Articles
Myostatin: The benefits and drawbacks
Looking to breed more muscled cattle without compromising on calving ease? Then assessing the myostatin status of both the cows in your herd and the sires used will be a key task ahead of next season’s breeding season.
21 November 2025
Guide to cover crop termination: Leveraging frost and grazing
With more cover crops in the ground than ever before, many farmers now face the challenge of reducing heavy biomass ahead of spring drilling, Head of Crops Knowledge Transfer, Michael Hennessy discusses some of the options available for cover crop termination.
20 November 2025
Tillage Edge: The award-winning sustainable tillage farm
This week’s Tillage Edge podcast carries a feature from a recent instalment of the Signpost Series with Don Somers, a Wexford tillage farmer and the overall winner of the Teagasc FBD Environmental Sustainability Award 2025.
20 November 2025
Bats at Kildalton – nature on the farm and in the classroom
Kildalton College’s rich tapestry of landscapes and habitats, such as hedgerows, small woodlands and ponds, are well suited to Ireland’s bats, College Lecturer, Brian Clancy tells us more.
20 November 2025
The out block that started it all
Farming 125ha at Kilmurry, Tynagh, Loughrea, Co. Galway, Conor O’Brien milks a herd of 144 high EBI Holstein cows and carries a dairy-beef enterprise in partnership with his father Vincent and mother Mary.
19 November 2025
Winter feeding: Get your cows breeding earlier next year
The critical link between winter nutrition, cow condition and the relationship with fertility next year was laid bare to delegates at the Teagasc National Beef Conference, hosted in Athenry, Co. Galway on November 18, 2025.
19 November 2025
5 tips for better stock bull management
Winter is a critical time for beef stock bulls, writes Future Beef Programme Advisor, James Mullane who shares five key tips for better stock bull management over the winter period.
19 November 2025
The liver fluke forecast
Farmers in the midlands, west and northern half of the country need to vigilant for liver fluke this coming winter.
18 November 2025
Mating management and housing finishing lambs
Teagasc Sheep Specialist, Ciaran Lynch shares some key advice on managing rams during the latter stage of the breeding season and post mating, and he shares some key considerations when housing finishing lambs.
18 November 2025
Pathways to progress at the Teagasc National Dairy Conference
Taking place over two days, Wednesday, November 26 in the Talbot Hotel, Clonmel, and on Thursday, November 27 in the Kilmore Hotel, Cavan, the Teagasc National Dairy Conference will tackle some of the pressing issues facing Irish dairy farmers.
18 November 2025