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Sheep 2025: Deepening the understanding of hill sheep grazing patterns
Farmers attending Sheep 2025 today, June 21, heard about a new research project, aiming to shed light on how hill sheep graze upland areas and how these grazing patterns impact lamb performance up to weaning.
21 June 2025

5 tips to keep grass quality high in June
June is a tricky month for grassland management. Here are five simple tips to help you keep on top of grass quality this month:
21 June 2025

Summer CalfCare Events kick off next week
A series of four CalfCare Events will kick off next week, offering novices to dairy-beef or seasoned producers key tips and tools to boost their herd’s performance.
21 June 2025

Sustainable Grassland Farmer of the Year award heading to Waterford
A major ceremony took place today, June 20, in the Teagasc Animal and Grassland, Research and Innovation Centre, Moorepark, Fermoy, Co. Cork, where the category and overall award winners of the Sustainable Grassland Farmer of the Year awards were announced.
20 June 2025

Organising a Timber Sales Contract
With harvesting of timber affected by previous storms ongoing, it is in every forest owner’s interest to be in control of the timber harvesting and sales processes. Teagasc forestry advisors continue to be available to provide objective guidance and support to forest owners.
20 June 2025

Listen: What to expect at Sheep 2025
Sheep 2025, the largest dedicated sheep-focused open day on the island of Ireland, takes place tomorrow, Saturday, June 21, from 10am to 5pm at the Teagasc Mellows Campus in Athenry, Co. Galway.
20 June 2025

A first-hand look at actions to improve water quality
Farmers are invited to an important farm walk that will showcase some of the key actions award winning dairy farmer, Martin Crowe has taken to protect water quality on his farm.
20 June 2025

Rising to the ‘AgroChallenge’ in the Netherlands
Students Aoife Randles, Mark O’Sullivan, James Lynch and Aisling Burke are putting in their final preparations before departing to compete in this year’s AgroChallenge in the Netherlands.
20 June 2025

Little Leaders with Big Messages in Farm Safety Art Competition
A pioneering initiative by Teagasc, which blended digital learning and creativity to promote farm safety among children took place today, Thursday, .
19 June 2025

Save money in the long run – identify grass weeds now
As the end of the season for most cereal and break crops approaches, Crops Specialist at Teagasc, Shay Phelan reminds us that there is still one very important chore to complete over the coming weeks – walking crops to identify problem weeds.
19 June 2025