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Maximise weanling performance at housing
Maximise weanling performance at housing Martina Harrington, Manager of the Teagasc Future Beef Programme, provides guidance on preparing weanlings for housing by focusing on disease prevention and minimising stress. Pre-housing dose: dose weanlings four weeks pre housing to ensure their lungs are healed from any infection when housed. Use a product with […]
19 October 2024
Watch: Latest Updates from the Pig Research Facility
Watch: Latest Updates from the Pig Research Facility In this video update Aisling Holmes, Research Technician at the Teagasc Pig Research Facility, gives us an update on farrowing house performance, co-mingling, gilts and the upcoming Teagasc Pig Farmers’ Conference 2024. In this update, the focus is on recent progress in farrowing rooms […]
19 October 2024
Management tasks for winter barley, wheat and oilseed rape crops
Management tasks for winter barley, wheat and oilseed rape crops Shay Phelan, Crops Specialist at Teagasc, discusses the current status and management practices for winter barley, wheat, and oilseed rape crops in mid-October 2024. Winter barley Winter barley drilling is now complete with many early drilled crops now at the 1-2 leaf […]
18 October 2024
The new vaccine against Cryptosporidium
The new vaccine against Cryptosporidium Helena Madden, Ruminant Veterinary Manager with MSD Animal Health, joins Stuart Childs on the latest Dairy Edge to discuss the new vaccine against Cryptosporidium, Bovilis Cryptium. Helena first discusses how crypto is consistently one of the main causes of calf scour and then explains how cleaver the […]
18 October 2024
Listen: Celebrating 30 Years of the Teagasc Pig Farmers’ Conference
Listen: Celebrating 30 Years of the Teagasc Pig Farmers’ Conference For the latest Pig Edge podcast, we’re diving into all the details of the upcoming Annual Teagasc Pig Farmers’ Conference, which is celebrating 30 years of the conference this year. On this episode, we’re joined by Ciarán Carroll, Louise Clarke and Michael […]
18 October 2024
Great Engagement at Let’s Talk Trees’ Events, Highlighting Forestry Opportunities
Great Engagement at Let’s Talk Trees’ Events, Highlighting Forestry Opportunities The first two events of the ‘Let’s Talk Trees’ series have taken place this week in Macroom and Abbeyleix. Teagasc Forestry Development Officer, Frances Mc Hugh tells us more. Teagasc and the Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine (DAFM), Forestry Section, […]
18 October 2024
Optimizing Inputs and Maximizing Yields: Tom Tierney Farm Update October 2024
Optimizing Inputs and Maximizing Yields: Tom Tierney Farm Update October 2024 Tom Tierney, Teagasc Signpost Programme Demonstration Farmer, tells us how his oilseed rape yield results justify his decision to minimise input spend. With no winter barley this year due to the wet autumn, my 2024 harvest finally kicked off late with […]
18 October 2024
Soil Matters: the Story of Science at Johnstown Castle
Soil Matters: the Story of Science at Johnstown Castle A new book called Soil Matters: the Story of Science at Johnstown Castle was launched on Wednesday, 16 October in Johnstown Castle Co. Wexford. This new book, written by Noel Culleton, Brian Coulter and Matt Wheeler, outlines the story of Johnstown Castle from […]
18 October 2024
Autumn weed control
Autumn weed control Pre-emergence herbicides are key for controlling weeds, with the right mix needed for each field’s specific challenges. Shay Phelan, Teagasc Tillage Specialist, tells us more. Pre-emergence herbicides have been shown to be more effective in controlling many problem grass weeds, such as bromes, blackgrass and annual meadow grass. There […]
17 October 2024
Closing up the farm this autumn
Closing up the farm this autumn The two objectives of autumn grassland management are to keep grass in diet of the grazing animal and to close up the farm to have grass available in spring. As part of its weekly newsletter, the Teagasc Grass10 team offered the following advice: Good growth rates, […]
17 October 2024