Articles
Fast-growing faba beans – a runner in shorter growing seasons?
Lower nitrogen input and the availability of Protein Aid have made faba beans an attractive crop, but one challenge remains – the potential for later harvesting.
26 June 2025
Handle pesticides safely
The importance of health and safety on tillage farms was highlighted at a major crops event in Teagasc Oak Park, today, June 25.
25 June 2025
Calculating the carbon footprint of your crops
A further enhancement to AgNav, launched today, June 25, as part of the Crops and Technology Open Day at Teagasc Oak Park will allow tillage farmers to calculate the carbon footprint of their crops.
25 June 2025
Listen: Teagasc Ballyhaise College Beef Farm Update
Noel Prunty and Liam McWeeney from Teagasc Ballyhaise College join Catherine Egan on this week’s Beef Edge podcast to give an update on breeding season and how the bulls performed finishing under 16 months.
25 June 2025
Community, cattle and curiosity: Huge turnout for Agri Aware Open Farm in Co. Galway
Aonghusa Fahy’s suckler beef farm in Ardrahan, Co. Galway was a hive of activity on Sunday, June 15, as up to 1,800 visitors from across the region descended on the family farm for Agri Aware’s Open Farm 2025, Future Beef Programme Advisor, Aisling Molloy tells us more about the event.
25 June 2025
Kildalton College’s long-haul summer guests
The summer evenings in Kildalton College in south Kilkenny are a flurry of activity given the recent return of guests from the warmer climes of the Sahara – the House Martin, College Lecturer at Kildalton, Brian Clancy tells us more.
24 June 2025
Less meal and earlier finishing with diverse swards
Results of a major research project, which investigated the impact on lamb performance of adding companion forages (legumes and herbs) into perennial ryegrass swards, were discussed at Sheep 2025, Saturday, June 21.
24 June 2025
Professor Laurence Shalloo on the challenges facing the dairy industry
Professor Laurence Shalloo, Head of the Animal and Grassland Programme in Teagasc Moorepark, joins Stuart Childs on this week’s Dairy Edge.
23 June 2025
Farm incomes rebound across all systems in 2024
The results of a new report from economists at Teagasc confirm a substantial recovery in family farm income (FFI) across all farm systems in Ireland in 2024.
23 June 2025
Calving and breeding – an update from Future Beef farmer, Ruairi Cummins
Participant in the Future Beef Programme, Ruairi Cummins fills us in on the latest happenings from his farm in Kilmoganny, Co. Kilkenny, reflecting on calving, breeding and why investing is soil fertility is a wise choice.
23 June 2025