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Tax Planning and Smart Investments Key as Harvest Prices Announced
Tax Planning and Smart Investments Key as Harvest Prices Announced Michael Hennessy, Head of Crops Knowledge Transfer, discusses tax planning, and investment decisions, including machinery upgrades, drainage maintenance, and soil management. This week, major grain buyers announced their harvest prices. While some may be disappointed that prices are not higher, over the […]
24 October 2024
The best strategies for controlling BYDV in winter cereals
The best strategies for controlling BYDV in winter cereals With many crops just starting to emerge, it’s time to think about protecting them from BYDV, or Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus. Dr. Louise McNamara, an entomologist from Teagasc, joins this week’s Tillage Edge to discuss the best strategies for controlling BYDV in winter […]
24 October 2024
DAFM US-Ireland R&D Partnership Programme Award for Teagasc to Improve Piglet Survival with AI
DAFM US-Ireland R&D Partnership Programme Award for Teagasc to Improve Piglet Survival with AI The Pig Development Department at Teagasc Moorepark secured funding from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) as part of the US-Ireland R&D Partnership Programme to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) for improving piglet survival rates. This […]
24 October 2024
Search continues for cause of summer scour syndrome
Search continues for cause of summer scour syndrome Theories aplenty, but as of yet there has been no clear confirmation of the cause of summer scour syndrome – an ailment of dairy and dairy-beef calves resulting in diarrhoea, ill-thrift and weight loss. That was one of the key messages delivered by John […]
23 October 2024
Is Bluetongue Virus a risk for Ireland?
Is Bluetongue Virus a risk for Ireland? Dr. Eoin Ryan, Senior Superintending Veterinary Inspector with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, gives an update on the Bluetongue Virus on this week’s Beef Edge podcast. Since the end of August, over a hundred cases of Bluetongue have been detected in England […]
23 October 2024
Food projects funded under Research Ireland Frontiers for the Future Programme
Food projects funded under Research Ireland Frontiers for the Future Programme Teagasc has been awarded funding to complete two research projects – one in the area of 4D food printing and the other examining technologies to make reduced salt foods tastier – as part of the Taighde Éireann – Research Ireland Frontiers […]
23 October 2024
Teagasc represented on Commission on Generational Renewal in Farming
Teagasc represented on Commission on Generational Renewal in Farming Members of the Commission on Generational Renewal in Farming have been announced by the Minister of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue T.D. Comprising a small group of people with relevant expertise and experience to adopt an objective, evidence-based approach to examine […]
23 October 2024
5 steps to becoming an organic farmer
5 steps to becoming an organic farmer As the Organic Farming Scheme (OFS) has recently reopened for applications, Teagasc Organic Advisor, Orla Walsh provides five key steps farmers must follow when transitioning from a conventional to an organic farming system. Maintaining good output levels through the adoption of organic farming production methods, […]
22 October 2024
Examining blackloss and photosensitisation in Scottish hill flocks
Examining blackloss and photosensitisation in Scottish hill flocks Joining Ciaran Lynch on this episode of the OviCast podcast is Dr Fiona McAuliffe, SRUC, to discuss the challenge of blackloss and photosensitisation in Scottish hill flocks. The extent of blackloss or the unexplained loss of lambs on extensive hill grazings is outlined, with […]
22 October 2024
Agriculture emissions down in quarter one
Agriculture emissions down in quarter one Emissions from agriculture for the first quarter of 2024 were down by 2.6% when compared to the first quarter in 2023, the Quarterly Greenhouse Gas Emissions Indicator Report released by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today, October 22, has shown. To support more frequent monitoring of […]
22 October 2024