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Tillage advice: PGRs, fungicides and weed control
Tillage advice: PGRs, fungicides and weed control With most winter barley crops now at the flag leaf stage, Crops Specialist at Teagasc, Shay Phelan shares advice on plant growth regulator (PGR) and fungicide applications, along with outlining some of the key agronomic tasks for winter wheat, spring cereal, and bean and pea […]
17 April 2025
Tillage Edge: How will the US tariffs impact Irish tillage farmers?
Tillage Edge: How will the US tariffs impact Irish tillage farmers? The on-again, off-again tariffs being proposed by the US may have significant implications for Irish tillage farmers in the months and years ahead. For this episode of the Tillage Edge, Michael Hennessy is joined by Professor Michael Wallace, Economist of Agriculture and […]
17 April 2025
Biodiversity: Allow space for nature in your field margins
Biodiversity: Allow space for nature in your field margins Field margins comprise rough grassland on the edge of fields of intensively managed farmland. Their linear nature provides corridors of movement and networks for nature through the countryside, as well as being habitats of high biodiversity value. Their structural diversity, as well as […]
17 April 2025
Preparing for breeding with Teagasc/Tirlán Future Farmer, Tom Murphy
Preparing for breeding with Teagasc/Tirlán Future Farmer, Tom Murphy With the calving season all but wrapped up and breeding fast approaching, Co-ordinator of the Teagasc/Tirlán Future Farm Programme, Sandra Hayes visits Tom Murphy in Inistioge, Co. Kilkenny, and provides an update on grassland management from the other participating farms. 93% of the […]
16 April 2025
Post-storm marketing centres at Talking Timber
Post-storm marketing centres at Talking Timber As a result of Storm Éowyn’s devastating impact, Teagasc’s flagship timber marketing event ‘Talking Timber’ switched focus to the marketing of post-storm conifer timber. Organised by Teagasc in association with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM), along with Forest Industries Ireland, the event […]
16 April 2025
Listen: Sophie Tyner’s plans for the coming weeks and making good quality silage
Listen: Sophie Tyner’s plans for the coming weeks and making good quality silage Wicklow Beef farmer, Sophie Tyner is on this week’s Beef Edge podcast to discuss her beef system, her plans in the coming weeks for closing for silage, and how good quality silage is so important on her farm. Given […]
16 April 2025
Ger McSweeney’s desirables in his next generation of cows
Ger McSweeney’s desirables in his next generation of cows Breeding for the 2026 calving season has commenced on Ger McSweeney’s Future Beef farm in Millstreet, Co. Cork. With 100% AI used, Ger focuses on a number of desirable traits when breeding the next generation of cows for his herd. Milk, but not […]
16 April 2025
Are your replacement heifers on track for breeding?
Are your replacement heifers on track for breeding? Successfully breeding next year’s replacement heifers to calve down at two years of age starts with identifying heifer calves born on the farm this spring, Teagasc Beef Specialist, David Argue shares his key tips on heifer selection. Select heifers born early in the calving […]
16 April 2025
Successfully turning dairy-beef calves to grass
Successfully turning dairy-beef calves to grass The Teagasc DairyBeef 500 team and researchers from Teagasc Grange have compiled a factsheet, offering key advice to dairy-beef producers turning first season animals out to grass. The majority of calf-to-beef producers opt to wean their calves prior to moving them from the calf shed to […]
15 April 2025
Listen: The National Sheep Welfare and Sheep Improvement Schemes
Listen: The National Sheep Welfare and Sheep Improvement Schemes David Buckley from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine joins Ciaran Lynch on this week’s OviCast podcast to discuss the 2025 National Sheep Welfare Scheme and the Sheep Improvement Scheme. David outlines the key elements of the Welfare Scheme, including eligible […]
15 April 2025