Articles
GroundTruth: How underpants are helping to understand soil health
As unusual as it might sound, the Underpants Degradation Test offers a surprisingly powerful indicator of soil biological activity.
22 September 2025
Growing Organics suckler to store farmer to host farm walk
Growing Organics programme participant John O'Hanlon will host a farm walk in Ballymahon, Co. Longford tomorrow, Tuesday, 23 September at 2pm. John operates an organic suckler to store enterprise on 38.88ha of mixed quality land.
22 September 2025
The resurgence of sheepdog training in Mayo and Galway
Advisor on the Agricultural Catchments Programme, Kevin Madden tells how a sheepdog training course is helping to not only gather the flock but is also gathering traction in Mayo and Galway.
22 September 2025
Gearing up for weaning at Derrypatrick
The Derrypatrick Herd at Teagasc Grange is gearing up for weaning season, following strong performance across both breeding and calf growth rates this year.
22 September 2025
Listen: Weekly tips from Grass10
For this week’s Grass10 grazing management update, John Maher discusses current grazing management and advises, as many farms are behind on grass supply, using the higher grass growth now to build grass into the autumn.
21 September 2025
Finishing Holstein Friesian dairy-beef steers
Decision time is fast approaching for dairy-beef farmers to select the most appropriate finishing strategy for the Holstein Friesian steers on their farms.
21 September 2025
Webinar series to help farmers navigate Tax and TAMS
Higher farmgate returns and a buoyant cattle trade mean there’s scope for strategic investment on cattle farms this year. To help farmers navigate, Teagasc is running a series of webinars focusing on the topics of Tax and TAMS.
20 September 2025
Survey results: Slurry and dairy soiled water volume estimates
Teagasc conducted a survey of 100 farms to assess current volumes of dairy soiled water and slurry produced on dairy farms.
20 September 2025
What’s planned for Soil Health Week?
Taking place from Monday, September 22 to Friday, September 26, the latest insights, innovations, and practical guidance on soil health will be provided to farmers, students and the general public as part of Teagasc Soil Health Week 2025.
19 September 2025
Poultry Edge: The current market trends for Irish poultry production
For this first episode of the Poultry Edge, Rebecca Tierney is joined by Shauna Jager, the Pigmeat and Poultry Executive for Bord Bia.
19 September 2025