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First-year science class the ‘root’ of success at BT Young Scientist 2025
First-year science class the ‘root’ of success at BT Young Scientist 2025 Students from St Mary’s Secondary School Mallow excel at BT Young Scientist 2025 with award-winning Ag-Science project using total leaf-area as a predictive tool for determining below-ground growth of selected root-crop plants. Alvy Fitzgerald, Anna Duggan and Leah O’Sullivan from […]
14 January 2025
Focus on ground conditions and weather before spreading slurry
Focus on ground conditions and weather before spreading slurry With farmers in Zone A now permitted to spread slurry, ASSAP Programme Manager, Noel Meehan shares key advice on how best to maximise the use of slurry for growing crops, and minimise its impact on the environment. When spreading slurry, it is important […]
14 January 2025
Pregnancy scanning and making the best use of the results
Pregnancy scanning and making the best use of the results January is the month during which many lowland sheep flocks will be getting their breeding ewes pregnancy scanned. Head of Sheep Knowledge Transfer at Teagasc, Michael Gottstein explains how pregnancy scanning interlinks with a number of important tasks. These tasks include: Identifying […]
14 January 2025
Webinars on contract rearing and forming a registered farm partnership
Webinars on contract rearing and forming a registered farm partnership Collaborative Farming Specialist at Teagasc, Ruth Fennell has organised two webinars over the month of January, which will share key information on contract rearing and forming a registered farm partnership. The first webinar in the series, taking place tonight, January 14 at […]
14 January 2025
Minimising the risk of milk fever and associated risks this spring
Minimising the risk of milk fever and associated risks this spring Careful management of the transition cow will set the animal up for a successful start to lactation, Ruminant Nutrition Specialist, Aisling Claffey takes a closer look at nutrition during the transition period. There are a number of key components which play […]
13 January 2025
CalfCare events reconvene
CalfCare events reconvene After weather disruptions last week which resulted in the postponement of a number of CalfCare events, the series of on-farm events organised by Teagasc and AHI, and supported by Feed for Growth, have recommenced this week. Teagasc and Animal Health Ireland (AHI) are running a series of CalfCare on […]
13 January 2025
How to prepare for the busy spring period without compromising on performance
How to prepare for the busy spring period without compromising on performance Monaghan dairy farmer, Paddy Traynor joins James Dunne on this week’s Dairy Edge to outline his simple grass-based, block spring-calving system that is capable of producing a good economic return. Paddy explains what he does to ensure he is best […]
13 January 2025
New advancements in BYDV testing
New advancements in BYDV testing Researchers in the Teagasc Crops Research Centre, Oak Park, have developed a new method to facilitate more accurate detection of Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus (BYDV), in both the barley host and the aphid vector. A disease causing significant yield losses and negative impacts on grain quality, the […]
13 January 2025
New app to record organic nutrient movements
New app to record organic nutrient movements Coinciding with the opening of the slurry spreading season in certain parts of the country, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has released its new Organic Nutrient Movement App. Details of the app’s release were shared as part of a DAFM technical […]
13 January 2025
Creating resilient upland farming systems
Creating resilient upland farming systems In recent months, Teagasc, in partnership with Wild Atlantic Nature LIFE IP, has developed innovative pilot projects aimed at enhancing upland farming in Sligo, Donegal, and Galway, Environment Specialist at Teagasc, Ivan Kelly tells us more. These initiatives focus on improving the economic, environmental, and social sustainability […]
13 January 2025