Articles
Is Your Farm Winter Ready?
Is Your Farm Winter Ready? As winter approaches, ensuring your pig farm is prepared is crucial to maintaining pig health, productivity, and staff safety. Ciarán Carroll gives a guide to help get your farm ready for the colder months. Housing Proper management of pig housing is critical, particularly during winter. Ventilation Regularly […]
22 November 2024
Economic sustainability of upland farms in a precarious position
Economic sustainability of upland farms in a precarious position Dr Emma Dillon, Economist and Senior Research Officer in the Teagasc Rural Economy & Development Programme, provided food for thought on the economic and social dynamics of upland farm at the Uplands Symposium, an event jointly organised by Teagasc and CAFRE on November […]
21 November 2024
Don’t lose faith in protected urea
Don’t lose faith in protected urea Although its performance has been questioned by some in the last year, protected urea does maintain grass growth when compared head-to-head with other forms of nitrogen fertiliser. This was just one of the key messages delivered by Dr. Patrick Forrestal, Senior Research Officer at Teagasc Johnstown […]
21 November 2024
Listen: What does a good rotation look like on your farm?
Listen: What does a good rotation look like on your farm? A year ago, many farmers faced significant challenges due to the unusually wet weather, which disrupted their crop rotations. For this week’s Tillage Edge, John Pettit, a Teagasc tillage advisor from South Wexford, shares his insights into how farmers are adapting […]
21 November 2024
Teagasc Signpost Conference and General Assembly
Teagasc Signpost Conference and General Assembly The Teagasc Signpost Programme hosted its annual conference and General Assembly today, Thursday, 21 November, at the Park Hotel, Clonmel, County Tipperary. The Signpost Programme is a collaborative partnership of farmers, industry and State Agencies, working together for climate action. As Phase 1 of the programme […]
21 November 2024
Harvest Report: 2024 cereal production estimated to be 1.9mt
Harvest Report: 2024 cereal production estimated to be 1.9mt Ciaran Collins, Tillage Specialist at Teagasc, shares some of the headline figures from the Teagasc Harvest Report 2024, which was published earlier this week. In what was a difficult year for tillage farmers, cereal production for 2024 is estimated at 1.9mt. This is […]
21 November 2024
Edwin Thompson’s steps to reducing greenhouse gas emissions
Edwin Thompson’s steps to reducing greenhouse gas emissions Tipperary dairy farmer, Edwin Thompson was crowned the winner of the reducing greenhouse gas emissions category of the Teagasc FBD Environmental Sustainability Awards 2024. Dr Siobhán Kavanagh, Signpost Programme Communications and Engagement Specialist, and Liam Quinn, Signpost Programme Advisor, detail the actions being taken […]
20 November 2024
31 day requirement for soiled water storage to come into effect
31 day requirement for soiled water storage to come into effect Farmers, with the exception of winter/liquid milk producers, are obliged to have capacity to store 31 days’ worth of soiled water from December 1, 2024. In order to reduce the impact of nutrient losses in the riskiest period, and as legislated […]
20 November 2024
Is rural Ireland really dying? What the facts and figures tell us
Is rural Ireland really dying? What the facts and figures tell us The question of whether rural Ireland is dying or not is complicated, and requires nuanced geographic analysis. Josh O’Driscoll, Frank Crowley, Justin Doran, Mary O’Shaughnessy, UCC; and David Meredith and Jesko Zimmermann, Teagasc, examined this in more detail in a […]
20 November 2024
Early positives from Derrypatrick’s clover systems study
Early positives from Derrypatrick’s clover systems study Research ongoing in the Derrypatrick herd located at Teagasc Grange is examining the role clover – both red and white – can play in efficient suckler calf-to-beef production systems. As part of the Teagasc National Beef Conference, held on Tuesday, November 19, Research Officer in […]
20 November 2024