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Beef Edge: An update from the Derrypatrick Herd
Teagasc Researcher, Dr. Peter Doyle is on this week’s Beef Edge Podcast with an update on breeding performance and grassland management for the Derrypatrick herd.
17 September 2025
‘Trees in Our Lives’ photo competition winners announced
The overall winners of the 2025 Teagasc / Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine Forest photo competition received their prizes from Minister of State with responsibility for forestry, Michael Healy-Rae, T.D. at the National Ploughing Championships in Tullamore, yesterday, Tuesday 16 September.
17 September 2025
‘For every load of lime spread, you are getting one free’
Lime is magic, but are dairy farmers missing a trick by not applying lime this back end?
17 September 2025
Getting ready for the winter ahead
As we head into the second half of September and with the days getting shorter and colder, it is time to start thinking about being ready for when animals need to be housed for the upcoming winter period. DairyBeef 500 Advisor, Gordon Peppard tells us more.
17 September 2025
The precise application of fertiliser…at the ‘Ploughing’
Although the fertiliser spreading season for chemical nitrogen and phosphorus has come and gone, visitors to the Teagasc exhibit at the National Ploughing Championships today, September 16 were given the opportunity to brush up on their fertiliser spreading skills.
16 September 2025
Teagasc Sheep Display at the National Ploughing Championships
With visitors from far and wide descending onto Screggan, Co. Offaly for the National Ploughing Championships, Head of Sheep Knowledge Transfer, Michael Gottstein gives us a flavour of what to expect at the Teagasc Sheep Display at the three-day event.
16 September 2025
Dairy Edge: Soil fertility management after the spreading deadline
Seamus Kearney, Teagasc Tirlán Joint Programme Co-ordinator, joins Stuart Childs on this week’s Dairy Edge to discuss soil fertility actions that can still be taken despite the chemical fertiliser deadline passing for 2025.
16 September 2025
Closing date approaching for 2025 Beef Welfare Scheme
Have you applied for the 2025 Beef Welfare Scheme? With payment rates of up to €75/calf available, time is running out if you wish to apply.
16 September 2025
Foundations of Equine Health in the Breeding Environment
Equine Collaboration for Health and Outreach (ECHO) delivered their first event last Friday, 12 September, at the Irish National Stud and Gardens in Tully, County Kildare.
16 September 2025
Teagasc showcases Food Innovation at Ploughing 2025
Visitors to this year’s National Ploughing Championships can look forward to a packed programme at the Teagasc stand, where food science and innovation will be one of the highlights. Rose Edwin tells us more.
16 September 2025