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‘Preparing your dairy-beef calves for sale in 2025’ – DairyBeef 500 to host live webinar
‘Preparing your dairy-beef calves for sale in 2025’ – DairyBeef 500 to host live webinar Centred on the topic of preparing your dairy-beef calves for sale in 2025, the Teagasc DairyBeef 500 team, along with industry stakeholders, and programme farmers, will host a live webinar on Thursday, December 5, 2024. Gordon Peppard, […]
28 November 2024
Leading the Way in Sustainable Tillage: Tom Barry’s Environmental Journey – Part 1
Leading the Way in Sustainable Tillage: Tom Barry’s Environmental Journey – Part 1 Tom Barry, a tillage farmer from North Cork, who has recently been recognised with multiple environmental awards, joins The Tillage Edge for a two-part series sharing how he’s implementing sustainable farming practices from using organic manures and reducing fertiliser […]
28 November 2024
Oilseed Rape Updates and Machinery Costs
Oilseed Rape Updates and Machinery Costs Shay Phelan discusses the current condition of oilseed rape crops, herbicide application strategies, and the management of machinery costs on tillage farms. Oilseed rape crops for the most part are looking quite well at the moment. The warmer than average temperatures in October and November has […]
28 November 2024
Teagasc National Dairy Conference: Challenges aplenty but opportunities exist
Teagasc National Dairy Conference: Challenges aplenty but opportunities exist The opportunities and challenges facing dairy farmers were addressed at the Teagasc National Dairy Conference, which is taking place in Limerick Racecourse, County Limerick today, Wednesday . In his opening remarks, Teagasc Director, Professor Frank O’Mara said; “2024 was in many […]
27 November 2024
Listen: Practical nutrient management solutions for your farm
Listen: Practical nutrient management solutions for your farm Dr. Patrick Forrestal, a Research Officer in Teagasc Johnstown Castle, is on this week’s Beef Edge podcast to discuss the practical nutrient management solutions that beef farmers can implement on their farms to increase efficiency, reduce costs and address environmental pressures facing the sector. […]
27 November 2024
Making sustainability real – a Ballyhaise experience
Making sustainability real – a Ballyhaise experience Alastair Pollock, College Teacher, discusses Ballyhaise College’s role of educating our future farmers on sustainability, while also exploring the measures delivering a reduction in carbon footprint on the college’s beef and dairy enterprises. Sustainability is probably the most talked about topic in Agriculture at the […]
27 November 2024
Beef cattle finishing age reductions have stalled
Beef cattle finishing age reductions have stalled Supported by strong evidence, reducing the average age of finish for beef cattle is an essential element for Irish agriculture to meet its greenhouse gas emission reduction targets. Worryingly, however, much of the progress that had been made in previous years stalled in 2023. Addressing […]
27 November 2024
Listen: Hill flock focus on condition and mating management
Listen: Hill flock focus on condition and mating management Dr. Frank Campion joins Ciaran Lynch this week’s episode of the OviCast podcast to discuss ewe body condition and mating management on hill flocks. Frank discusses the impact of ewe condition on performance in hill flocks, plus the targets and variation in ewe […]
26 November 2024
Lowering emissions without hampering profitability
Lowering emissions without hampering profitability Farmers enrolled in the Future Beef Programme – Teagasc’s flagship suckler demonstration farm programme – have achieved significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions without impacting on farm profitability. As part of the Teagasc National Beef Conference, held on November 18, Manager of the Future Beef Programme, Martina […]
26 November 2024
Livestock’s role in successful upland systems
Livestock’s role in successful upland systems The integral role livestock play in the successful management of upland areas was explored at the recent Uplands Symposium, an event jointly organised by Teagasc and CAFRE. Livestock are the link to the land that keep farmers in rural upland areas, Dr. Eileen McCloskey of CAFRE […]
26 November 2024