need, whilst still […]
25 August 2023

Watch: Teagasc Pig Research Farm Update August 2023
Watch: Teagasc Pig Research Farm Update August 2023 Aisling Holmes, Research Technician in Teagasc Pig Research Farm, gives us an update on the research trials currently taking place in the unit. A trial using the liquid feed system is taking place in the farrowing rooms. In the weaner section a complex trial […]
18 August 2023

Investment options for existing buildings under TAMS 3
Investment options for existing buildings under TAMS 3 Emer McCrum, Teagasc Pig Development Officer, details the options available to pig farmers to upgrade existing buildings under the Pig and Poultry Investment Scheme (PPIS) of TAMS 3. Given the prolonged period of losses sustained by the sector from late 2022 onwards, it is […]
11 August 2023
A delicate balance
0 A delicate balance A collaboration between Teagasc and the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute is aiming to better understand viral-bacterial interaction in the poultry gut and its effect on food safety. The gut is home to a highly complex ecosystem comprising various microbiomes (microorganisms that live within a given environment, such as the […]
4 August 2023

The best practises for farm safety
The best practises for farm safety Farm Safety Week took place from July 17th to 21st aiming to raise further awareness of farm health and safety, share stories and technology that can improve farm safety and challenge farm safety attitudes, as well as encouraging farmers to look after their physical and mental […]
28 July 2023

Watch: Moorepark Pig Farm Update
Watch: Moorepark Pig Farm Update In this video we meet Aisling Holmes, research technician at the Teagasc Pig Research Facility (TPRF). Aisling discusses some of the main performance figures in the TPRF for 2022 and highlights some of the areas they are concentrating on and husbandry changes they have made in the […]
21 July 2023

Update on pig production in the US
Update on pig production in the US Gerard McCutcheon attended the Interpig meeting in Iowa in early June. InterPig consists of representatives of a group of countries (currently 15) that compare pig production costs on an annual basis using an agreed method. The data generated allows comparisons to be made in the […]
14 July 2023

What’s rare is precious
0 What’s rare is precious The supply of pigmeat in Ireland and across mainland Europe is rapidly becoming limited, if not quite yet rare! This is primarily because of the tough economic conditions over the last two years but also due to pig disease (ASF & PRRS), welfare legislation (Germany) and climate/environmental issues […]
7 July 2023

Insights from the Teagasc Pig Research Facility
Insights from the Teagasc Pig Research Facility In 2016, Teagasc opened the Teagasc Pig Research Facility in Moorepark Co. Cork, a facility which many of you are familiar with. On this episode of the Pig Edge, Amy Quinn is joined by Tomás Ryan and Aisling Holmes, who are in charge of the […]
30 June 2023

Improving liquid feeding system hygiene to improve the feed efficiency of liquid-fed grow-finisher pigs
Improving liquid feeding system hygiene to improve the feed efficiency of liquid-fed grow-finisher pigs The feed efficiency of liquid-fed pigs can be up to 0.20 of an FCE unit poorer compared to dry feeding, which equates to an increase in feed cost of ~€5.10 per pig, based on the five year average […]
23 June 2023