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Weed Watch 2025 – Herbicide resistance testing

0 Weed Watch 2025 – Herbicide resistance testing Vijaya Bhaskar highlights the growing importance of herbicide resistance testing. Teagasc has launched a ‘Weed Watch-2025’ campaign with the Irish Farmers Journal to encourage growers and tillage sector to utilize the weed seed resistance testing service to test suspect populations, of Italian ryegrass, Blackgrass, Wild […]
9 June 2025

Quality pasture: The foundation for healthy horses

0 Quality pasture: The foundation for healthy horses The importance of pasture quality to horse health, nutrition and overall cost will form central pillars of discussion at two upcoming Equine Pasture Management Workshops. The importance of pasture quality to horse health, nutrition and overall cost will form central pillars of discussion at two […]
9 June 2025

Key management decisions for grass-clover swards

0 Key management decisions for grass-clover swards On this week’s episode of the Dairy Edge podcast, James Dunne is joined by Teagasc grassland researcher, Dr. Mike Egan to discuss the correct management of grass-clover swards to ensure high levels of pasture and animal performance. Mike also discusses the findings from the recent external […]
9 June 2025

Thinking twice before dosing lambs

0 Thinking twice before dosing lambs This time of year, many sheep farmers are thinking about the best time to dose lambs for stomach worms. However, with growing concerns over wormer resistance, Enda O’Hart, Organic Advisor, advises taking a strategic approach. With the increased incidence of wormer resistance on farms, it is advisable […]
8 June 2025

Regional Collaboration Key to Unlocking Ireland’s Bioeconomy Potential

0 Regional Collaboration Key to Unlocking Ireland’s Bioeconomy Potential The bioeconomy supports Ireland’s climate goals, biodiversity, and regional jobs. Progress includes the Bioeconomy Action Plan 2023–2025 and updated Planning Framework, but stronger integration into local and regional plans is still needed. The bioeconomy plays a vital role in meeting Ireland’s climate targets, supporting […]
8 June 2025

Organic Hill Farming in Co. Kerry

0 Organic Hill Farming in Co. Kerry Sarah and Aaron Turner are organic sheep and suckler farmers living in the stunning landscape of West Kerry. They are participants in the Growing Organics programme, and are passionate about sustainable agriculture. Their farm is nestled within the Killarney National Park National Heritage Site, an area […]
8 June 2025

Exploring Farm Diversification: Rural Skills

0 Exploring Farm Diversification: Rural Skills Why not consider running courses on your farm? Barry Caslin, Energy & Rural Development Specialist, explores how running rural skills training courses can be a viable and rewarding diversification option for farmers. As a farmer, many of the niche skills you use on a daily basis are […]
7 June 2025

Listen: Grazing update with Tim Walsh in Co. Kerry

0 Listen: Grazing update with Tim Walsh in Co. Kerry On this week’s Grass10 grazing management update, Joseph Dunphy discusses current grazing advice as some farms are coming into surplus grass, and he has a grazing update from Tim Walsh in Co. Kerry. This week’s Grass10 newsletter For more episodes from the Dairy […]
7 June 2025

Pasture-based systems for early-maturing dairy-beef heifers

0 Pasture-based systems for early-maturing dairy-beef heifers Spring-born, early-maturing (Angus and Hereford) dairy-beef heifers can form high-output, low-input systems when finished during the second grazing season at 19 -21 months of age. Despite the lower carcass weight potential of heifers compared to steers, pasture-based dairy-beef heifer systems have the potential for a high […]
7 June 2025

Inter cropping challenges

0 Inter cropping challenges A push for home-grown protein, an influx of livestock farmers having converted or converting to organic production and the availability of Protein Aid scheme has made inter crops – a combination of cereals and legumes – an attractive prospect for many organic tillage farms. Despite the positives, challenges do […]
6 June 2025