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Top tips for store lamb production
Top tips for store lamb production Stephen O’Callaghan, Drystock Advisor, Teagasc Mullingar, provides practical tips for store lamb production, highlighting key considerations like lamb weight, grass availability, health management, and budgeting to optimise lamb finishing and profitability. The difficult spring and poor grass growth over the summer months have had an impact […]
22 September 2024
Nationwide Farm Business Options Training Programme launched
Nationwide Farm Business Options Training Programme launched Teagasc officially launched its 2024 Farm Business Options training programme at the National Ploughing Championships 2024 in Ratheniska, Co. Laois. This nationwide initiative aims to empower farmers and farm family members to diversify their enterprises and explore new business opportunities. The programme is organised by […]
22 September 2024
‘Supports for farmers’ publication launched
‘Supports for farmers’ publication launched A new farmers’ resource providing key details on the supports and schemes available to farmers throughout their working life, including retirement and succession planning, has been launched. The Citizens Information Board (CIB) and Teagasc were proud to launch their booklet Supports for farmers at the National Ploughing […]
21 September 2024
Thousands on animal health and pennies on farmer health
Thousands on animal health and pennies on farmer health Keith Fahy, B&T Drystock Adviser, emphasises that farmers prioritise animal health over their own, spending much more on animal care while neglecting their personal health and safety, and suggests some ways in which you can better look after your own health. Working as […]
21 September 2024
Weighing up the prospects for continental weanling to bull finishing systems
Weighing up the prospects for continental weanling to bull finishing systems Each year, Teagasc Beef Specialist, Aidan Murray prepares a suite of financial budgets as guide to beef farmers buying cattle for further feeding and finishing. In this budget, he examines the economic prospects for continental weanling to bull beef systems. As […]
20 September 2024
Minimum buffers to protect water
Minimum buffers to protect water Crops Specialist at Teagasc, Ciaran Collins looks at the role buffer zones along watercourses play to help prevent sediment, nutrient loss and pesticides entering watercourses – a key feature of the Teagasc tillage display at this year’s National Ploughing Championships. A buffer zone is an area of […]
20 September 2024
Listen: Comparison of crop establishment techniques for growers
Listen: Comparison of crop establishment techniques for growers This week on the Tillage Edge podcast, we’re circling back to the National Tillage Conference from earlier this year and focusing on the trade-offs of establishment systems with Jack Jameson. The growing problem of weeds, particularly poppies, is also discussed with Charlotte Morgan. Listen […]
20 September 2024
Forestry, farming and a furnace
Forestry, farming and a furnace Noel Kennedy, Forestry Advisor at Teagasc, tells us how diversification streams are helping to brighten the future for a small Co. Mayo farm. Most mornings before his long commute to work, Mayo farmer Paul Maguire (pictured above) follows a simple routine. Having checked the stock and walked […]
20 September 2024
Apply now for the Farm Technician and Farm Manager Apprenticeships
Apply now for the Farm Technician and Farm Manager Apprenticeships Amy Quinn of the Teagasc Pig Development Department tells us about apprenticeship programmes, which offer education and career pathways in the pig sector. Good news for those looking to further their education in pig production and those wishing to upskill their farm […]
20 September 2024
Kildalton and Mountbellew involvement in new vet schools
Kildalton and Mountbellew involvement in new vet schools Kildalton College and Mountbellew Agricultural College, both centres of excellence in agricultural education, will have a key role to play in the delivery of the two new veterinary medicine programmes announced yesterday. Yesterday, September 18 at the National Ploughing Championships in Ratheniska, Taoiseach Simon […]
19 September 2024